Jack F. T. Ryan was an Australian rules football

Australian rules football

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er who played with Footscray

Western Bulldogs

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 and North Melbourne

North Melbourne Football Club

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 in the Victorian Football League

Australian Football League

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 (VFL).

Ryan came to Footscray from Maryborough

Maryborough Football Club

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 and topped their goal-kicking in 1935, his debut season, with 25 goals. The following year he was selected to represent the VFL against the Victorian Football Association. He was a regular fixture in the Footscray side, as a wingman, for another three seasons before being traded to North Melbourne, in exchange for Ted Ellis

Ted Ellis

Edward 'Ted' Ellis was a leading Australian rules footballer who played with North Melbourne and Footscray in the Victorian Football League ....

, in 1940.