1. Ryan Donald Burton was born on 31 January 1997 and is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League.
19 Facts About Ryan Burton
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Ryan Burton was raised in Adelaide, and attended Sacred Heart.
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Ryan Burton participated in the Auskick program at his primary school.
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Ryan Burton later played his junior football at PHOS Camden and Sacred Heart.
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Ryan Burton was still young enough to play in the 2014 NAB AFL Under-18 Championships.
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Ryan Burton kicked five goals in a game for South Australia against Western Australia.
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Late 2014 Burton broke his leg while playing football in an interschool match.
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Ryan Burton required surgery for the injury, resulting in orthopedic surgeon Matthew Liptak, a former Adelaide Crows player, inserting a metal plate and 10 screws into his leg.
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Ryan Burton was drafted by the Hawthorn Football Club with their first selection and nineteenth overall in the 2015 national draft.
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Ryan Burton played two games early for Box Hill before having an operation to remove the screws and plate in his leg.
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Ryan Burton came back to play two more Games for Box Hill before getting a call up to play for Hawthorn.
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Ryan Burton kicked a goal with his very first kick.
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Ryan Burton played four games in a row but he suffered a calf injury during the 2016 Qualifying Final versus the Geelong Cats, and his season ended there.
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Ryan Burton earned a Rising Star nomination in round 2,2017, in a 24 point loss to Adelaide at the MCG, with 26 possessions, nine marks and four tackles.
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On 17 July 2017 it was announced that Ryan Burton had signed a three-year contract extension to stay at Hawthorn until the end of 2020.
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Ryan Burton, who was overseas on holiday at the time, was reportedly unhappy with how Hawthorn was treating the trade with him and especially the circumstances with him being a contracted player.
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Nonetheless, Ryan Burton saw the opportunity to return home to South Australia and play for this boyhood club.
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Ryan Burton is the son of dual North Adelaide premiership player Craig Ryan Burton.
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Ryan Burton is in a relationship with Brie Abernathy, who is the daughter of former Port Adelaide footballer Bruce Abernathy.