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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 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''|date=December 20, 2016|accessdate=May 16, 2020}}</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. 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''|date=December 20, 2016|accessdate=May 16, 2020}}</ref><ref name=findagrave/> Hanna Ford, however, no longer exists.
==Public career==
==Public career==