Pat Ryan | |
Birth Name: | Patrick John Ryan |
Birth Date: | 20 April 1950 |
Birth Place: | Pahiatua, New Zealand |
Death Place: | Taupō, New Zealand |
Ru Position: | Loose forward |
Height: | 1.880NaN0 |
Weight: | 95kg (209lb) |
Ru Nationalyears: | 1976 |
Ru Nationalcaps: | 0 |
Ru Nationalpoints: | (0) |
Ru Province: | Bush Wairarapa Bush Hawke's Bay |
Ru Provinceyears: | 1969–70 1971–74 1975–78 |
Ru Provincecaps: | 9 42 56 |
Occupation: | Butcher[1] |
School: | St. Patrick's College, Silverstream |
Patrick John Ryan (20 April 1950 – 5 March 1985) was a New Zealand rugby union player. A loose forward, Ryan represented Bush, Wairarapa Bush, and Hawke's Bay at a provincial level. He was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, on the 1976 tour of South America, playing in five matches but no full internationals.[2]
Ryan was described as "never far from the ball, extremely fit, a grand forward with the ball in hand, a fine cover defender and tackler".[3]
He died of cancer in 1985 and was buried in Taupo Public Cemetery.
His father, Bill, played for Wairarapa Bush between 1948 and 1952.