John Leo Ryan (24 July 1907 – 4 July 1959) 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). Originally from Carnegie, Ryan played his football at Hawthorn as a rover. He was Hawthorn's leading goal-kicker in 1931 and 1932, with 39 and 37 goals respectively.

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* * 1907 births Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia) Hawthorn Football Club players 1959 deaths {{AFL-bio-1907-stub