{{short description|Australian rules footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}} {{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}} {{Infobox AFL biography | name = Alex Hanton | image = | fullname = Alexander George Hanton | birth_date = {{birth date|1922|05|25|df=y}} | birth_place = Frankston, Victoria | death_date = {{death date and age|2011|09|05|1922|05|25|df=y}} | death_place = | originalteam = Frankston | height = 183 cm | weight = 79 kg | position = | statsend = 1946 | years1 = 1946 | club1 = {{AFL Car}} | games_goals1 = 1 (1) | careerhighlights = }} '''Alexander George Hanton''' (25 May 1922 – 5 September 2011)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://australianfootball.com/players/player/Alex%2BHanton/7384|title=Alex Hanton - Player Bio|publisher=Australian Football|accessdate=14 December 2014}}</ref> was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Carlton Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).<ref>Holmesby & Main (2009), p.342.</ref> ==Family== The son of William Mark Hanton (1878-1956),<ref>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article71654558 Deaths: Hanton, ''The Argus'', (Wednesday, 29 August 1956), p.13.]</ref><ref>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article84389642 Law Notices: Willam Mark Hanton, ''The Argus'', (Wednesday, 3 October 1956), p.13.]</ref> and Ellen Clement Hanton (1883-1962), née Annand,<ref>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article205007317 Marriages: Hanton—Annand, ''The Age'', (Saturday, 7 September 1907), p.7.]</ref> Alexander George Hanton was born at Frankston, Victoria on 25 May 1922.
Alex's twin brother, Harold Roy "Hal" Hanton (1922-2011), who also played for Carlton in the VFL, died just 9 days after Alex's death.
He married Valma Lillian Rinder (1936-1983).
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==References== * {{cite book |title=The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 |last=Holmesby|first=Russell|last2=Main|first2=Jim |year=2009 |edition=8th |isbn=978-1-921496-00-4 |publisher=BAS Publishing |location=Seaford, Victoria}} * [https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/twins-who-signalled-one-of-carltons-great-eras-20110423-1ds8q.html Connolly, Rohan, "Twins who signalled one of Carlton's great eras",''The Age'', Sunday, 24 April 2011.] * [https://nominal-rolls.dva.gov.au/veteran?id=493534&c=WW2 World War Two Nominal Roll: Signalman Alexander George Hanton (VX88810/V310317), ''Department of Veterans' Affairs''.] * '''B883''', '''VX88810''': World War Two Service Record: Signalman Alexander George Hanton (VX88810), ''National Archives of Australia''.
== External links == *{{AFL Tables|ref=A/Alex_Hanton.html}} *[http://www.blueseum.org/tiki-index.php?page=Alex+Hanton Alex Hanton's profile] at Blueseum
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