Hannah Button

Hannah Button (née Martin, born 27 November 1996) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Adelaide Football Club in the AFL Women's (AFLW).

Hannah Button
Button playing for Adelaide in January 2019
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-11-27) 27 November 1996
Place of birth Yorke Peninsula, South Australia
Original team(s) West Adelaide (SANFLW)
Draft No. 53, 2018 AFL Women's draft
Debut Round 1, 2019, Adelaide
vs. Western Bulldogs, at Norwood Oval
Height 165 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current club Adelaide
Number 6
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2019– Adelaide 8 (2)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2020 season.
Career highlights
Source: AustralianFootball.com

Early life and state football

Button tried many sports, including netball, basketball, tennis, and soccer. Only in 2017, after moving to Adelaide, did she try Australian rules football, together with her sister Rachelle.[1] With West Adelaide, she started out playing in the amateur league but moved up quickly to the SANFL Women's League (SANFLW) for the 2018 season.[1] She averaged 15 disposals over the season and was selected for the 2018 SANFLW Team of the Year.[2][3] Furthermore, she won the 2018 SANFLW best and fairest award.[4] In 2019, after playing a season with Adelaide in the AFL Women's (AFLW), Button joined NT Thunder for the VFL Women's (VFLW) season.[5] She played six games for them, before rupturing her right anterior cruciate ligament.[6][7]

AFL Women's career

Button was drafted by Adelaide with their sixth selection and fifty-third overall in the 2018 AFL Women's draft. Adelaide's GM of Football Administration, Phil Harper, said about her that "She has serious speed and can run and carry the ball on a wing or win it in the contest. Hannah is keen to learn and has a lot of upside as someone relatively new to the game."[2][8] She made her debut in the one point loss to the Western Bulldogs at Norwood Oval in the opening round of the 2019 season.[9] She helped Adelaide win the 2019 premiership, missing only one game during the season.[10] After picking up an anterior cruciate ligament injury playing for NT Thunder in the VFL Women's (VFLW), Button was placed on the inactive list for the 2020 season.[7][11] Due to the timing of her injury, Adelaide were compensated with an extra draft pick in the 2019 AFL Women's draft.[12]

Personal life

Button was born on the Yorke Peninsula.[2] Her younger sister, Rachelle, is also a footballer, playing for West Adelaide in the SANFL Women's League (SANFLW) and for Adelaide in the AFL Women's (AFLW).[13][14] In October 2019, Button married her long term-partner, Karl, in the Adelaide Hills and took his family name.[15] Button has a teaching degree from the University of South Australia.[1]

References
  1. Thomas, Kirralee (7 November 2018). "AFLW: Crows draftee Hannah Martin's month of milestones". Adelaide. Telstra Media.
  2. "AFLW: Martin joins the ranks at Adelaide". Adelaide. Telstra Media. 23 October 2018.
  3. "Season 2018 Annual Report" (PDF). West Adelaide. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  4. Black, Sarah (26 September 2018). "AFLW: All the state league winners". Australian Football League. Telstra Media.
  5. "Hannah Martin". NT Thunder. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  6. Walsh, Liz (8 July 2019). "Adelaide Crows AFLW star Hannah Martin does ACL playing for NT Thunder in VFLW". The West Australian.
  7. "AFLW: Hannah Martin to miss the 2020 season". Adelaide. Telstra Media. 9 July 2019.
  8. "Hannah Martin Drafted to Adelaide Crows". West Adelaide. 23 October 2019. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
  9. Black, Sarah (1 February 2019). "TEAMS: Injury-hit Docker finally locked in for debut". AFL Women's. Telstra Media. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
  10. Thomas, Kirralee (6 November 2019). "AFLW: Childhood friends reunite at the Crows". Adelaide. Telstra Media.
  11. "AFLW: Crows utility placed on inactive list". Adelaide. Telstra Media. 15 October 2019.
  12. Black, Sarah (26 November 2019). "Crow blow: Other co-captain tears ACL to make it five on sidelines". AFL Women's. Telstra Media. Button was ruled out for the season in early July when she tore her right ACL playing for NT Thunder in the VFLW. As the injury occurred before October 11's cut-off for inactive players, the Crows received an extra pick in the NAB AFLW Draft as cover.
  13. Koch, Rhiannon (8 May 2018). "Locals dominate in SANFLW". Yorke Peninsula Country Times.
  14. "AFLW: Train-on players signed". Adelaide. Telstra Media. 3 February 2020.
  15. "BCD: Hannah Button's unique reception entrance". Adelaide. Telstra Media. 14 November 2019.
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