| Code: | Hurling |
| Sport: | Hurling |
| Mutt Ryan | |
| Nickname: | Mutt |
| County: | Tipperary |
| Province: | Munster |
| Clubs: | Moycarkey-Borris |
| Clcounty: | 2 |
| Counties: | Tipperary |
| Icposition: | Right wing-forward |
| Icyears: | 1939–1949 |
| Icprovince: | 2 |
| Icallireland: | 1 |
| Nhl: | 1 |
| Birth Place: | Littleton County Tipperary, Ireland |
| Birth Date: | Matthew Ryan 12 July 1915[1] |
| Death Place: | Littleton, County Tipperary, Ireland |
Matthew Ryan (12 July 1915 – 17 August 1997), known as Mutt Ryan, was an Irish hurler. At club level he played with Moycarkey-Borris, and also lined out at inter-county level with various Tipperary teams.
Ryan first played hurling at club level with Moycarkey-Borris. He progressed to the club's senior team and won three Mid Tipperary SHC titles, as well as Tipperary SHC titles in 1937 and 1940.[2]
Ryan first appeared on the inter-county scene with Tipperary as a member of the junior team in 1939. He was immediately called up to the senior team and won a Munster SHC medal in 1941.[3] [4] Ryan won a second provincial title four years later before claiming an All-Ireland SHC medal after a defeat of Kilkenny in the 1945 final. He added a National Hurling League medal to his collection in 1949, in what was his last game for Tipperary.
His brothers, Paddy and Johnny Ryan, also claimed All-Ireland SHC medals with Tipperary.[5] Ryan died on 17 August 1997, at the age of 82.[6]
1937, 1940, 1943
1941, 1945