fullname years clubs statsend name originalteam birth_date article_title heightweight
edward p. ryan 1945 footscray 1945 ted ryan oakleigh -lrb- vfa -rrb- 14 june 1925 ted ryan -lrb- footballer , born 1925 -rrb-
 178 ; kg & nbsp ; cm / 86 & nbsp
ted ryan -lrb- footballer , born 1925 -rrb-

`` for the collingwood footballer , see ted ryan -lrb- footballer born 1921 -rrb- '' edward `` ted '' ryan -lrb- born 14 june 1925 -rrb- was an australian rules footballer who played with footscray in the victorian football league -lrb- vfl -rrb- .
ryan started out at oakleigh in the victorian football association , from where he was recruited by footscray .
he appeared in six league games for footscray , from rounds three to eight , in the 1945 vfl season .
oakleigh regained ryan 's services in 1946 , without him being granted a clearance .
he was full-back in oakleigh 's 1950 premiership team , a position he was only playing because of an injury to backman alex boyle .
also that year he was a member of the vfa representative team that played in canberra in 1950 .
in 1951 he left for hampden football league club mortlake , which he coached for three seasons .
he returned to oakleigh in 1954 .
