DOB: 23 December 1892
Died: 10 March 1960
Debut: Round 1, 1915 against Richmond at MCG
Last Game: Round 10, 1920 against South Melbourne at Lake Oval
From: Hutchins School/Cananore/University
Games: 14 (22 total)
Goals: 1
Career Statistics
| Wins | Draws | Losses | Winning % |
| 6 | 0 | 8 | 42.85 |
One of many ex-University players to cross to Melbourne when their original club folded at the end of 1914, Bryan was a medical student who had represented Tasmania during the 1911 interstate carnival. In his first season, the defender helped Melbourne make their first finals series in a decade. His career was derailed when the club went into recess due to World War I. At the end of that year he represented the Tasmanian League in a game against the Army.
Melbourne returned to the league in 1919, but Bryan sat out the season. As he had lived in the Carlton area, they had a claim on his services but he didn't play league football that year. He requested a move to St Kilda the same year, but rejoined Melbourne for 1920. He was again linked to St Kilda, but missed the end of the season after being hospitalised for an operation and didn't play VFL football again.
Bryan was cleared back to Tasmania in April 1924 after qualifying as a doctor and rejoined Cananore. He retired again the next year to concentrate on his medical career.
| Year | Games | Goals | |
| 1915 | 11 | 1 | |
| 1920 | 3 | 0 | |
Lists
Players who served during war
Players without photos
Notes
War record shows status 'Cancelled' and no unit, so he may not have gone to war in 1918.
Shown in official records as playing in the Semi Final 1915 but multiple sources say he didn't appear so this game is not counted.
Media
Critic - 04/06/1910
Argus - 01/04/1915
Mercury - 13/09/1915
Football Record 1919
Herald - 21/05/1920, 20/08/1920
Mercury - 25/04/1924
News - 28/08/1924
News - 22/04/1925
Links
War record
Wikipedia profile