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  • Otto Graham
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  • Otto Everett Graham, Jr. (December 6, 1921 – December 17, 2003) was an American football quarterback who played for the Cleveland Browns in the All-America Football Conference and National Football League. Graham is regarded by critics as one of the most dominant players of his era, having taken the Browns to league championship games every year between 1946 and 1955, winning seven of them. With Graham at quarterback, the Browns posted a record of 114 wins, 20 losses and four ties, including a 9–3 win–loss record in the playoffs. While most of Graham's statistical records have been surpassed in the modern era, he still holds the NFL record for career average yards gained per pass attempt, with nine. Long-time New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner, a friend of Graham's, once called him
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  • 77
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  • 1944
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  • no
EndYear
  • 1965
  • 1975
Birth Date
  • 1921-12-06
statseason
  • 1955
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  • * NCAA Coast Guard * NFL Washington Redskins * NCAA Coast Guard
Name
Type
  • coach
NFL
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  • GrahOt00
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  • Otto Graham in 1959 while serving as head football coach and athletic director at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy
pastteams
  • * Cleveland Browns
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  • 1
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  • no
Alternative Names
  • Graham, Otto Everett, Jr.
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  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 8
  • 44
Weight
  • 196
Date of Death
  • 2003-12-17
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  • conference
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  • Cleveland Browns
Birth Place
Title
  • Otto Graham—championships, awards, and honors
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StartYear
  • 1959
  • 1974
College
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death date
  • 2003-12-17
Image size
  • 250
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  • 1950.0
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  • GRAHAOTT01
Place of Birth
  • Waukegan, Illinois
Place of death
  • Sarasota, Florida
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  • 6014
Alt
  • A photo of Otto Graham in 1959 while serving as football coach at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy.
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  • 1946
CollegeHOF
  • 40032
ID
  • 40032
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bcs
  • no
draftpick
  • 4
Date of Birth
  • 1921-12-06
Short Description
  • American football player, coach, executive
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  • Cleveland Browns
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  • 1
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  • 1959
  • 1960
  • 1961
  • 1962
  • 1963
  • 1964
  • 1965
  • 1974
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  • Otto Everett Graham, Jr. (December 6, 1921 – December 17, 2003) was an American football quarterback who played for the Cleveland Browns in the All-America Football Conference and National Football League. Graham is regarded by critics as one of the most dominant players of his era, having taken the Browns to league championship games every year between 1946 and 1955, winning seven of them. With Graham at quarterback, the Browns posted a record of 114 wins, 20 losses and four ties, including a 9–3 win–loss record in the playoffs. While most of Graham's statistical records have been surpassed in the modern era, he still holds the NFL record for career average yards gained per pass attempt, with nine. Long-time New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner, a friend of Graham's, once called him "as great of a quarterback as there ever was." Graham grew up in Waukegan, Illinois, the son of music teachers. He entered Northwestern University in 1940 on a basketball scholarship, but football soon became his main sport. After a brief stint in the military at the end of World War II, Graham played during the 1946 season for the National Basketball League's Rochester Royals, who won the league championship that year. Paul Brown, Cleveland's coach, signed Graham to play for the Browns, where he thrived. After he retired from playing football in 1955, Graham coached college teams in the College All-Star Game and became head football coach at the Coast Guard Academy in Connecticut. After seven years at the academy, he spent three unsuccessful seasons as head coach of the Washington Redskins. Following his resignation, he returned to the Coast Guard Academy, where he served as athletic director until his retirement in 1984. He was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1965.
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