| Brian Kann | |
| Fullname: | Brian Eugene Kann |
| Birth Date: | 21 July 1933 |
| Originalteam: | Hawthorn Colts |
| Debutdate: | Round 13, 1954 |
| Debutteam: | Hawthorn |
| Debutopponent: | St Kilda |
| Debutstadium: | Glenferrie Oval |
| Height: | 178 cm |
| Weight: | 82 kg |
| Statsend: | 1959 |
| Years1: | 1954–1959 |
| Club1: | Hawthorn |
| Games Goals1: | 57 (0) |
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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.[1] [2] He played senior football at Hawthorn for six seasons, from 1954 to 1959.[2] [3] 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.[2] [3] He played in Hawthorn's semi final win over Carlton and preliminary final loss to Melbourne.[3] Over the next two years, Kann made only seven league appearances, but did captain the Hawthorn reserves to the 1958 and 1959 premierships.[1]
In 1960, Kann was captain-coach of Moorabbin, which finished the regular season in sixth position, to make the Victorian Football Association finals.[4] [5] They were eliminated from the finals by Yarraville, at the quarter-final stage.[6]
Also a district cricketer, Kann played for the Fitzroy Cricket Club and in his youth represented the Victorian Schoolboys.[1] [7] He was a member of Fitzroy's 1953/54 premiership side.[1]
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.[8] [9]