(January 24, 2017, 12:28 PM EST) -- HOUSTON — A former professional football player whose lawsuit is pending over a career-ending injury sustained on a turf field failed to properly effectuate service on one of the defendants — an Australian turf supplier — under the Hague Convention, the Australian defendant agues in a reply in support of its motion to dismiss filed Jan. 17 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas (DeMeco Ryans v. Houston NFL Holding, L.P., et al., No. 16-3554, S.D. Texas)....