Brian Kann

Brian Kann
Personal information
Full name Brian Eugene Kann
Date of birth (1933-07-21) 21 July 1933
Original team(s) Hawthorn Colts
Height / weight 178 cm / 82 kg
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1954–1959 Hawthorn 57 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1959.

Brian Kann (born 21 July 1933) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Kann, who went to Melbourne High School, started out in the Hawthorn Colts.[1][2] He played senior football at Hawthorn for six seasons, from 1954 to 1959.[2][3] A defender, Kann was part of Hawthorn's historic 1957 side, which qualified for the VFL finals for the first time in the club's history.[2][3] He played in Hawthorn's semi final win over Carlton and preliminary final loss to Melbourne.[3] Over the next two years, Kann made only seven league appearances, but did captain the Hawthorn reserves to the 1958 and 1959 premierships.[1]

In 1960, Kann was captain-coach of Moorabbin, which finished the regular season in sixth position, to make the Victorian Football Association finals.[4][5] They were eliminated from the finals by Yarraville, at the quarter-final stage.[6]

Also a district cricketer, Kann played for the Fitzroy Cricket Club and in his youth represented the Victorian Schoolboys.[1][7] He was a member of Fitzroy's 1953/54 premiership side.[1]

In 1995, his son Julien Kann was initiator and founder of the Munich Kangaroos in Germany, as well as founding member of the Australian Football League Germany in 1999.[8][9]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Past Player Profile - Brian Kann". Fitzroy Doncaster Cricket Club.
  2. 1 2 3 Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 9781920910785.
  3. 1 2 3 "Brian Kann". AFL Tables.
  4. ↑ The Age, "Moorabbin Shows It Will be Threat", 19 April 1960, p. 9
  5. ↑ Scot Palmer (29 August 1960). "Two VFA finals on same day". The Sun News-Pictorial. Melbourne, Vic. p. 47.
  6. ↑ Scot Palmer (5 September 1960). "Dull games won VFA no friends". The Sun News-Pictorial. Melbourne, Vic. p. 48.
  7. ↑ The Age, "Incidents in District Play", 6 March 1956, p. 1
  8. ↑ Kate O'Halloran: AFL Germany Expands, AFL Community, 24 February 2012.
  9. ↑ Christian Stüwe: Kangaroos gegen Emus im Hirschgarten – Australian Football: Eine Vollkontakt-Sportart, die aussieht wie Rugby, feiert in München bald 20-jähriges Jubiläum, Münchner Merkur, 23 June 2015.
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