Brian Kann
{{Short description|Australian rules footballer (1933–2019)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}}
{{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}}
{{Infobox AFL biography
| name = Brian Kann
| image =
| fullname = Brian Eugene Kann
| birth_date = 21 July 1933
| birth_place =
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2019|5|21|1933|7|21}}
| death_place =
| originalteam = Hawthorn Colts
| debutdate = Round 13, 1954
| debutteam = Hawthorn
| debutopponent = St Kilda
| debutstadium = Glenferrie Oval
| height = 178 cm
| weight = 82 kg
| position =
| statsend = 1959
| years1 = 1954–1959
| club1 = Hawthorn
| games_goals1 = 57 (0)
| careerhighlights =
- Hawthorn Football Club Hall of Fame
}}
Brian Kann (21 July 1933 – 21 May 2019) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Kann, who went to Melbourne High School, started out in the Hawthorn Colts.{{cite web|url=http://www.fitzroydoncastercc.com.au/pageitem.aspx?id=83979&id2=1&eID=206&entityID=206| title=Past Player Profile - Brian Kann| publisher=Fitzroy Doncaster Cricket Club}}{{cite book|last=Holmesby|first=Russell|last2=Main|first2=Jim|title=The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers| publisher=BAS Publishing|year=2007|isbn=9781920910785}} He played senior football at Hawthorn for six seasons, from 1954 to 1959.{{cite web|url=http://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/B/Brian_Kann.html| title=Brian Kann| publisher=AFL Tables}} A defender, Kann was part of Hawthorn's historic 1957 side, which qualified for the VFL finals for the first time in the club's history. He played in Hawthorn's semi final win over Carlton and preliminary final loss to Melbourne. Over the next two years, Kann made only seven league appearances, but did captain the Hawthorn reserves to the 1958 and 1959 premierships.
In 1960, Kann was captain-coach of Moorabbin, which finished the regular season in sixth position, to make the Victorian Football Association finals.The Age, [https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1300&dat=19600419&id=_p1VAAAAIBAJ&sjid=tqkDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6874,2967093 "Moorabbin Shows It Will be Threat"], 19 April 1960, p. 9{{cite news|newspaper=The Sun News-Pictorial|date=29 August 1960|title=Two VFA finals on same day|page=47|publication-place=Melbourne, Vic|author=Scot Palmer}} They were eliminated from the finals by Yarraville, at the quarter-final stage.{{cite news|newspaper=The Sun News-Pictorial|date=5 September 1960|title=Dull games won VFA no friends|page=48|publication-place=Melbourne, Vic|author=Scot Palmer}}
Also a district cricketer, Kann played for the Fitzroy Cricket Club and in his youth represented the Victorian Schoolboys.The Age, [https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1300&dat=19560306&id=XTlVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=hZUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5321,783225 "Incidents in District Play"], 6 March 1956, p. 1 He was a member of Fitzroy's 1953/54 premiership side.
In 1995, his son Julien Kann was initiator and founder of the Munich Kangaroos in Germany, as well as founding member of the Australian Football League Germany in 1999.Kate O'Halloran: [http://www.aflcommunityclub.com.au/index.php?id=739&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=577&cHash=6fcc9b177f0d97466771eef835e4be2a AFL Germany Expands], AFL Community, 24 February 2012.Christian Stüwe: Kangaroos gegen Emus im Hirschgarten – Australian Football: Eine Vollkontakt-Sportart, die aussieht wie Rugby, feiert in München bald 20-jähriges Jubiläum, Münchner Merkur, 23 June 2015.