Jack F. T. Ryan

Jack Ryan
Personal information
Full name Jack F. T. Ryan
Date of birth (1914-12-03)3 December 1914
Date of death 31 July 1976(1976-07-31) (aged 61)
Original team(s) Maryborough
Height / weight 180 cm / 78 kg
Position(s) Wingman
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1935–1939
1940–1941
Total –		 Footscray
North Melbourne		 74 (37)
9 (2)
83 (39)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1941.

Jack F. T. Ryan (3 December 1914 – 31 July 1976) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray and North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Ryan came to Footscray from Maryborough and topped their goal-kicking in 1935, his debut season, with 25 goals.[1] The following year he was selected to represent the VFL against the Victorian Football Association.[2] He was a regular fixture in the Footscray side, as a wingman, for another three seasons before being traded to North Melbourne, in exchange for Ted Ellis, in 1940.[3]

References

  1. ↑ AFL Tables: Jack Ryan
  2. ↑ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-920910-78-5.
  3. ↑ The Argus,"Exchange Of Players", 20 April 1940, p. 14


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