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Francis M. "Fran" Ryder (born 1954) is an Irish former Gaelic footballer and coach who played at club level with Ballymun Kickhams and St Vincent's and at inter-county level with the Dublin senior football team. He usually lined out as a centre-back.

Playing career

Ryder began his club career with Ballymun Kickhams before later transferring to St Vincent's. It was with the latter club that he won the All-Ireland Club Championship in 1976. Ryder was a member of the Dublin minor football team, and later won consecutive Leinster Under-21 Championship titles. He was drafted onto the Dublin senior football team in March 1974. Ryder went on to play in six consecutive All-Ireland finals, with victories as a substitute in 1974 and 1977, while his only winners' medal came on the field of play in 1976. His other honours include two National Football League titles.

Coaching career

Ryder spent five years as coach, and later selector, with the Dublin senior team from 1990 to 1995. In that period, Dublin won four consecutive Leinster Championships and the All-Ireland Championship title in 1995.

Honours

Player

St Vincent's

• All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship: 1976
• Leinster Senior Club Football Championship: 1975
• Dublin Senior Football Championship: 1975, 1976, 1977, 1981

Dublin

• All-Ireland Senior Football Championship: 1974, 1976, 1977
• Leinster Senior Football Championship: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979
• National Football League: 1975–76, 1977–78
• Leinster Under-21 Football Championship: 1974, 1975

Coach

Dublin

• All-Ireland Senior Football Championship: 1995
• Leinster Senior Football Championship: 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995
• National Football League: 1990–91, 1992–93

References

1. "'Legacies can inspire rather than burden'". Irish Examiner. 12 December 2014. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
2. "Ryder not seeking Dublin job". Irish Times. 13 November 1997. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
3. "The traumas that made 1995 All-Ireland final win sweeter for Dublin". Irish Independent. 19 October 2020. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
4. "Ryder may return to work with Dublin". Irish Times. 23 November 2004. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
5. "GAA: Ryder, Brogan interested in Dublin job". Irish Examiner. 12 October 2001. Retrieved 26 December 2021.

• 1954 births
• Living people
• Ballymun Kickhams Gaelic footballers
• St Vincents (Dublin) Gaelic footballers
• Dublin inter-county Gaelic footballers
• Winners of three All-Ireland medals (Gaelic football)
• Gaelic football coaches
• 20th-century Irish sportsmen