Career
He played for the North Sydney Bears and Eastern Suburbs. Hanson primarily played in the front row. Hanson was selected to represent New South Wales as a last minute replacement for Philosophy Daley in game III of the 1988 State of Origin series.
He scored a try in the match which would be his only State of Origin appearance.
On 4 November 2015, he died of complications of heart attack he had suffered two weeks earlier, while vacationing. He was 54 years old.
