Philly Ryan

Philly Ryan, born Phillip Ryan and living from 1916 to 1991, was an Irish hurler from Borrisoleigh, County Tipperary, who played for the Tipperary senior team. He joined the Tipperary minor team at seventeen and the senior panel during the 1937 championship, a non-playing substitute that year, and was recalled to the team fourteen years later. During that time he won two All-Ireland medals and two Munster medals as a non-playing substitute. At club level he was a three-time championship medallist with Borris-Ileigh. He retired from inter-county hurling after the 1951 championship and then became involved in team management and coaching, serving as a selector with the Tipperary under-21 team between 1969 and 1970.