Hannah Button
{{short description|Australian rules footballer}}
{{Use Australian English|date=February 2019}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2019}}
{{Infobox AFL biography
| name = Hannah Button
| image = Hannah Martin 2019.1.jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Button playing for Adelaide in January 2019
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1996|11|27|df=y}}
| birth_place = Yorke Peninsula, South Australia
| death_date =
| death_place =
| originalteam = {{SANFL WestA}} (SANFLW)
| draftpick = No. 53, 2018 AFL Women's draft
| debutdate = Round 1, 2019
| debutteam = {{AFLW|Ade}}
| debutopponent = {{AFLW|WB}}
| debutstadium = Norwood Oval
| height = 165 cm
| weight =
| position = Midfielder
| currentclub = {{AFLW|Ade}}
| guernsey = 6
| years1 = 2019–
| club1 = {{AFLW|Ade}}
| games_goals1 = 39 (3)
| statsend = the 2023 season
| careerhighlights = * 2× AFL Women's premiership player: 2019, 2022 (S6)
- SANFLW best and fairest: 2018
}}
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.{{cite web|url=https://www.afc.com.au/news/276109/aflw-martins-month-of-milestones|title=AFLW: Crows draftee Hannah Martin's month of milestones|first=Kirralee|last=Thomas|publisher=Telstra Media|work=Adelaide|date=7 November 2018}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/sanfl-media/content/uploads/sites/3/2019/02/20105901/2018-Annual-Report_WebV1.pdf|title=Season 2018 Annual Report|publisher=West Adelaide|access-date=12 May 2020}} Furthermore, she won the 2018 SANFLW best and fairest award.{{cite web|url=https://www.afl.com.au/news/52704/aflw-all-the-state-league-winners|title=AFLW: All the state league winners|first=Sarah|last=Black|publisher=Telstra Media|work=Australian Football League|date=26 September 2018}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.ntthunder.com.au/player/hannah-martin/|title=Hannah Martin|publisher=NT Thunder|access-date=12 May 2020}} She played six games for them, before rupturing her right anterior cruciate ligament.{{cite news|url=https://thewest.com.au/sport/adelaide-crows-aflw-star-hannah-martin-does-acl-playing-for-nt-thunder-in-vflw-ng-0230280e164775e6d33fd621a887d071|title=Adelaide Crows AFLW star Hannah Martin does ACL playing for NT Thunder in VFLW|first=Liz|last=Walsh|newspaper=The West Australian|date=8 July 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://www.afc.com.au/news/23707/aflw-martin-to-miss-the-2020-season|title=AFLW: Hannah Martin to miss the 2020 season|publisher=Telstra Media|work=Adelaide|date=9 July 2019}}
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. Hannah is keen to learn and has a lot of upside as someone relatively new to the game."{{cite web|url=https://www.afc.com.au/news/75996/pick-no-51-hannah-martin|title=AFLW: Martin joins the ranks at Adelaide|publisher=Telstra Media|work=Adelaide|date=23 October 2018}}{{cite news|url=http://westadelaidefc.com.au/2018/10/23/hannah-martin-drafted-to-adelaide-crows/|title=Hannah Martin Drafted to Adelaide Crows|date=23 October 2019|work=West Adelaide|access-date=4 February 2019}} She made her debut in the one point loss to the {{AFLW|WB}} at Norwood Oval in the opening round of the 2019 season.{{cite news|url=https://womens.afl/news/15786/teams-injury-hit-docker-finally-locked-in-for-debut|title=TEAMS: Injury-hit Docker finally locked in for debut|last=Black|first=Sarah|date=1 February 2019|work=AFL Women's|publisher=Telstra Media|access-date=4 February 2019}} She helped Adelaide win the 2019 premiership, missing only one game during the season.{{cite web|url=https://www.afc.com.au/news/208781/aflw-childhood-friends-reunite-at-the-crows|title=AFLW: Childhood friends reunite at the Crows|first=Kirralee|last=Thomas|publisher=Telstra Media|work=Adelaide|date=6 November 2019}} After picking up an anterior cruciate ligament injury playing for NT Thunder in the VFL Women's (VFLW), Button was placed on the inactive list for the 2020 season.{{cite web|url=https://www.afc.com.au/news/305936/aflw-nankivell-placed-on-inactive-list|title=AFLW: Crows utility placed on inactive list|publisher=Telstra Media|work=Adelaide|date=15 October 2019}} Due to the timing of her injury, Adelaide were compensated with an extra draft pick in the 2019 AFL Women's draft.{{cite web|url=https://womens.afl/news/18814/crow-blow-other-co-captain-tears-acl-to-make-it-five-on-sidelines|title=Crow blow: Other co-captain tears ACL to make it five on sidelines|first=Sarah|last=Black|publisher=Telstra Media|work=AFL Women's|date=26 November 2019|quote=Button was ruled out for the season in early July when she tore her right ACL playing for NT Thunder in the VFLW. As the injury occurred before October 11's cut-off for inactive players, the Crows received an extra pick in the NAB AFLW Draft as cover.}}
Personal life
Button was born on the Yorke Peninsula. Her younger sister, Rachelle, is also a footballer, playing for West Adelaide in the SANFL Women's League (SANFLW) and for Adelaide in the AFL Women's (AFLW).{{cite news|url=https://www.ypct.com.au/index.php/sport/item/16554-locals-dominate-in-sanflw|title=Locals dominate in SANFLW|first=Rhiannon|last=Koch|newspaper=Yorke Peninsula Country Times|date=8 May 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://www.afc.com.au/news/559448/aflw-train-on-players-signed|title=AFLW: Train-on players signed|publisher=Telstra Media|work=Adelaide|date=3 February 2020}} In October 2019, Button married her long term-partner, Karl, in the Adelaide Hills and took his family name.{{cite web|url=https://www.afc.com.au/news/307692/bcd-hannahs-unique-reception-entrance|title=BCD: Hannah Button's unique reception entrance|publisher=Telstra Media|work=Adelaide|date=14 November 2019}} Button has a teaching degree from the University of South Australia.
References
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External links
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- {{AustralianFootball|ref=Hannah%2BMartin/20466}}
{{Adelaide AFL Women's player squad}}
{{2019 Adelaide premiership players (AFLW)}}
{{2022 AFL Women's season 6 Adelaide premiership players}}
{{2018 AFL Women's draft}}
{{SANFL Women's Best and Fairest award winners}}
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