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Hanna moved in infancy with his parents from Kansas City to Shreveport. In 1947, he graduated from Clifton Ellis Byrd High School and enrolled at [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]], He played on the LSU Tigers [[baseball]] team from 1949 to 1951, and was thereafter a shortstop for several minor league teams but soon returned to Shreveport to join his father in business.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=http://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/local/2016/12/17/former-shreveport-mayor-bill-hanna-dies/95574356/|title=Former Shreveport Mayor Bill Hanna dies at 86|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''||author=Scott Ferrell|accessdate=December 18, 2016}}</ref>
Hanna moved in infancy with his parents from Kansas City to Shreveport. In 1947, he graduated from Clifton Ellis Byrd High School and enrolled at [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]], He played on the LSU Tigers [[baseball]] team from 1949 to 1951, and was thereafter a shortstop for several minor league teams but soon returned to Shreveport to join his father in business.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=http://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/local/2016/12/17/former-shreveport-mayor-bill-hanna-dies/95574356/|title=Former Shreveport Mayor Bill Hanna dies at 86|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''||author=Scott Ferrell|accessdate=December 18, 2016}}</ref>
In 1977, Hanna was named "Automobile Dealer of the Year" by the Louisiana Automobile Dealers Association, of which he once was the president.<ref name=fullobit/> The company was well known for the popular sales slogan, "You Can Afford a Hanna Ford," which was intended to attract moderate-income buyers.<ref name=fullobit>{{cite news|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=william-thomas-hanna-jr&pid=183143757|title=William Thomas Hanna, Jr.|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|accessdate=December 20, 2016}}</ref><ref name=findagrave/> Hanna Ford, however, no longer exists.
In 1977, Hanna was named "Automobile Dealer of the Year" by the Louisiana Automobile Dealers Association, of which he once was the president.<ref name=fullobit/> The company was well known for the popular sales slogan, "You Can Afford a Hanna Ford," which was intended to attract moderate-income buyers.<ref name=fullobit>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=william-thomas-hanna-jr&pid=183143757|title=William Thomas Hanna, Jr.|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|accessdate=December 20, 2016}}</ref><ref name=findagrave/> Hanna Ford, however, no longer exists.
==Public career==
==Public career==