Sod Ryan

{{Short description|American football player (1905–1964)}}

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{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Sod Ryan

| image =

| number = 12, 83

| position = Tackle

| birth_date = {{birth date|1905|12|31}}

| birth_place = Kewanee, Illinois, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|1964|12|9|1905|12|31}}

| death_place = Wenatchee, Washington, U.S.

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 2

| weight_lbs = 205

| high_school = Kewanee (IL)

| college = Detroit

| pastteams =

• Chicago Bears ({{NFL Year|1929}})
• Portsmouth Spartans ({{NFL Year|1930}})

| pfr = RyanSo20

}}

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.{{cite web | url=http://www.profootballarchives.com/ryan01600.html | title=JOHN RYAN | publisher=profootballarchives.com | accessdate=August 2, 2016 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817035834/http://www.profootballarchives.com/ryan01600.html | archivedate=August 17, 2016 }} He played college football for the Detroit Titans of the University of Detroit and attended Kewanee High School in Kewanee, Illinois.{{cite web | url=http://www.oldestlivingprofootball.com/johnjosephsodryan.htm | title=John Joseph 'Sod' Ryan | publisher=oldestlivingprofootball.com | accessdate=August 2, 2016 | url-status=bot: unknown | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160802200545/http://www.oldestlivingprofootball.com/johnjosephsodryan.htm | archivedate=August 2, 2016 }}