Milham Hanna
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| Birth | ?, Lebanon |
| Recruited from | East Brunswick Football Club |
| Height and weight | ? |
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| Debut | 1986, Carlton vs. , at |
| Team(s) | Carlton Football Club (1986-1997)
190 games, 83 goals |
| ¹ Statistics to end of 2005 season | |
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Milham Hanna is a former Lebanon born Australian rules footballer best known for his career with the Carlton Football Club in the 1980s and 1990s.
Nicknamed The Cranium (after his cleanly shaven head, due to suffering from alopecia) or simply Mil for short, Hanna is distinguished as being the only Lebanese-born player in the history of the VFL/AFL (Bachar Houli is of Lebanese background, but was born in Australia).
Hanna grew up in the inner-northern suburbs of Melbourne, where he played his junior football in East Brunswick.
Hanna was known in the VFL/AFL for his athletic physique and blistering pace playing as a tall running wingman.
He debuted as a skinny kid in 1986, however he had the misfortune of rupturing the Anterior Cruciate Ligament in his knee during his debut game. During his rehabilitation, he spent the entire year building his body in the weight room, after which he went on to forge a distinguished and largely injury free career with Carlton in which he played in two Grand Finals, including a premiership medal and achieved All-Australian selection.
He now owns a cafe in Fitzroy, Victoria called the "Fitz Cafe".
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