Athletic Hall of Fame 2017 - Ryan M. Franzinger '02

The Athletic Hall of Fame recognizes members of the Saint Ignatius community who have excelled in one or more sports and who have distinguished themselves and the school in their athletic endeavors while a student or coach at Saint Ignatius High School.

[@KenoSultan]

Franzinger was a powerful fullback who blocked for Dan Murphy on that 1999 Wildcats football team. Murphy rushed for a school record 320 yards on 20 carries against my alma mater (Canton McKinley) that year. Franzinger scored the deciding score to cap a 98 yard drive (Murphy carried the ball 14 times on that series) and a 2 yard rush for the score (29-15). Wishing Franzinger the best as head football coach!

[@meissnerflux]

Incredible that he started at fullback as a sophomore. A very physical , hard nosed position to play. Even at that age he ran people over. Surprisingly fast too for his size , he developed his speed running track in earlier years ( was the anchor of a 1st place 4x100 relay team in grade school track alongside Nate szep and a couple of other ignatians back at st. Bernadette.).
The Zinger/Murphy combo is maybe the most hardcore backfield Ignatius has seen.

[@KenoSultan]

@@meissnerflux that was hard seeing Murphy drain the clock against the vaunted #1 ranked Bulldogs. In my four years of high school, he was the ONLY back to rush for over 100 against us and 320 yards at that! Franzinger was a true lead blocker for Murphy.

[@oarfish12]

Franzinger and Szep were True Legends of those years of the high school football.