icposition icupdate birth_date code nhl club name clyears birth_place county sport icprovince counties icyears icallireland province article_title clcounty irish
right wing-forward 22:16 3 october 2011 11 november 1894 hurling 0 cappamore willie ryan 1909-1930 cappamore , county limerick , ireland limerick hurling 2 limerick 1914-1928 2 munster willie ryan -lrb- limerick hurler -rrb-
 0 liam Ó riain
willie ryan -lrb- limerick hurler -rrb-

willie ryan -lrb- born 11 november 1894 , date of death unknown -rrb- was an irish hurler who played as a right wing-forward for the limerick senior team .
ryan made his first appearance for the team during the 1914 championship and became a regular player over the next decade .
during that time he won two all-ireland winner 's medals and two munster winner 's medals at club level , gleeson played with cappamore , however , a county championship winners ' medal eluded him .
he also represented ireland in the tailteann games .
in retirement from playing gleeson enjoyed a distinguished career as a referee at club level .
his two sons , séamus and liam , played hurling with limerick in the 1950s .
