Ted Ryan (footballer, born 1921)

Ted Ryan
Ted Ryan
	Ryan in 1943
Personal information
Full name	Edward Henry Ryan
Date of birth	17 July 1921
Place of birth	Kew, Victoria
Date of death	5 May 1960 (aged 38)
Place of death	Repatriation General Hospital, Heidelberg, Victoria
Original team(s)	Williamstown (VFA)
Height	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	81 kg (179 lb)
Playing career1
Years	Club
1940–1941	Williamstown (VFA)
1941–1947	Collingwood (VFL)
	1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1947.
	Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Edward Henry Ryan (17 July 1921 – 5 May 1960) was an Australian rules footballer who played with the Williamstown Football Club in the Victorian Football Association (VFA) and the Collingwood Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).^[1]

Family

The son of Christopher Ryan (1876–1949),^[2] and Ellen Mary "Nellie" Ryan (1881–1955), née Collins,^[3] Edward Henry Ryan was born at Kew, Victoria on 17 July 1921. His brother, Phillip James Ryan (1915–2014) played for the Hawthorn Football Club in the VFL.

He married Joan Marjorie Carroll (1921-2000), on 10 March 1945, at Xavier College Chapel;^[4] they had five children.

Education

Ryan attended Xavier College.

Football

Williamstown (VFA)

Recruited from the Kew Football Club in the Sub-District League in 1940, he played for the Williamstown, in the Victorian Football Association in 1940 (22 games) and in the first two games of the 1941 season.

Collingwood (VFL)

Having already played in two VFA matches with Williamstown, he was cleared to Collingwood on 24 April 1941;^[5] and, in 1941, Ryan was one of the five who played in all 18 home-and-away rounds.^[6] Due to wartime service in the Royal Australian Air Force he did not play senior football again until 1944, when he made 11 appearances while on leave.^[6]^[7] A defender, Ryan played four more games, two in 1946 and another two in 1947.^[6]^[8]

Williamstown (VFA)

Midway through the 1948 season, Ryan was cleared from Collingwood to Williamstown.^[9]

Stawell (WFL)

In 1949, based at Stawell, Victoria through his work as an inter-state truck driver,^[10]^[11] he was cleared from Williamstown to the Stawell Football Club in the Wimmera Football League.^[12]^[13]^[14]

Military service

He enlisted in the RAAF in June 1943, and served overseas during World War II, and was discharged in February 1946.^[15]^[16]

Death

He died at the Repatriation General Hospital, in Heidelberg, Victoria, on 5 May 1960.^[17]

Notes

^ Holmesby & Main (2007).
^ Deaths: Ryan, The Argus, (Friday, 11 November 1949), p. 10.
^ Deaths: Ryan, The Argus, (Friday, 17 June 1955), p. 18.
^ Today's Weddings: Ryan—Carroll, The (Melbourne) Herald, (Saturday, 10 March 1945), p. 8.
^ Huxtable for South, The Argus, (Friday, 25 April 1941), p. 8.
^ ^a ^b ^c AFL Tables.
^ "League Players Train Well: Ryan for Collingwood". The Argus. Melbourne: National Library. 31 May 1944. p. 11. Retrieved 5 March 2014.
^ "Collingwood make Two Surprise Changes". The Argus. Melbourne, Vic. 22 August 1947. p. 21.
^ "Player's Resignation Accepted". The Argus. Melbourne: National Library. 10 June 1948. p. 12. Retrieved 5 March 2014.
^ "Newsy Notes from the Club". Williamstown Chronicle. Victoria. 29 April 1949. p. 8.
^ Car and Transport in Accident, The Horsham Times, (Tuesday, 31 May 1949), p. 2.
^ L. Hardiman for Brunswick, The Argus, (Thursday, 5 May 1949), p. 19.
^ Club Gossip . . ., The Williamstown Advertiser, (Saturday, 30 April 1949), p. 2.
^ The Stawell Team (photograph), The Argus, (Wednesday, 7 September 1949), p. 26.
^ Nominal Roll.
^ Service Record.
^ Deaths: Ryan, The Age, (Friday, 6 May 1960), p. 18.

References

Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2007), The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers, BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-9209-1078-5
World War Two Nominal Roll: Flying Officer Edward Henry Ryan (436965), Department of Veterans' Affairs.
World War Two Service Record: Flying Officer Edward Henry Ryan (436965), National Archives of Australia.
World War Two Service Record Identity Photograph: Flying Officer Edward Henry Ryan (436965), National Archives of Australia.

External links

Ted Ryan's playing statistics from AFL Tables
Ted Ryan at AustralianFootball.com
E. "Ted" Ryan, at The VFA Project.
Ted Ryan, at Collingwood Forever.

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[1] Holmesby & Main (2007).

[2] Deaths: Ryan, The Argus, (Friday, 11 November 1949), p. 10.

[3] Deaths: Ryan, The Argus, (Friday, 17 June 1955), p. 18.

[4] Today's Weddings: Ryan—Carroll, The (Melbourne) Herald, (Saturday, 10 March 1945), p. 8.

[5] Huxtable for South, The Argus, (Friday, 25 April 1941), p. 8.

[AFLTables-6] AFL Tables.

[7] "League Players Train Well: Ryan for Collingwood". The Argus. Melbourne: National Library. 31 May 1944. p. 11. Retrieved 5 March 2014.

[8] "Collingwood make Two Surprise Changes". The Argus. Melbourne, Vic. 22 August 1947. p. 21.

[9] "Player's Resignation Accepted". The Argus. Melbourne: National Library. 10 June 1948. p. 12. Retrieved 5 March 2014.

[10] "Newsy Notes from the Club". Williamstown Chronicle. Victoria. 29 April 1949. p. 8.

[11] Car and Transport in Accident, The Horsham Times, (Tuesday, 31 May 1949), p. 2.

[12] L. Hardiman for Brunswick, The Argus, (Thursday, 5 May 1949), p. 19.

[13] Club Gossip . . ., The Williamstown Advertiser, (Saturday, 30 April 1949), p. 2.

[14] The Stawell Team (photograph), The Argus, (Wednesday, 7 September 1949), p. 26.

[15] Nominal Roll.

[16] Service Record.

[17] Deaths: Ryan, The Age, (Friday, 6 May 1960), p. 18.

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