Matthew "Matt" Hannebery (born 16 October 1964) is a former

Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an Australian rules football playing field, oval field, often a modified ...

er who played with Footscray in the

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(VFL).

Career

Recruited from Old Xaverians, Hannebery started at Footscray in 1986 and played 32 league games for the club in five seasons. Most of his appearances came in 1988 (10) and 1989 (13). Hannebery was appointed captain of Old Xaverians in 1992, then coached the club in 1993 and 1994, when they finished third both seasons. He was captain again in 1995 and led them to a premiership that year, which was secured with a 15.11 (101) to 2.5 (17) grand final win over the

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. In 1996 he continued as captain and Old Xaverians claimed another premiership, defeating

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by five points in the grand final.

Family

His brother, Mark Hannebery, played for Collingwood and

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"Hard yards pay off for Sydney's Hannebery"
5 June 2010, Michael Cowley Brother-in-law, Luke O'Sullivan, was a Carlton player.

Dan Hannebery Daniel Hannebery (born 24 February 1991) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played in the Australian Football League (AFL). He previously played for the Sydney Swans from 2009 to 2018 and for the St Kilda Football Club fr ...

, Matt's son, is currently at the

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and formerly of the

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and was a member of their 2012 premiership team.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hannebery, Matt 1964 births Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Western Bulldogs players Old Xaverians Football Club players Living people