Kevin Ryan Collection, 1912-1999

MLMSS 7740

fonds

1912 - 1999

Textual Records, Clippings

395285

13.06 metres of textual material (17 boxes) - manuscript, typescript

Kevin Ryan was born in Ipswich, Queensland in 1934. He played five rugby union tests for Australia and toured the British Isles with the Wallabies in 1957-58. He transferred to Rugby League in 1960 and played for St George in seven successive winning Grand Final teams. He toured with the Kangaroos in 1963-64. In 1965 he retired from representative football to concentrate on his legal studies. He was captain-coach of Canterbury-Bankstown 1967-69. In 1970 he was admitted as a barrister-at-law. He became a councillor, then mayor of Hurstville and from 1976 to 1984 was a member of the NSW Legislative Assembly. From 1990 to 1995 he was president of the Rugby League Players' Union.

This collection mainly comprises material relating to Kevin Ryan in his capacity as president of the Association of Rugby League Professionals known as The Rugby League Players Union. It includes material relating to industrial awards, contract negotiations, salary cap, super league, taxation, sponsorship, drug testing, player disputes, marketing, code of conduct, superannuation etc.
A guide to this collection, prepared by Jennifer Bolton in 2000, is available in the Mitchell Library Reading Room.

Restricted: Prior approval is required for access. Any requests for access will be referred to the Library, Head of Manuscripts.
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This collection, part of the Tom Brock Collection, was originally housed in the Social Sciences & Humanities Library, University of NSW. It was transferred to the Mitchell Library in 2006.
This collection was listed as part of the Sesquicentenary of Responsible Government in NSW 1856-2006 Project.