Bryan Sperry

Jacob Bryan Sperry was an American football player 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 attended the University of Kansas, playing for the Kansas Jayhawks football team from 1946 to 1948, and graduating in 1950.
Sperry served as head football coach at Shawnee Mission North High School from 1957 to 1961. 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".

Personal life and death

In 1950, Sperry married Reita Mlle Hinkel. Their marriage lasted until her death in 2004.
Sperry died on May 12, 2021 in Pittsburg, Kansas, at the age of 95.