Hector William RyanBirth Registration: "New Zealand Births, Deaths & Marriages Online" Birth Registration Number: 1921/11361 New Zealand BDM Online (accessed 31 May 2025) Hector William Ryan birth registered 1921 in New Zealand, child of Thomas Ryan & Jane Hawthorne Wilson. (27 January 1921 – 15 May 2004) was a New Zealand rugby union player. A prop, Wilson represented at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, from 1949 to 1951. He played 13 matches for the All Blacks including five internationals.
After his parents divorced in 1927, Hector adopted his new stepfather's name after his mother married John Roland Wilson in 1939Marriage Registration: "New Zealand Births, Deaths & Marriages Online" Marriage Registration Number: 1939/1688 New Zealand BDM Online (accessed 18 December 2025) Jane Hawthorne Harvey marriage to John Roland Wilson in 1939 in New Zealand.
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