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| Nickname | Gussie | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1966 (age 59–60) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Clerical officer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Hurling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Left wing-forward | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| *Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 20:44,26 August 2012. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Augustine Ryan (born 1966) is an Irish hurling manager and former player. At club level,he played with Claughaun and at inter-county level with the Limerick senior hurling team.
Ryan played hurling at all grades as a student at Limerick CBS. He was part of the school's senior team that lost to St Finbarr's College in the final of the Dr Harty Cup in 1984. [1]
At club level,Ryan began his career as a dual player at juvenile and underage levels with Claughaun,winning Limerick U21AHC medals in 1984 and 1987. He was part of the Claughaun teams that claimed a SHC-SFC double in 1986. [2] [3]
At inter-county level,Ryan first played for Limerick as part of the minor team that beat Kilkenny to win the All-Ireland MHC title in 1984. [4] He scored the fifth point in the replay which Limerick won in a low scoring game 2-05 to 2-04 .He progressed to the under-21 team and won consecutive Munster U21HC titles,before claiming an All-Ireland U21HC medal as team captain after a 2-15 to 3-06 win over Galway in the 1987 final. [5] Ryan subsequently made a number of appearances for the senior team. [6]
In retirement from playing,Ryan became involved in team management and coaching at various levels with the Claughaun club. [7]