John Ryan (16 October 1930 – 12 August 2008) was a Scottish professional

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who played 61 league games for

Charlton Athletic Charlton Athletic Football Club is an English professional football club based in Charlton, south-east London, which compete in . Their home ground is The Valley, where the club have played since 1919. They have also played at The Mount in C ...

, scoring 32 goals. He is most famous for scoring the winning goal in Charlton's 7–6 win over

Huddersfield Town Huddersfield Town Association Football Club is a professional football club based in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England, which compete in the . The team have played home games at the Kirklees Stadium since moving from Leeds Road in 1994. The ...

in the Second Division at The Valley, 21 December 1957, the only game in professional football in which a team has scored six times and still lost the game. What was even more remarkable about the game was that Charlton had 10 men for 73 minutes of the match and were 5–1 down with 27 minutes remaining. Ryan scored the winning goal past keeper Sandy Kennon with one minute remaining. He died in

Swindon Swindon () is a town and unitary authority with Borough status in the United Kingdom, borough status in Wiltshire, England. As of the 2021 Census, the population of Swindon was 201,669, making it the largest town in the county. The Swindon un ...

, England on 12 August 2008.

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