Tommy Ryan (Australian footballer)
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| Tommy Ryan | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Thomas Herbert Arrowsmith | ||
| Date of birth | 12 August 1873 | ||
| Place of birth | Sydney | ||
| Date of death | 29 August 1948 (aged 75) | ||
| Place of death | Mont Park, Victoria | ||
| Original team(s) | Richmond City | ||
| Position(s) | Rover | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1893, 1895–1896 | Richmond (VFA) | 43 (14) | |
| 1896 | Carlton (VFA) | 1 (0) | |
| 1899–1902 | Melbourne | 55 (63) | |
| 1904 | St Kilda | 11 (8) | |
| Total | 110 (85) | ||
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1904. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Thomas Herbert Arrowsmith (12 August 1873 – 29 August 1948), also known as Tommy Ryan,[1][2] as was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Melbourne Football Club and St Kilda Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
The son of William Alexander Arrowsmith (1827–1911),[3] and Henrietta Arrowsmith (1832–1920), née Hull,[4] Thomas Herbert Arrowsmith was born in Sydney on 12 August 1873.[5]
Both his parents were well-regarded, experienced actors; his mother had been known professionally in the 1850s and 1860s as "Henrietta Montrose",[6][7] and his father, a Shakespearian actor, had been known professionally as "William Ryan".[8]
He married twice: to Martha Elizabeth Hollman (1878–1936) in 1897 (they were divorced in 1905),[9] and to Blanche Stella Dolphin (1884–1952), on 15 February 1913.[10][11]
Football
Tommy Ryan, extreme right, front row.
Ryan, a rover and forward, spent 1893, 1895 and 1896 playing in the Victorian Football Association (VFA) for both Carlton and Richmond.[12]
Melbourne (VFL)
On 3 May 1899, he was cleared from Richmond to Melbourne.[13]
On his VFL debut, Ryan kicked five goals as Melbourne defeated St Kilda by 93 points at the MCG on 13 May 1899.[14]
He was the club's leading goal-kicker in their premiership year of 1900 with 24 goals, one of those in the 1900 VFL Grand Final which he played from a forward pocket.
VFL
He was part of the VFL team that played Interstate Football against South Australia, in Adelaide, on 26 June 1902.[15][16]
St Kilda (VFL)
On 4 May 1904 he was cleared from Melbourne to St Kilda.[17]
Death
He died on 29 August 1948, at Mont Park, Victoria.[18][19]
