title: Sod Ryan
text: # Sod Ryan
  
  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. He played college football for the Detroit Titans of the University of Detroit and attended Kewanee High School in Kewanee, Illinois.
  
  