CLEVELAND -- Frank Ryan, the quarterback who led the Cleveland Browns to their last NFL title in 1964, has died. He was 87.
The team said Ryan died Monday at a nursing home in Connecticut. There was no immediate cause of death given, but Ryan's son, Frank Ryan Jr., told Cleveland.com that his father had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease.
Ryan threw three touchdown passes to Gary Collins as the Browns shocked Hall of Famer Johnny Unitas and the favored Baltimore Colts 27-0 on Dec. 27, 1964. Cleveland hasn't won a football championship since and remains one of four teams never to make the Super Bowl.