Otto Graham biography
Otto Graham, in full Otto Everett Graham, Jr., byname Automatic Otto, (born December 6, 1921, Waukegan, Illinois, U.S.—died December 17, 2003, Sarasota, Florida), American collegiate {and professional} gridiron soccer participant and coach finest remembered because the quarterback of the Cleveland Browns throughout a 10-year interval wherein they received 105 video games, misplaced 17, and tied 5 in regular-season play and received 7 of 10 championship video games.
Graham was an all-around athlete in highschool. At Northwestern University (1941–43) he was named All-American in soccer (1943), and in 1944 he joined the U.S. Navy and skilled as an plane pilot. The navy despatched him to Colgate University, the place he performed basketball and was named an All-American.
Graham started his skilled profession in sports activities enjoying for the Rochester Royals within the National Basketball League. He then switched to soccer, enjoying for the Cleveland Browns (All-America Football Conference, 1946–49; National Football League [NFL], 1950–55). In school Graham had performed tailback, which was the passing place within the single-wing formation utilized by Northwestern, however in Cleveland, the place the T formation was favoured, he performed quarterback. He led his league as a passer in six seasons; within the 1950 NFL championship sport, he handed for 4 touchdowns; within the 1954 championship sport, he handed for 3 and ran for 3 extra. His profession common yardage per move of 8.63 yards was nonetheless an NFL document on the flip of the century, and his 10.55 yards per move in 1955 was the third finest single-season common in historical past. He was enshrined within the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1965.