Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- Bruce Loyola Ryan
- Born
- Thursday, 7th July, 1921
- Died
- Tuesday, 25th June, 2002 (Aged 80 years and 353 days)
- Place Of Birth
- Newtown, New South Wales, Australia
Honours & Awards
Based only on data available in the RLP database. This information should be used as a guide only.
- City vs Country Firsts
- 1946
- NSWRFL Premiership (NRL)
- 1943
- Bulimba Cup
- 1944
Known Family Links
- Brother
- William Ryan
Biography
Champion GPS sprinter used his speed to great effect on the wing for Newtown in the 1940s. Ryan, who spent a short time with Toowoomba before the outbreak of World War II, played in Newtown's thrashing of Norths in the 1943 grand final. He spent the 1947-48 season playing for Leeds in England and was later a first grade coach at Norths (1956). Ryan was the arbiter of the Australian selection panel in the early 1970s.
- ALAN WHITICKER
Playing Career Statistics
All statistics shown in this section are based only on data available in the RLP database, and are not necessarily a complete and/or 100% accurate representation of a player's career. This information should be used as a guide only. If you see a question mark (?), it denotes that the figure is not available.
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| Tour Matches | Hull FC | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Representative Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City vs Country Firsts | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Club Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) | 1 | 38 | 27 | - | - | 81 | 22 | 13 | 3 | 57.89% | List | ||||
| NSWRFL Finals | - | 3 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 33.33% | List | ||||
| Bulimba Cup | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||||
| First Class | 40 | 27 | - | - | 81 | 24 | 16 | 3 | 60.00% | List | |||||
Australia - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Sydney Firsts | 1941 | 1 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Army Firsts | 1943 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Toowoomba | 1944 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| NSW City Firsts | 1946 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | 1941-1946 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 60.00% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Year | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Newtown | NSWRFL 1941 | 12 | 10 | - | - | 30 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 33.33% | List | ||||
| Newtown | NSWRFL 1943 | 11 | 9 | - | - | 27 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 72.73% | List | ||||
| Newtown | NSWRFL 1944 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Newtown | NSWRFL 1946 | 13 | 8 | - | - | 24 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 69.23% | List | ||||
| Newtown | NSWRFL 1947 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Newtown | 1941, 1943-44, 1946-47 | 38 | 27 | - | - | 81 | 22 | 13 | 3 | 57.89% | List | ||||
Contributions:
Greg Fiveash, Max Turner, Rugby League Tables, Andrew Ferguson, Tony McCarron, Shawn Dollin, Alan Katzmann, Paul Carter
Your Say
6 Jan 2012 4:04am
Ryan played for Hull from 1947 to 1950. Scored 60 tries in 84 matches. Transferred to Leeds in 1950 for a then record £4,750 and scored 42 tries in 57 matches over two seasons.
13 Nov 2014 4:10am
Bruce Ryan was a great favourite at the Boulevard, Hull,before moving to Leeds.
He was my first Rugby League Hero, when I was a young boy.
Reginald Mann
23 Oct 2018 2:45pm
I can confirm that Bruce Ryan played for Hull FC from 1947-1950 before transferring to Leeds.Was there ,aged 10, among the estimated 4000 crowd at Paragon station when he arrived in Hull. He became my favourite Hull player and I went to almost every home match he played in during his 3 seasons at the club.
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