Sports' Forgotten Heroes

Sports' Forgotten Heroes


21: Frank Ryan-NFL

January 09, 2018

Frank Ryan is the last quarterback to lead the Cleveland Browns to an NFL Championship. He did so in 1964 and he's here to talk about his career with Cleveland and his remarkable life afterwards. A brilliant mathematician, Ryan created the computer system for the U.S. House of Representatives, and spent many years working at Yale University and his alma matter, Rice University. But his career with the Browns is the main focus. Author Roger Gordon also joins to talk about Ryan and the magical year of 1964.