Otto Graham

Cleveland Browns quarterback who led his team to the league championship game in all ten seasons of his career, winning seven titles.

Otto Everett Graham Jr. was born on 6 December 1921 in Waukegan, Illinois, and played college football and basketball at Northwestern University before the Cleveland Browns selected him fourth overall in the 1944 NFL Draft. Graham became the most dominant quarterback of professional football's early modern era, leading the Browns to their league's championship game in every single season of his ten-year career, first in the All-America Football Conference and then the NFL, winning seven championships in ten appearances. Graham compiled a career record of 105 wins, 17 losses, and four ties as Cleveland's starting quarterback, and his sustained excellence prompted longtime New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner, a personal friend, to call him "as great a quarterback as there ever was." Graham retired in 1955 and went on to coach the U.S. Coast Guard Academy and the Washington Redskins, also serving as Washington's general manager. He was inducted into both the Pro and College Football Halls of Fame, and died on 17 December 2003, at age 82, in Sarasota, Florida, remembered as one of the greatest and most consistently victorious quarterbacks in the sport's history.

Accurate passer with excellent pocket presence, outstanding field vision, and exceptional leadership qualities

Considered one of the greatest quarterbacks in football history, revolutionized the quarterback position with his leadership and clutch performances

• Pro Football Hall of Fame 1965
• 7 league championships (4 AAFC, 3 NFL)
• 2x NFL MVP