Terence Percival Hanney (19 January 1889 – 30 November 1964) was an English football player and manager. Hanney was part of the gold medal-winning

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team in the 1912 Olympic football competition in Stockholm. Due to an injury he suffered in the quarter-final match (which Britain won 7–0 against

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), Hanney he missed the 4–2 victory over

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in the final. He commenced his career with Wokingham Town before moving to

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. In 1913 he turned professional and switched for a fee of £1,250 to

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, for whom he played 78 matches. Hanney guested for

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in the

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during the

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. Having served in the Royal Berkshires before the war, Hanney held the rank of sergeant in the

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and was wounded in the face and neck by

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in July 1916. Later he played two seasons for

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. After this he returned to Reading, where he finished his Football League career in the Third Division and then moved back into

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with

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. From 1924 later he coached

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, winning the regional championship of

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in 1927, the first title for the club. In 1927-28 he coached

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, taking the club to the semi-finals of the German Championship. After returning to England he became a

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Career statistics

Honours

Brentford *

: 1918–19

References

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