Hannah Button (

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Martin, born 27 November 1996) is an

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er playing for the

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in the AFL Women's (AFLW).

Early life and state football

Button tried many sports, including

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tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...

, and

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. Only in 2017, after moving to

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, did she try Australian rules football, together with her sister

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. 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

in the AFL Women's (AFLW), Button joined NT Thunder for the

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(VFLW) season. She played six games for them, before rupturing her right

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AFL Women's career

Button was drafted by

with their sixth selection and fifty-third overall in the

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. 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." She made her debut in the one point loss to the at

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in the opening round of the 2019 season. She helped Adelaide win the 2019 premiership, missing only one game during the season. After picking up an

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playing for NT Thunder in the

(VFLW), Button was placed on the inactive list for the 2020 season. Due to the timing of her injury, Adelaide were compensated with an extra draft pick in the

2019 AFL Women's draft The 2019 AFL Women's draft consisted of the various periods when the 14 clubs in the AFL Women's competition can recruit players prior to the competition's 2020 season. At the conclusion of the period clubs were required to have 27 senior-lis ...

Personal life

Button was born on the Yorke Peninsula. Her younger sister,

, is also a footballer, playing for West Adelaide in the SANFL Women's League (SANFLW) and for

in the AFL Women's (AFLW). In October 2019, Button married her long term-partner, Karl, in the Adelaide Hills and took his family name. Button has a teaching degree from the University of South Australia.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Button, Hannah 1996 births Living people Adelaide Football Club (AFLW) players Australian rules footballers from South Australia