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| Position | Halfback | ||||||||||
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| Born | (1915-02-03)February 3, 1915 Midvale, Utah, U.S. | ||||||||||
| Died | February 2, 2006(2006-02-02) (aged 90) | ||||||||||
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| College | Utah State | ||||||||||
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Orson Kent Ryan (February 2, 1915 – February 3, 2006) was an American professionalfootball player who was adefensive back for three seasons (1938, 1939, and 1940) for theDetroit Lions of theNational Football League (NFL). He also served in the Army and was called in to serve in the South Pacific in 1941 for 5 years.
He, along withDon Hutson andAce Parker, led the league ininterceptions with 6 for the 1940 season, the first in which the NFL kept records.[1]
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