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).Holmesby & Main (2007).

Family The son of Christopher Ryan (1876–1949),Deaths: Ryan, The Argus, (Friday, 11 November 1949), p. 10. and Ellen Mary "Nellie" Ryan (1881–1955), née Collins,Deaths: Ryan, The Argus, (Friday, 17 June 1955), p. 18. 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;Today's Weddings: Ryan—Carroll, The (Melbourne) Herald, (Saturday, 10 March 1945), p. 8. they had five children. Along side his 5 children, he had 11 grandchildren and many great grandchildren, one of them being the one and only Emily Ryan.

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;Huxtable for South, The Argus, (Friday, 25 April 1941), p. 8. and, in 1941, Ryan was one of the five who played in all 18 home-and-away rounds.AFL Tables. 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. A defender, Ryan played four more games, two in 1946 and another two in 1947.

Williamstown (VFA) Midway through the 1948 season, Ryan was cleared from Collingwood to Williamstown.

Stawell (WFL) In 1949, based at Stawell, Victoria through his work as an inter-state truck driver,Car and Transport in Accident, The Horsham Times, (Tuesday, 31 May 1949), p. 2. he was cleared from Williamstown to the Stawell Football Club in the Wimmera Football League.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.

Military service He enlisted in the RAAF in June 1943, and served overseas during World War II, and was discharged in February 1946.Nominal Roll.Service Record.

Death He died at the Repatriation General Hospital, in Heidelberg, Victoria, on 5 May 1960.Deaths: Ryan, The Age, (Friday, 6 May 1960), p. 18.

Notes

References Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2007), The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers, BAS Publishing. 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

E. "Ted" Ryan, at The VFA Project. Ted Ryan, at Collingwood Forever.