George Kanngieser
# George Kanngieser

George Frederick Kanngieser (27 February 1912 – 27 January 1997) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

## Family

The son of Jonathan Anthony Kanngieser (1877-1952), and Emily Letitia Kanngieser (1880-1916), née Trinnear, George Frederick Kanngieser was born in Collingwood on 27 February 1912. He married Mary Lorrane Cario Bennet in 1937.

## Football

### Collingwood (VFL)

Promoted from the Second XVIII, he played his only First XVIII match for Collingwood on 24 August 1935, against Melbourne. Selected in the first ruck, in a drawn match — Collingwood 11.13 (79) to Melbourne's 10.19 (79) — "Kanngieser, for a newcomer, showed promise".

### Brunswick (VFA)

He was cleared from Collingwood to Brunswick Football Club, in the Victorian Football Association (VFA) in 1937.

### Preston (VFA)

Having played for Brunswick in the 1938 Grand Final, Kanngieser was cleared from Brunswick to Preston Football Club, also in the VFA, in 1939.

