MR
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Amateur golfer, Australian rules footballer
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Male
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Birth:
18 July 1897
Death:
1 August 1965
The details
Biography
Introduction
Michael J. "Mick" Ryan (18 July 1897 – 1 August 1965) was an Australian amateur golfer who won the Australian Open in 1932. He also played Australian rules football for South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Ryan made just one senior appearance for South Melbourne, in the 1918 VFL season, when they defeated Richmond in a game at Lake Oval. South Melbourne went on to win the premiership that year.
Ryan joined the Royal Park Golf Club in 1925 and won their Championship the following year. He later went to Kingston Heath.
In 2002 he was named in the Victorian Golf Team of the Century.
Tournament wins
- 1929 Australian Amateur
- 1930 Victorian Amateur
- 1932 Victorian Amateur, Australian Open
- 1933 Riversdale Cup
- 1935 Riversdale Cup
- 1937 Queensland Amateur