George Hanlon

{{Short description|Australian horse trainer}} {{Use Australian English|date=September 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}} '''George Hanlon''' (July 1917 – 28 January 2010) was an Australian race horse trainer. Born in South Australia, he was inducted in the Australian Racing Hall of Fame in 2002.

Hanlon trained three Melbourne Cup winners; Piping Lane in 1972, Arwon in 1978 and Black Knight in 1984.<ref name="HSDeath">{{cite news | first = Matt | last = Stewart | title = Multiple Melbourne Cup-winning trainer George Hanlon dies in Geelong | url = http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/multiple-melbourne-cup-winning-trainer-george-hanlon-dies-in-geelong-aged-93/story-e6frf7kx-1225824412416 | work = Herald Sun| date = 29 January 2010 | access-date = 29 January 2010}}</ref><ref>[https://news.google.com.au/newspapers?id=nwAzAAAAIBAJ&sjid=YJEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3725,5166479&dq=george+hanlon&hl=en The George Hanlon File]</ref>

He also trained the racehorse Family of Man who won the:

* 1977 and 1979 Alister Clark Stakes * 1977 Caulfield Stakes * 1977 W S Cox Plate * 1978 William Reid Stakes * 1978 Mackinnon Stakes.

Hanlon died in 2010, aged 92, at a nursing home in Geelong, Victoria where he had been living for the past year and a half.<ref name="HSDeath"/>

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