Club History Hassa is 80

[Imet Hassa]

This could be amongst the shortest thread ever but given my namey thingy on here and the fact that Mrs. Mann taught me in primary school I would like to acknowledge Hassa Mann turning 80. Still got his autograph in my little autograph book we all had back in the day.

 

[mrmonkey]

Happy birthday Hassa!

 

[Proper Gander]

one of the cats was nearly named Hassa, but I voted for stretch as a last minute thing

 

[Imet Hassa]

one of the cats was nearly named Hassa, but I voted for stretch as a last minute thing

Vividly recall I do the day Mrs. Mann told us one of Hassa’s aspirations was to have a connection with a feline lineage. Alas even the greats must learn to live with such disappointments.

 

[Proper Gander]

Vividly recall I do the day Mrs. Mann told us one of Hassa’s aspirations was to have a connection with a feline lineage. Alas even the greats must learn to live with such disappointments.

Yeah I’m feeling bad about this now. I probably need to just get another cat. I can have Ron Barassi, Stretch (who is a female, but I figured Steven wouldn’t mind) and then bring in Hassa. Not a bad recruiting period

 

[DemonZombie_001]

He was before my time. Here is a link to an interview with him:-

Interview with Hassa Mann

 

[Toump Ass]

Had to google him. I liked this from his wikipedia:
"He earned the name Hassa when he was a toddler."

* oath he did. They don't just hand titles like that out to anyone.

Happy birthday legend!

 

[Ando727]

Yeah I’m feeling bad about this now. I probably need to just get another cat. I can have Ron Barassi, Stretch (who is a female, but I figured Steven wouldn’t mind) and then bring in Hassa. Not a bad recruiting period

Well, nobody ever said cat people aren't weird.

 

[Spirit of 26]

He was lined up behind me queuing for finals tickets at the G in ‘98. The crowd couldn’t believe such a club stalwart was having to queue. (He was a casualty of the Joe purge in ‘96/97 as the CEO under Ridley). Word got quickly to club staff and they came rushing and respectfully escorted him from the queue. Didn’t hear the conversation but I’m assuming he received his tickets later.
He was not upset and seemed to be very humble.
A great man (pun intended)