Arthur John O'Bryan (20 May 1923 – 9 December 1990) was an

Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an Australian rules football playing field, oval field, often a modified ...

er who played with Fitzroy in the

Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football competition in Australia operated by the Australian Football League (AFL) as a second-tier, regional, semi-professional competition. It includes teams from clubs based in east ...

(VFL) during the 1940s. He played on the half back flank in his club's 1944 Grand Final triumph. O'Bryan also served in the Australian Army during World War II.

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2004 obituary of Maurie Hearn, mentioning Clen Denning and Laurie Bickerton as the surviving members of the Maroons' 1944 side
1923 births Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Fitzroy Football Club players Fitzroy Football Club premiership players 1990 deaths VFL/AFL premiership players Australian Army personnel of World War II 20th-century Australian sportsmen {{AFL-bio-1920s-stub