Dr Frank Ryan Browns QB Dies at 87

[Old Coot]

Frank Ryan who QB'd the Cleveland Browns to their last NFLtitle in 1964 had a PhD in mathmetics from Rice University.

 

He schocked the Johnny Unitas-led Baltimore Colts 27-0.

 

Dr Ryan had a productive career after his playing days ended.

 

Obit is here:

 

https://insider.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/39229703/ex-qb-frank-ryan-led-browns-last-title-dies-87

[KingBoots8]

RIP. Alzheimer’s is a bastard. 

[Dan Darragh]

He was in Rochester once when I was a kid.  I went downtown to Sibley's and he autographed a picture for me.

Edited January 2, 2024 by Dan Darragh

[Codger]

Ryan to Gary Collins on the "post pattern".  Team of my youth. 

[Alfredo]

43 minutes ago, Codger said:

Ryan to Gary Collins on the "post pattern".  Team of my youth. 

 

And the posts were sitting right there on the goal line, just waiting to pick off the defenders.

[Beast]

Marv Levy was in the 5th grade when he was born.

[dwight in philly]

1 hour ago, Codger said:

Ryan to Gary Collins on the "post pattern".  Team of my youth. 

Yep, The Browns were always on in Buffalo in the early to mid 60's.. . lots of good football watching before the Bills game  , which  would come at 3;30 later if  they were on on the road 

[BearNorth]

That 1964 team has 5 players in the HOF, Jim Brown, Paul Warfield, Leroy Kelly, Lou Groza, and Gene Hickerson.

[BRH]

One of two PhD quarterbacks in the NFL during that time, the other being Charley Johnson of the Cardinals, who later became a professor of chemical engineering (and department chair) at New Mexico State.

[Let's Go Buffalo]

R.I.P. Frank Ryan. Thoughts and prayers for the family. I'm too young to remember, but have heard stories from others about his playing days. 

[Toledo Bill]

Unique sidearm throwing motion. RIP

[hondo in seattle]

5 hours ago, Old Coot said:

Frank Ryan who QB'd the Cleveland Browns to their last NFLtitle in 1964 had a PhD in mathmetics from Rice University.

 

He schocked the Johnny Unitas-led Baltimore Colts 27-0.

 

Dr Ryan had a productive career after his playing days ended.

 

Obit is here:

 

https://insider.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/39229703/ex-qb-frank-ryan-led-browns-last-title-dies-87

 

I actually remember him... sort of.  The first football game I ever watched was a Browns game.  They were losing to Dallas and I began rooting for them as the underdogs.  They came back to win.  This is when Bill Nelson, Ryan's successor, was QB.  But as a nascent Browns fan, I learned about Ryan and his legacy.  

 

I grew up a duo Browns/Bills fan but ditched the Browns when Modell abandoned Cleveland.  

 

RIP

2 hours ago, BearNorth said:

That 1964 team has 5 players in the HOF, Jim Brown, Paul Warfield, Leroy Kelly, Lou Groza, and Gene Hickerson.

 

What a backfield!  A PhD at QB and Jim Brown and Leroy Kelly at FB and HB!

 

As a 10-year-old WR in 1969, Paul Warfield was my idol.

 

 

 

[Dr.Sack]

Didn’t know about this guy. Sounds like a total star. Rest In Power.

[Old Coot]

I remember watching the Browns before Buffalo had an AFL team.

 

Ernie Davis was drafted by both the Bills and the Browns and chose the Browns. Tragically he did not play s down in the NFL he died of Lukemia within a year or two of being drafted.

 

I led a deprived childhood. We only had a black and white tv and could only afford two channels (ABC had not yet been formed).