John Ralph Rizzo (born June 15, 1949) is a former American football running back who played three seasons of professional football. After playing college football at Lehigh University, he played with the Ottawa Roughriders of the Canadian Football League (CFL) in 1972, with the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL) in 1973, and with the Houston Texans / Shreveport Steamer of the World Football League (WFL) in 1974.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}