Hannah Button
Australian rules footballer
Hannah Button (née Martin, born 27 November 1996) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Adelaide Football Club in the AFL Women's (AFLW).
Early life and state football
Button tried many sports, including netball, basketball, tennis, and soccer. Only in 2017, after moving to Adelaide, did she try Australian rules football, together with her sister Rachelle. With West Adelaide, she started out playing in the amateur league but moved up quickly to the SANFL Women's League (SANFLW) for the 2018 season. She averaged 15 disposals over the season and was selected for the 2018 SANFLW Team of the Year. Furthermore, she won the 2018 SANFLW best and fairest award. In 2019, after playing a season with Adelaide in the AFL Women's (AFLW), Button joined NT Thunder for the VFL Women's (VFLW) season. She played six games for them, before rupturing her right anterior cruciate ligament.
AFL Women's career
Button was drafted by Adelaide with their sixth selection and fifty-third overall in the 2018 AFL Women's draft. Adelaide's GM of Football Administration, Phil Harper, said about her that "She has serious speed and can run and carry the ball on a wing or win it in the contest.
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