Frank Ryan dead: NFL quarterback who helped develop House electronic voting system dies at 87

Former Cleveland Browns quarterback Frank Ryan, who had an impact on the football field and in the halls of Congress, died at the age of 87 on Monday.

Ryan, who led the Browns to their most recent NFL championship in 1964, died of Alzheimer’s disease, according to Cleveland.com.

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The former Browns quarterback worked for the House of Representatives for seven years after his NFL career and is credited with helping create the first computer voting system in the lower chamber of Congress.

On the gridiron, Ryan played for Rice University before being drafted by the Los Angeles Rams in 1958, where he played for four seasons before being traded to the Browns and playing in Cleveland for seven seasons.

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Ryan led the Browns to the 1964 NFL championship, defeating the Baltimore Colts 27-0 in the title game. The championship is the most recent for the Browns and was the most recent championship for a major professional Cleveland sports team until the NBA’s Cleveland Cavaliers won the 2016 NBA Finals.

He would finish his last two NFL seasons with the Washington Redskins, retiring after the 1970 season.

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“Throughout his life, Frank received received thousands of autograph requests from fans of all ages and backgrounds from across the country. He appreciated his fans enormously. He kept every fan letter he received and fulfilled every autograph request sent to him until he became physically unable to do so,” Ryan’s son Frank Ryan Jr. said in an email to Cleveland.com. “Frank had a large and loving family and they were with him at the end.”

The outlet also reported that his brain would be donated to the Boston University CTE center, where it will be studied.