Fact Bob Hank's career

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These stats on Bob Hank's football career are taken from John Storer's 2007 book "The Records of the West Torrens Football Club". This is his season by season record for West Torrens.


Season

Games

Goals

Behinds

Finals

Finals goals

Magarey votes

1945

16

9

2+

3

2

20

1946

17

3

12

0

0

23

1947

17

1

5

0

0

26

1948

19

4

5

2

0

17

1949

19

2

3

3

1

14

1950

18

4

4

1

0

7

1951

18

4

9

1

0

12

1952

18

3

6

1

0

10

1953

20

2

6

2

1

17

1954

12

6

6

2

1

4

1955

1

0

0

0

0

0

1956

15

6

7

0

0

4

1957

18

11

4

1

0

7

1958

2

1

1

0

0

0

TOTALS

210

56

70+

16

5

161


Hank was the Magarey Medal winner in 1946 and 1947.
Hank played in premierships in 1945 and 1953.
He captained West Torrens from 1947 to 1955. He was captain-coach in 1951.
He won the club Best and Fairest in 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1952, 1953 and 1957.

Storer's book does not have behinds totals for all games in 1945. There were only two games for which behinds were denoted, so Hank probably kicked at least another five that year.
He played 118 successive games between round 5, 1945 and round 13, 1951.
 

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Norm Smith Medallist
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Hank's football matches for South Australia.


Season

Games

Miscellaneous

1945

1



1946

3



1947

3

vice captain

1948

2



1949

4



1950

4



1951

3



1952

3

captain

1953

4

captain. All Australian

1954

2

captain

TOTALS

29

9 times captain
 

worbod

Norm Smith Medallist
Oct 26, 2008
5,886
7,507
Bendigo
AFL Club
Western Bulldogs
Other Teams
Liverpool
Hank also played 2 games for West Torrens in the SANFL night series. He played one game in 1956 (0 goals, 0 behinds) and one in 1957 (1 goal, 0 behinds).
 

worbod

Norm Smith Medallist
Oct 26, 2008
5,886
7,507
Bendigo
AFL Club
Western Bulldogs
Other Teams
Liverpool
Hank also played some senior grade cricket for West Torrens. He famously dismissed Don Bradman in one match, though Don had made 207 at the time.


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