Ken Hands

Ken Hands
Personal information
Date of birth	(1926-10-26) 26 October 1926
Original team(s)	North Geelong
Debut	Round 5, 1945, Carlton vs. St Kilda, at Princes Park
Height / weight	185 cm, 85 kg
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1945–1957	Carlton	211 (188)
Coaching career
Years	Club	Games (W–L–D)
1959–1964	Carlton	114 (60–51–3)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 1957.
Career highlights
Carlton Premiers 1945, 1947 Carlton Best & Fairest 1953 Victorian Representative: 12 times. 1953, 54, 57. Captain/Coach Victoria 1954 & 1957 Carlton Captain 1952-1957 Carlton Coach 1959-1964 (Runners up 1962) Carlton Team of the Century 2001 (Deputy Vice Captain) AFL Life Member 2001 Official Carlton Legend (10th)2006 AFL Hall of Fame 2009 AFL Life Member Named Carlton's 11th Greatest Player in the 150th Year Celebrations 2014.

Ken Hands (born 26 October 1926) is a former Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League (VFL). On the death of team mate Alex Way on 7 November 2014, Hands became the last surviving member of Carlton's 1945 Premiership team.^[1]

References

↑ De Bolfo, Tony. ""Bloodbath" Blue dies... and then there was one". Carlton Football Club. Australian Football League. Retrieved 10 November 2014.

Ken Hands at Blueseum
Ken Hands's statistics from AFL Tables
Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.

Carlton Football Club 1945/47 VFL premiers

1945: Carlton 15.13 (103) defeated South Melbourne 10.15 (75), at Princes Park 1947: Carlton 13.8 (86) defeated Essendon 11.19 (85), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground

1. Hands 3. Bennett 7. Turner 12. Williams 15. Brown 21. Baxter 23. Deacon 25. Baird 26. Clark

Coach: Bentley

Coaches of the Carlton Football Club

1902–1909: Worrall 1909–1911: Elliott 1912: Clark 1913: Wells 1914–1918: Clark 1919: Valentine 1920–1922: Clark 1922–1923: Clover 1924: Parratt 1925: Caldwell 1925: O'Brien 1926: Brew 1927: Clover 1928: Brew 1929–1934: Minogue 1935–1936: Maher 1937: Rowe 1938–1940: Diggins 1941–1955: Bentley 1956–1958: Francis 1959–1964: Hands 1965–1971: Barassi 1972–1975: Nicholls 1972; 1975: McKenzie 1976–1977: Thorogood 1978: Stewart 1978: Silvagni 1978–1979: Jesaulenko 1980: Jones 1981–1985: Parkin 1986–1989: Walls 1989–1990: Jesaulenko 1991–2000: Parkin 2001–2002: Brittain 2003–2007: Pagan 2007–2012: Ratten 2013–2015: Malthouse 2015: Barker 2016–: Bolton

Italics denote caretaker coach

Carlton Football Club · Team of the Century

Full-back	Bruce Comben Stephen Silvagni Geoff Southby

Half-back	John James Bert Deacon Bruce Doull

Centre	Garry Crane Greg Williams Craig Bradley

Half-forward	Wayne Johnston Stephen Kernahan (c) Alex Jesaulenko

Full-forward	Ken Hands Harry Vallence Rod Ashman

Ruck	John Nicholls Sergio Silvagni Adrian Gallagher

Interchange	Robert Walls Mike Fitzpatrick Ken Hunter Trevor Keogh

Coach	David Parkin

1953 Sporting Life Team of the Year

Defenders Bernie Smith (Geelong) Herb Henderson (Footscray) Merv McIntosh (Perth) Jack Collins (Footscray) Len Fitzgerald (Sturt) Des Rowe (Richmond)

Midfielders Des Healey (Collingwood) Jack Clarke (Essendon) Jack Lynch (West Adelaide)

Forwards Bob Rose (Collingwood) Jack Howell (Carlton) Jim Deane (South Adelaide) Roy Wright (Richmond) John Coleman (Essendon) Peter Pianto (Geelong)

Followers Ken Hands (Carlton) John Leedham (North Launceston) Bill Hutchison (Essendon)

1954 Sporting Life Team of the Year

Defenders Wally Donald (Footscray) Ken Caporn (Claremont) John Marriott (Norwood) Noel McMahen (Melbourne) Laurie Kettlewell (Subiaco) Jim Gallagher (Footscray)

Midfielders Jack Lynch (West Adelaide) Ted Whitten (Footscray) Keith Harper (Perth)

Forwards Jim Deane (Richmond) John Brady (North Melbourne) Bob Rose (Collingwood) Neil Mann (Collingwood) Jack Collins (Footscray) Peter Pianto (Geelong)

Followers Ken Hands (Carlton) John Leedham (North Launceston) Bill Hutchison (Essendon)

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