Personal information | |||
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Irish name | Prionsias Ó Marcaigh | ||
Sport | Gaelic football | ||
Position | Centre-back | ||
Born |
1954 Dublin, Ireland | ||
Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
Occupation | Teacher, publican | ||
Club(s) | |||
Years | Club | ||
Ballymun Kickhams St Vincent's | |||
Club titles | |||
Dublin titles | 4 | ||
Leinster titles | 1 | ||
All-Ireland Titles | 1 | ||
Inter-county(ies) | |||
Years | County | ||
1974-1982 | Dublin | ||
Inter-county titles | |||
Leinster titles | 6 | ||
All-Irelands | 3 | ||
NFL | 1 |
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.
Ryder began his club career with Ballymun Kickhams before later transferring to St Vincent's.[1] 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.[2] His other honours include two National Football League titles.
Ryder spent five years as coach, and later selector, with the Dublin senior team from 1990 to 1995.[3] In that period, Dublin won four consecutive Leinster Championships and the All-Ireland Championship title in 1995.[4][5]