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Otto Everett Graham Jr. (December 6, 1921–December
17, 2003) was a professional American football
player.

Born in Waukegan, Illinois, Graham graduated from
Northwestern University. He played tailback in his
college years. Graham also played basketball at
Northwestern. Upon joining the Cleveland Browns of
the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) in
1946, he was switched to quarterback. He also
played professional basketball in 1946 with the
Rochester Royals.

During the AAFC's four-year existence, the Browns
won the championship each year. Graham threw for
10,085 yards and 86 touchdowns, while rushing for
11 more.

The Browns joined the National Football League in
1950, and won the league championship in their
first NFL season. Behind Graham's 88 touchdowns
in the NFL, the Browns won two more league titles,
in 1954 and 1955. In the 1954 championship game
against the Detroit Lions, Graham ran for three
touchdowns and passed for three more.

Graham had an astounding 105-17-4 record with the
Browns before he retired after the 1955 season. He
is the only NFL QB to take his team to the
Championship game every year he played and his
86.6 career pass rating is one of the best of all
time. In 1955 Graham won the Hickok Belt as top
professional athlete of the year. In 1965 he was
inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

In 1959 he was hired as head football coach at the
Coast Guard Academy, where his team went
undefeated in 1963. Between 1966 and 1968 he
coached the Washington Redskins; who went 17-22-3
during that time period. He then returned to be
athletic director of the Coast Guard Academy.

Graham died of a heart aneurysm in Sarasota,
Florida on December 17, 2003.