Sod Ryan
American football player (1905–1964)
American football player
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Position: | Tackle |
Personal information | |
Born: | (1905-12-31)December 31, 1905 Kewanee, Illinois, U.S. |
Died: | December 9, 1964(1964-12-09) (aged 58) Wenatchee, Washington, U.S. |
Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
Weight: | 205 lb (93 kg) |
Career information | |
High school: | Kewanee (IL) |
College: | Detroit |
Career history | |
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Player stats at PFR | |
John Joseph "Sod" Ryan (December 31, 1905 – December 9, 1964) was an American football tackle who played two seasons in the National Football League (NFL) with the Chicago Bears and Portsmouth Spartans, playing 5 games with the Bears in 1929 and 3 with the Spartans in 1930. He was good friends with Bears owner George Halas.[1] He played college football for the Detroit Titans of the University of Detroit and attended Kewanee High School in Kewanee, Illinois.[2]
References
- ^ "JOHN RYAN". profootballarchives.com. Archived from the original on August 17, 2016. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
- ^ "John Joseph 'Sod' Ryan". oldestlivingprofootball.com. Archived from the original on August 2, 2016. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
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Portsmouth Spartans 1930 inaugural season roster
- Walt Ambrose
- Chuck Bennett
- Chuck Braidwood
- Richard Brown
- Koester Christensen
- Ebby DeWeese
- Forrest Douds
- Byron Eby
- Harold Fenner
- Bill Fleckenstein
- Willis Glassgow
- Al Graham
- Aaron Grant
- Hal Griffen
- Frank Hanny
- Dud Harris
- George Hastings
- Lou Jennings
- Spider Johnson
- Red Joseph
- Cy Kahl
- Tiny Lewis
- Father Lumpkin
- Babe Lyon
- Emil Mayer
- Chief McLain
- Ernie Meyer
- Ray Novotny
- Frosty Peters
- Carroll Ringwalt
- Fred Roberts
- Sod Ryan
- Vin Schleusner
- Ronald Shearer
- Gene Smith
- Buck Weaver
- Bull Wesley
- Head coach
- Hal Griffen