ru_nationalteam death_date death_place birth_place ru_nationalcaps article_title name birth_date ru_nationalpoints ru_position birth_name ru_nationalyears
wallabies 2 may 1982 sydney wahroonga , new south wales 6 john ryan -lrb- rugby , born 1948 -rrb-
 john ryan 29 december 1948 -lrb- 36 -rrb- wing john robert ryan 1975 -- 76
john ryan -lrb- rugby , born 1948 -rrb-

john robert ryan -lrb- 29 december 1948 -- 2 may 1982 -rrb- was a rugby union player who represented australia and also played rugby league for penrith panthers .
ryan , a wing , was born in wahroonga , new south wales and claimed a total of 6 international rugby caps for australia .
he scored nine tries for australia , and scored at least one try in every rugby union international .
he subsequently turned professional as a rugby league player with penrith panthers but died in prison in 1982 after committing armed robberies .
