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Key Facts

Full name
James Ryan

Known as
Jim Ryan

Born
29 August 1918

Died
4 June 2006 (aged 87)

Age at first & last AFL game
First game: 25y 356d
Last game: 25y 356d

Height and weight
Height: 171 cm
Weight: 74 kg

Senior clubs
Melbourne

Jim Ryan

ClubLeagueCareer spanGamesGoalsAvgWin %AKIAHBAMKBV
MelbourneV/AFL1944100.000%0
Total1944100.000%0

AFL: 5,394th player to appear, 12,701st most games played, 11,546th most goals kickedMelbourne: 645th player to appear, 1,338th most games played, 1,237th most goals kicked

Having joined the club at the beginning of 1943, Jim Ryan was promoted from Melbourne's reserves side to play his one and only senior VFL match in round 16 of 1944.¹ The day prior, the Melbourne Age described Ryan as "a former Xavler College rover who has been playing well with the Seconds. He will open up in a forward pocket and then be No. 2. rover."

Ryan appears to have had little impact. The Demons were thrashed by St Kilda and Ryan was not mentioned in newspaper reports of the match. He was presumably dropped the following week, and became yet another member of the V/AFL's 'one game' club.

Author - Andrew Gigacz

Footnotes

1. The Age, 18 August 1944. Link: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/206006864


Footnotes

* Behinds calculated from the 1965 season on.
+ Score at the end of extra time.