Zip Hanna
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| Born: |
December 1, 1916 Chester, South Carolina |
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| Died: | January 18, 2001 (aged 84) |
| Career information | |
| Position(s) | Guard |
| College | South Carolina |
| Career history | |
| As player | |
| 1945 | Washington Redskins |
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Elzaphan McConnell (Zip) Hanna (December 1, 1916 – January 18, 2001) was an American football guard in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins. Hanna attended Chester High School in Chester, South Carolina. Hanna was invited to play in the first S.C.-N.C. Shrine Bowl, but rejected the invitation as Gaffney was playing for the Southeastern Football Championship. He played college football at the University of South Carolina. In 1946, suffering from knee injuries, he became a player-coach of the Charlotte Clippers semi-pro team.
In the latter part of 1946, he became chief of police in Rock Hill, SC In 1955, he accepted the position of chief of police in Aiken, SC, from which he retired. Not one to be content in retirement, he moved to the Piedmont area of the Palmetto State and formed a home builders group. He died in 2001 at the VA Hospital in Asheville, NC.