Overview

• Frank Ryan, the last quarterback to lead the Cleveland Browns to an NFL championship in 1964, has died at the age of 87.
• Ryan, who had been battling Alzheimer's disease, died in a nursing home in Connecticut.
• During his seven seasons with the Browns, Ryan compiled a 52-22-2 record as a starter and was a three-time Pro Bowl selection.
• Ryan earned a Ph.D. in mathematics at Rice University and worked for the U.S. House of Representatives, where he helped develop the body's first electronic voting system.
• Ryan's brain was donated to Boston University’s Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) Center for study.