Bryan Sperry
American math teacher and college football player
About Bryan Sperry
Lived 1925 – 2021 (aged 95–96). Bryan Sperry was an American american football player and mathematics teacher.
Jacob Bryan Sperry (September 14, 1925 – May 12, 2021) was an American football end and coach.
Life and career Sperry was born in Osawatomie, Kansas, the son of Peter Everett Sperry and Lulu Olleva Fink. He was an infantryman in the Battle of the Bulge during World War II. After his honorable discharge, he enrolled at the University of Kansas to play college football for the Kansas Jayhawks. He played on the team from 1946 to 1948, and graduated in 1950. After coaching at Shawnee Mission, he worked as an associate professor of mathematics at Pittsburg State University, retiring in 1995.
In 2015, at age 89, Sperry gained significant national attention after scoring his dream touchdown in a football game at the University of Kansas. The Washington Post named his touchdown as "the greatest touchdown in Kansas football history".
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Who was Bryan Sperry?
American math teacher and college football player
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Bryan Sperry was born on 14 September 1925.
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Bryan Sperry died in 2021.
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Bryan Sperry was an american football player and mathematics teacher.
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Bryan Sperry was American.
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