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Kent Ryan Position: Halfback Born: (1915-02-03 ) February 3, 1915Midvale, Utah Died: February 2, 2006(2006-02-02) (aged 90) College: Utah State
Interceptions: 6 Rushing yards: 263 Punts: 12 Punting yards: 462
Player stats at PFR
Orson Kent Ryan (February 2, 1915 – February 3, 2006) was a professional American football player who played defensive back for three seasons (1938, 1939, and 1940) for the Detroit Lions in the National Football League . He also served in the Army and was called in to serve in the South Pacific in 1941 for 5 years.
He, along with Don Hutson and Ace Parker , led the league in interceptions with 6 for the 1940 season, the first in which the NFL kept records.
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1940: Hutson , Parker & Ryan
1941: Goldberg & A. Jones
1942: B. Turner
1943: Baugh
1944: Livingston
1945: Zimmerman
1946: Dudley
1947: Reagan & Seno
1948: Sandifer
1949: Nussbaumer
1950: Sanders
1951: Schnellbacher
1952: Lane
1953: Christiansen
1954: Lane
1955: W. Sherman
1956: Crow
1957: Butler , Christiansen & Davis
1958: Patton
1959: Davis , Derby & Shinnick
1960: Baker & Norton
1961: Lynch
1962: Wood
1963: Lynch & Taylor
1964: Krause
1965: Boyd
1966: Wilson
1967: Barney & Whitsell
1968: W. Williams
1969: Renfro
1970: J. Robinson
1971: Bradley
1972: Bradley
1973: Anderson & Wagner
1974: E. Thomas
1975: Blount
1976: Jackson
1977: Blackwood
1978: Darden
1979: Reinfeldt
1980: Hayes
1981: Walls
1982: Walls
1983: Murphy
1984: Easley
1985: Walls
1986: Lott
1987: Wilburn
1988: Case
1989: Wright
1990: Carrier
1991: Lott
1992: H. Jones & McMillian
1993: Odomes & E. Robinson
1994: E. Turner & A. Williams
1995: O. Thomas
1996: Braxton & Lyle
1997: McNeil
1998: Law
1999: Abraham , Hasty , Madison , Vincent & R. Woodson
2000: Sharper
2001: Barber & Henry
2002: Kelly & R. Woodson
2003: Parrish & Russell
2004: Reed
2005: Law & O'Neal
2006: Bailey & Samuel
2007: Cromartie
2008: Reed
2009: Byrd , Samuel , Sharper & C. Woodson
2010: Reed
2011: Arrington , Weddle & C. Woodson
2012: Jennings
2013: R. Sherman
2014: Quin
2015: Nelson & Peters
2016: Hayward
2017: Byard & Slay
2018: Fuller , Howard & Kazee
2019: Gilmore , Harris & White
2020: Howard
2021: Diggs
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