What is Frank Ryan (American football)?
[[File:Frank Ryan 1959.jpg|right|200px]] '''Frank Beall Ryan''' (July 12, 1936 &ndash; January 1, 2024) was an American professional [[American football|football]] player. He was born in [[Fort Worth, Texas]]. He was a [[quarterback]] in the [[National Football League]] (NFL) for the [[Los Angeles Rams]] from 1958 to 1961, [[Cleveland Browns]] from 1962 to 1968 and [[Washington Redskins]] from 1969 to 1970. Ryan was also a mathematician and was a faculty member at [[Case Western Reserve University]] from 1967 to 1974. Ryan died at a nursing home in [[Waterford, Connecticut]] on January 1, 2024 from problems caused by [[Alzheimer's disease]], aged 87.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cleveland.com/browns/2024/01/frank-ryan-passes-away-at-the-age-of-87-last-browns-qb-to-win-a-title-terry-pluto.html|title=Frank Ryan passes away at the age of 87, last Browns QB to win a title|author=Terry Pluto|publisher=Cleveland.com|accessdate=January 2, 2024|date=January 2, 2024}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * {{Footballstats |nfl=frank-ryan |espn= |cbs= |yahoo= |si= |pfr=R/RyanFr00 |rotoworld= }} * {{MathGenealogy|43254}} * [http://scholarship.rice.edu/handle/1911/14235?show=full Frank Ryan's dissertation] {{DEFAULTSORT:Ryan, Frank}} [[Category:1936 births]] [[Category:2024 deaths]] [[Category:American football quarterbacks]] [[Category:Los Angeles Rams players]] [[Category:Cleveland Browns players]] [[Category:Washington Redskins players]] [[Category:American mathematicians]] [[Category:Sportspeople from Fort Worth, Texas]] [[Category:Academics from Texas]] [[Category:Writers from Fort Worth, Texas]] [[Category:Deaths from Alzheimer's disease]] [[Category:Academics from Ohio]] [[Category:Writers from Cleveland]] [[Category:Sportspeople from Cleveland]] [[Category:Disease-related deaths in Connecticut]] {{US-sports-bio-stub}}