Cyril William Byrne (15 May 1931 – 4 September 2020) 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 for the

Melbourne Football Club The Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed the Demons, is a professional Australian rules football club that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's elite competition. It is based in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, ...

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). Byrne played with North Launceston from 1951 to 1953, winning their best and fairest in 1952. He was recruited to Captain / Coach Corowa in 1954 and 1955. Byrne was then Captain / Coach of

Mangoplah Mangoplah is a town approximately south of Wagga Wagga in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia. At the 2016 census, Mangoplah had a population of 309. The name of the town is believed to mean "Kooris singing" in the Wiradjuri ab ...

- Cookardinia from 1956 to 1959, for two premierships in 1956 and 1957. In Rd.1 of 1957, Byrne played his one and only game with the Melbourne Football Club, then returned to

. Byrne coached Leeton in the

South West Football League (New South Wales) The South West District Football League was a major Australian rules football competition which ran from 1910 until 1981 in the Riverina region of New South Wales. History The first recorded Australian Rules Football match in the Riverina area wa ...

in 1960, Byrne then coached East Devonport in 1961 and 1962, then coached Pennant Hill in Sydney in 1972.

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1931 births 2020 deaths Australian rules footballers from New South Wales Melbourne Football Club players {{AFL-bio-1930s-stub