Shaun Ryan
{{Short description|Australian rules football umpire (born 1975)}}
{{For|those of a similar name|Sean Ryan (disambiguation)}}
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{{Use Australian English|date=January 2018}}
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| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1975}}
| birth_place = Warrnambool
| otheroccupation = Barrister
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| umpireleague1 = AFL
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| umpireyears1 = 2003–2011
2015–2020
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Shaun Ryan is an Australian rules football field umpire in the Australian Football League.
Biography
Born in 1975, Ryan was educated at Warrnambool's Christian Brothers' College and Emmanuel College before heading to Geelong's Deakin University where he graduated with both arts and law degrees.{{cite web |title=About Shaun Ryan - Emmanuel College Alumni |url=http://www.emmanuel.vic.edu.au/alumni/shaun-ryan |accessdate=6 April 2020 }}
Career
Considered one of the league's best umpires of his time, Ryan umpired in five Grand Finals between 2008 and 2011 (which included both the drawn Grand Final and replay in 2010) before temporarily retiring at the end of 2011 after 215 games.{{cite web|url=http://www.afl.com.au/news/2015-03-16/senior-umpire-ryan-returns-to-the-fray|title=Senior umpire Ryan returns to the fray|date=16 March 2015|author=Ashley Browne|accessdate=1 October 2017|publisher=Australian Football League}} He returned to senior umpiring in 2015 after three years hiatus, and umpired his sixth Grand Final in 2017 at the age of 42,{{cite news|newspaper=The Standard|publication-place=Warrnambool, VIC|title=Warrnambool export Shaun Ryan rates umpiring 2017 AFL grand final a career highlight|date=30 September 2017|accessdate=1 October 2017|author=Justine McCullagh-Beasy|url=http://www.standard.net.au/story/4958652/warrnambool-umpire-ranks-2017-afl-grand-final-as-a-highlight/}} and his seventh in 2018.{{Cite news|url=http://www.afl.com.au/news/2018-09-25/afl-chooses-experience-in-picking-grand-final-umps|title=AFL chooses experience in picking Grand Final umps|last=Davidson|first=Ryan|date=25 September 2018|work=afl.com.au|access-date=2018-09-28}}
Outside football, Ryan works as a barrister. His twin brother Patrick Ryan and his other brother Simon are both horse trainers in his local Warrnambool area.
Shaun also placed 6th in the 2014 Fiji International Triathlon overcoming injury and tough competition.
He is also favourite for the 2016 Riptide Triathlon - a triathlon named in his honour and run at Anglesea.
He officiated his final AFL match in the 2020 Preliminary Final clash between the Brisbane Lions and Geelong Cats at The Gabba on Saturday the 17th of October 2020.
References
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Category:Australian Football League umpires
Category:20th-century Australian sportsmen
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