Arthur John O'Bryan (20 May 1923 – 9 December 1990) was an

Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...

er who played with

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in the

Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tier regional semi-professional competitions which sit underneath the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL). It ...

(VFL) during the 1940s. He played on the half back flank in his club's 1944 Grand Final triumph. O'Bryan also served in the Australian Army during World War II.

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2004 obituary of Maurie Hearn, mentioning Clen Denning and Laurie Bickerton as the surviving members of the Maroons' 1944 side
1923 births Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia) Fitzroy Football Club players Fitzroy Football Club Premiership players 1990 deaths One-time VFL/AFL Premiership players Australian Army personnel of World War II {{AFL-bio-1920s-stub