Rick Bryan
Rick Don Bryan (March 20, 1962 – July 25, 2009) was an American college and professional football player who was a defensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL) for ten seasons during the 1980s and 1990s. Bryan played college football for the University of Oklahoma, and received All-American honors. He was selected in the first round of the 1984 NFL Draft, and played professionally for the Atlanta Falcons of the NFL.
Early years
Bryan was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He attended Coweta High School in Coweta, Oklahoma where he earned All-State honors in 1980. He began playing linebacker in high school but was moved to defensive tackle by one of his coaches, Ben Wasson. Bryan was named to the Tulsa World's All-century High school football team in 1999.
College career
Bryan was a consensus All-American at the University of Oklahoma in 1982 and 1983. He was Big Eight Defensive Player of the Year in 1982 and Academic All-Conference from 1981 to 1983. He owns the school record for career tackles by a defensive lineman (365), ranking him ahead of Kevin Murphy and Lee Roy Selmon. He is OU’s eighth leading career tackler regardless of position. “No one outworked him,” said OU coach Barry Switzer.
'Rick Bryan' is featured as a movie character in the following productions:
9/11: The Twin Towers (2006)
Actors: Rick Bryan (actor), François Chau (actor), Brian Clark (actor), Paul De Martini (actor), Jan Demczur (actor), Paul DuBois (actor), Anthony Edridge (actor), Jack Gentul (actor), William Hope (actor), Robert Jezek (actor), Jay Jonas (actor), Aleksas Kazanavicius (actor), Thomas Kean (actor), Teddy Kempner (actor), Robert Ashe (actor),
Genres: Drama, History,Bryan, Rick Filmography
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2010, role: actor , character name: Jazz Band Member #2
Bryan, Rick Filmography
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2006, role: actor , character name: Himself - Interviewee: 9-11 Survivor
Bryan, Rick Filmography
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1984, role: actor , character name: Himself - 9th Overall Pick
Podcasts:
RockCrown
(For Tom O. and Kurt V.)
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roll me from the cornersof your dark and dusty shadows
Like a player piano,
I sit useless
most of the time
The bar gets darker
it swallows up the scarlet
The barkeep’s looking thin
We sit together
until only the piano
of the player remains
Tell me why you won’t keep it
Tie me up in a shoe-string box
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she don’t need it
Get me out of the deep end
my legs are dangling over the roof
The room gets brighter
when I can see inside her
when I can turn the switch
But she’s so together
I can do the damage and
she can manage the flames