Jack Ryder 
Full Name:  Jack Deo Ryder
     Born:  January 17, 1938, Dayton, Ohio
     Died:  August 10, 1968, LaGrange, Ga.
   School:  Stivers High School in Dayton, Ohio

Legacy Bricks:  Legacy Walk Map Link
   1960, 61 Gymnastics AA - Loc 60


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FSU Career
Gymnastics
Year  Hgt  Wgt  Cl  Ltr  Hometown
57-58 5-5  130  Fr   *   Dayton, OH                              
58-59 5-5  130  So   *   Dayton, OH                              
59-60 5-5  130  Jr   *   Dayton, OH


Comments
Jack Deo Ryder Obituary.

Published in the Tallahassee Democrat on Aug 14, 1968, page 4.

Kack D. Ryder, 30, of Raleigh, N.C., died Aug. 10 in LaGrange, Ga. of injuries suffered in an automobile accident. Ryder graduated from Florida State University in 1961; he was Sammy Seminole during his undergraduate years at FSU, and was later very active in alumni work. He was a native of Dayton, Ohio.

Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Harriet Cole Ryder, formerly of Tallahassee; and two daughters, Terri and Tracy, with their mother in Raleigh.



All-American Awards
Gymnastics
Year  Award
1959  NCAA Championships - Trampoline (7th)
      NCAA Championships - Tumbling (8th)
1960  NCAA Championships - Tumbling (4th)
1961  NCAA Championships - Tumbling (1st)


FSU Statistics
Gymnastics
   Date    Opponent/Meet                  Event                         Place Points
---------- ------------------------------ ----------------------------- ----- ------
            1959 Season
03/21/1959 NCAA Championship              Trampoline                      7      4
03/21/1959 NCAA Championship              Tumbling                        8      3
            1960 Season
03/19/1960 NCAA Championship              Tumbling                        4      7
            1961 Season
04/08/1961 NCAA Championship              Tumbling                        1     11