Otto Graham
Otto Everett Graham Jr.
Born: December 6, 1921
Waukegan, IL USA
Deceased: December 17, 2003
Sarasota, FL
Position: QB-DB
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 196
College: Northwestern
High School: Waukegan (IL)
Career: 1946-1955
Drafted: 1944 in Round 1, #4 overall by the Detroit Lions
Elected to Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1965
Coaching record
Otto Graham played from 1946 to 1955 during his career with the Cleveland Browns. Graham threw for 23,584 yards in his career, completing 1,464 of 2,626 passes with 174 touchdowns and 135 interceptions. He also ran for 882 yards in 405 attempts with 44 rushing touchdowns.
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Passing:
| Year | Team | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 | AAFC Cleveland Browns | 174 | 95 | 54.6 | 1834 | 10.5 | 17 | 9.8 | 5 | 2.9 | 79 | 112.1 |
| 1947 | AAFC Cleveland Browns | 269 | 163 | 60.6 | 2753 | 10.2 | 25 | 9.3 | 11 | 4.1 | 99 | 109.2 |
| 1948 | AAFC Cleveland Browns | 333 | 173 | 52.0 | 2713 | 8.1 | 25 | 7.5 | 15 | 4.5 | 78 | 85.6 |
| 1949 | AAFC Cleveland Browns | 285 | 161 | 56.5 | 2785 | 9.8 | 19 | 6.7 | 10 | 3.5 | 74 | 97.5 |
| 1950 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 253 | 137 | 54.2 | 1943 | 7.7 | 14 | 5.5 | 20 | 7.9 | 80 | 64.7 |
| 1951 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 265 | 147 | 55.5 | 2205 | 8.3 | 17 | 6.4 | 16 | 6.0 | 81 | 79.2 |
| 1952 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 364 | 181 | 49.7 | 2816 | 7.7 | 20 | 5.5 | 24 | 6.6 | 68 | 66.6 |
| 1953 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 258 | 167 | 64.7 | 2722 | 10.6 | 11 | 4.3 | 9 | 3.5 | 70 | 99.7 |
| 1954 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 240 | 142 | 59.2 | 2092 | 8.7 | 11 | 4.6 | 17 | 7.1 | 64 | 73.5 |
| 1955 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 185 | 98 | 53.0 | 1721 | 9.3 | 15 | 8.1 | 8 | 4.3 | 61 | 94.0 |
| AAFC | 1061 | 592 | 55.8 | 10085 | 9.5 | 86 | 8.1 | 41 | 3.9 | 99 | ||
| NFL | 1565 | 872 | 55.7 | 13499 | 8.6 | 88 | 5.6 | 94 | 6.0 | 81 | ||
| Totals | 2626 | 1464 | 55.8 | 23584 | 9.0 | 174 | 6.6 | 135 | 5.1 | 99 |
Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 | AAFC Cleveland Browns | 30 | -125 | -4.2 | 0 | 1 |
| 1947 | AAFC Cleveland Browns | 19 | 72 | 3.8 | 0 | 1 |
| 1948 | AAFC Cleveland Browns | 23 | 146 | 6.3 | 0 | 6 |
| 1949 | AAFC Cleveland Browns | 27 | 107 | 4.0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1950 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 55 | 145 | 2.6 | 20 | 6 |
| 1951 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 35 | 29 | 0.8 | 12 | 3 |
| 1952 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 42 | 130 | 3.1 | 21 | 4 |
| 1953 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 43 | 143 | 3.3 | 21 | 6 |
| 1954 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 63 | 114 | 1.8 | 14 | 8 |
| 1955 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 68 | 121 | 1.8 | 36 | 6 |
| AAFC | 99 | 200 | 2.0 | 0 | 11 | |
| NFL | 306 | 682 | 2.2 | 36 | 33 | |
| Totals | 405 | 882 | 2.2 | 36 | 44 |
Punt Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 | AAFC Cleveland Browns | 12 | 129 | 10.8 | 0 | 0 |
| 1947 | AAFC Cleveland Browns | 10 | 121 | 12.1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1948 | AAFC Cleveland Browns | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| AAFC | 23 | 262 | 11.4 | 12 | 0 | |
| Totals | 23 | 262 | 11.4 | 12 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 | AAFC Cleveland Browns | 5 | 102 | 20.4 | 0 | 1 |
| 1947 | AAFC Cleveland Browns | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1948 | AAFC Cleveland Browns | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| AAFC | 7 | 102 | 14.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Totals | 7 | 102 | 14.6 | 0 | 1 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1951 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1952 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1953 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1954 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 3 | 2 | 11 | 0 | |||
| 1955 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| NFL | 0 | 35 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 35 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| 1946 | AAFC Cleveland Browns | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| 1947 | AAFC Cleveland Browns | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| 1948 | AAFC Cleveland Browns | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||||||
| 1949 | AAFC Cleveland Browns | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
| 1950 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||||||||
| 1951 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
| 1952 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||||
| 1953 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||||||||
| 1954 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | |||||||||
| 1955 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||||||||
| AAFC | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | |
| NFL | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 204 | |
| Totals | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 276 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 | AAFC | Cleveland Browns | 14 | 9 |
| 1947 | AAFC | Cleveland Browns | 14 | 9 |
| 1948 | AAFC | Cleveland Browns | 14 | 14 |
| 1949 | AAFC | Cleveland Browns | 12 | 11 |
| 1950 | NFL | Cleveland Browns | 12 | 12 |
| 1951 | NFL | Cleveland Browns | 12 | 12 |
| 1952 | NFL | Cleveland Browns | 12 | 12 |
| 1953 | NFL | Cleveland Browns | 12 | 11 |
| 1954 | NFL | Cleveland Browns | 12 | 12 |
| 1955 | NFL | Cleveland Browns | 12 | 12 |
Awards
- Pro Football Hall of Fame team All-1950s Team
1951 - UPI MVP
1953 - UPI MVP
1955 - UPI MVP
Honors
1946 - AAFC AAFC All-AAFC (1st Team)
1946 - AAFC United Press International All-AAFC (1st Team)
1946 - AAFC New York Daily News All-AAFC (2nd Team)
1947 - AAFC New York Daily News All-AAFC (1st Team)
1947 - AAFC Associated Press All-AAFC (1st Team)
1947 - AAFC AAFC All-AAFC (1st Team)
1948 - AAFC Associated Press All-AAFC (1st Team)
1948 - AAFC New York Daily News All-AAFC (2nd Team)
1948 - AAFC The Sporting News All-NFL/AAFC (2nd Team)
1948 - AAFC United Press International All-AAFC (1st Team)
1948 - AAFC AAFC All-AAFC (1st Team)
1949 - AAFC New York Daily News All-AAFC (1st Team)
1949 - AAFC International News Service All-NFL/AAFC (1st Team)
1949 - AAFC Associated Press All-AAFC (1st Team)
1949 - AAFC United Press International All-AAFC (1st Team)
1949 - AAFC AAFC All-AAFC (1st Team)
1950 - United Press International All-NFL (2nd Team)
1951 - United Press International All-NFL (1st Team)
1951 - New York Daily News All-NFL (1st Team)
1951 - Associated Press All-NFL (1st Team)
1952 - United Press International All-NFL (1st Team)
1952 - New York Daily News All-NFL (1st Team)
1952 - Associated Press All-NFL (2nd Team)
1953 - United Press International All-NFL (1st Team)
1953 - Associated Press All-NFL (1st Team)
1953 - New York Daily News All-NFL (1st Team)
1954 - United Press International All-NFL (1st Team)
1954 - The Sporting News All-NFL (1st Team)
1954 - New York Daily News All-NFL (1st Team)
1954 - Associated Press All-NFL (1st Team)
1955 - New York Daily News All-NFL (1st Team)
1955 - Associated Press All-NFL (1st Team)
1955 - Newspaper Enterprise Association All-NFL (2nd Team)
1955 - The Sporting News All-NFL (1st Team)
1955 - United Press International All-NFL (1st Team)
