Brook Hannah
Australian rules footballer and missionary
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| Intro | Australian rules footballer and missionary | |
| Places | Australia | |
| was | Athlete Football player Australian-rules footballer | |
| Work field | Sports | |
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| Birth | 28 September 1874, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia | |
| Death | 14 January 1961Royal Tunbridge Wells, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, United Kingdom (aged 86 years) | |
| Star sign | Libra | |
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Charles Brooking 'Brook' Hannah (28 September 1874 – 14 January 1961) was a former Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
After retiring from playing football, Hannah joined the China Inland Mission as an ordained missionary. He survived the attacks on foreign Christian missionaries during the Boxer Rebellion and served as a missionary for over 50 years before retiring to Tunbridge Wells in England with his wife, May, an English-born missionary.