Timothy Thomas Ryan
Encyclopedia
Timothy Thomas Ryan is a former American football
offensive lineman who played for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
in the National Football League
.
Tim was born on September 2, 1968 in Kansas City, Missouri
. He attended Rockhurst High School
, where, in 1986, he won the Simone Award for the best high school football
player in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area
. After Tim graduated from Rockhurst, he went on to play college football
for Notre Dame Fighting Irish football. At 6'2" and 280 pounds, Tim would graduate Notre Dame and play for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers from 1991-1993.
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
offensive lineman who played for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are a professional American football franchise based in Tampa, Florida, U.S. They are currently members of the Southern Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League – they are the only team in the division not to come from the old NFC West...
in the National Football League
National Football League
The National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing...
.
Tim was born on September 2, 1968 in Kansas City, Missouri
Kansas City, Missouri
Kansas City, Missouri is the largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri and is the anchor city of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area, the second largest metropolitan area in Missouri. It encompasses in parts of Jackson, Clay, Cass, and Platte counties...
. He attended Rockhurst High School
Rockhurst High School
Rockhurst High School is a private, Roman Catholic, Jesuit, preparatory school for boys located in Kansas City, Missouri, USA, on the Missouri-Kansas border along State Line Road....
, where, in 1986, he won the Simone Award for the best high school football
High school football
High school football, in North America, refers to the game of football as it is played in the United States and Canada. It ranks among the most popular interscholastic sports in both of these nations....
player in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area
Kansas City Metropolitan Area
The Kansas City Metropolitan Area is a fifteen-county metropolitan area that is anchored by Kansas City, Missouri and is bisected by the border between the states of Missouri and Kansas. As of the 2010 Census, the metropolitan area has a population of 2,035,334. The metropolitan area is the...
. After Tim graduated from Rockhurst, he went on to play college football
College football
College football refers to American football played by teams of student athletes fielded by American universities, colleges, and military academies, or Canadian football played by teams of student athletes fielded by Canadian universities...
for Notre Dame Fighting Irish football. At 6'2" and 280 pounds, Tim would graduate Notre Dame and play for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers from 1991-1993.