Ryan made just one senior appearance for South Melbourne, in the 1918 VFL season, when they defeated Richmond in a game at Lake Oval.

[2] 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.

[3][4] In 2002 he was named as one of the twelve members of the Victorian golfing team of the 20th century.

This Australian rules football biography of a person born in 1897 is a stub.