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Brian Kann (born 21 July 1933) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Kann, who went to Melbourne High School, started out in the Hawthorn Colts.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Past Player Profile - Brian Kann )〕 He played senior football at Hawthorn for six seasons, from 1954 to 1959.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Brian Kann )〕 A defender, Kann was part of Hawthorn's historic 1957 side, which qualified for the VFL finals for the first time in the club's history.〔〔 He played in Hawthorn's semi final win over Carlton and preliminary final loss to Melbourne.〔 Over the next two years, Kann made only seven league appearances, but did captain the Hawthorn reserves to the 1958 and 1959 premierships.〔 In 1960, Kann was captain-coach of Moorabbin, which finished the regular season in sixth position, to make the Victorian Football Association finals.〔''The Age'', ("Moorabbin Shows It Will be Threat" ), 19 April 1960, p. 9〕 They were eliminated from the finals by Yarraville, at the quarter-final stage. Also a district cricketer, Kann played for the Fitzroy Cricket Club and in his youth represented the Victorian Schoolboys.〔〔''The Age'', ("Incidents in District Play" ), 6 March 1956, p. 1〕 He was a member of Fitzroy's 1953/54 premiership side.〔 In 1995, his son Julien Kann was initiator and founder of the Munich Kangaroos in Germany, as well as founding member of the Australian Football League Germany in 1999.〔Kate O'Halloran: ''(AFL Germany Expands )'', AFL Community, 24 February 2012.〕〔Christian Stüwe: ''Kangaroos gegen Emus im Hirschgarten – Australian Football: Eine Vollkontakt-Sportart, die aussieht wie Rugby, feiert in München bald 20-jähriges Jubiläum'', Münchner Merkur, 23 June 2015.〕 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Brian Kann」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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