Frank Hanny
Appearance
Date of birth | October 12, 1897 |
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Place of birth | Aurora, Illinois |
Date of death | September 3, 1946 | (aged 48)
Place of death | Aurora, Illinois |
Career information | |
Position(s) | End |
US college | Indiana |
Career history | |
As player | |
1923–1927 | Chicago Bears |
1928–1929 | Providence Steam Roller |
1930 | Green Bay Packers |
1930 | Portsmouth Spartans |
Career stats | |
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Frank Matthew "Duke" Hanny (October 12, 1897 – September 3, 1946) was an American football end who played eight seasons in the National Football League (NFL). Hanny was the first player to be ejected in an NFL game in history, as he and Green Bay Packers player Tillie Voss exchanged punches in a Chicago Bears game against their rival.[1]
References
Categories:
- 1897 births
- 1946 deaths
- American football ends
- Chicago Bears players
- Green Bay Packers players
- Indiana Hoosiers football players
- Portsmouth Spartans players
- Providence Steam Roller players
- Sportspeople from Aurora, Illinois
- Players of American football from Illinois
- American football wide receiver, pre-1940 birth stubs