Tommy Ryan (born in 1967) is an Irish former Gaelic footballer. He was a member of Donegal's 1992 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship winning team.
He attended Saint Eunan's College.
Ryan was Donegal's top scorer in the 1992 Ulster Championship. He made his championship debut against Armagh in 1988. He won two trench cups with Sligo. He won an Ulster Minor Championship in 1985, an Ulster and All-Ireland Medal with the U-21s in 1987, and a Senior Ulster and an All-Ireland Championship Medal in 1992.
Born in Termon, Donegal, he still lives there today. After retiring as a player he remained active in Gaelic games, managing Termon to only their second ever county final in the process. In 2011, he was fined over not having a license for his public house.
Famous quotes containing the word tommy:
“Here’s a wing [laughs]. What do you like, the leg or the wing, Henry, or do you still go for the old hearts and lungs?”
—Nicholas Pileggi, U.S. screenwriter, and Martin Scorsese. Tommy DeVito (Joe Pesci)