Full name | Peter Henry Ryan | ||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 1 October 1930 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Bucklow, England | ||||||||||||||||
School | Harrow School | ||||||||||||||||
University | University of Cambridge | ||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||
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Peter Henry Ryan (born 1 October 1930) is an English former international rugby union player.
Ryan was head boy and football captain at Harrow School, where he also made the school's cricket XI and rugby XV. [1]
A wing-forward, Ryan read engineering at the University of Cambridge and in 1953 scored two tries against the touring All Blacks as a member of the first XV. He captained London club Richmond. [2]
Ryan, capped twice by England, played the opening two fixtures of the 1955 Five Nations Championship, a loss to Wales at Cardiff Arms Park and a draw against Ireland at Lansdowne Road. [3]
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