Otto Graham.
10 seasons
10 championship game starts
7 Championships
5x Pro Bowl selection
(1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954)
NFL 75th Anniversary Team
NFL 1950s All-Decade Team
UPI NFL MVP (1955)
UPI NFL MVP (1953)
UPI NFL MVP (1951)
Pro Bowl MVP (1950)
AAFC co-MVP (1948)
AAFC MVP (1947)
Cleveland Browns #14 retired
Pro Football Hall of Fame
College Football Hall of Fame
During an astounding career in which the Browns compiled a 105-17-4 record, at the time of his retirement Graham's 86.6 career pass rating served as one of the best of all time, tossing 88 touchdowns in ten seasons of play.
Otto Graham is considered by many historians to be one of the greatest winners in the history of professional sports. Graham played six seasons in the NFL and took the Cleveland Browns to the NFL Championship Game all six seasons, winning three NFL titles. Including four seasons in which his team captured four AAFC titles, Graham played ten total seasons of professional football and made the league championship game all ten seasons, winning seven league titles. In his single season as a professional basketball player, the Rochester Royals also captured the league title. Thus, in 11 seasons as a professional athlete, Otto Graham's teams made the championship all eleven years, winning eight titles.
2007-11-14 00:51:48 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Football (American)
maybe it's just me but thats sounds better than Montana, Favre, Marino, Young, Bradshaw, Starr, Aikman.......
2007-11-14 00:53:07 · update #1
Graham should definitely be mentioned as one of the all time greats, regardless of when he played. He played at the time where there were inovations and game progression was happening just like today. Equipment, types of offenses and defenses, etc. I believe that the game was rougher back then than it is now. The rules protecting the QB, types of tackles (horse collar for example) and all that were pretty much in its infancy.
I could not, nor would not say he is the greatest QB. To many variables to consider who the greatest of all time. There are arguments that can be made for and against when trying to convince someone who the greatest of all time is. But he is for sure one that should be talked about.
2007-11-14 01:14:52 · answer #1 · answered by RUESTER 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You are right on the button. Also Sammy Baugh, Bobby Layne, Bob Waterfield, Norm Van Brocklin. They were all as good as these modern guys. It would be very hard to narrow it down to the elite ten, and not try to pick a #1 because the game has changed so much, and especially continuous rule changes to help the offense and the QB. I think the best you can do is pick about three from every era and call it a day.
2007-11-14 01:02:28 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well...because Joe Montana was the greatest QB of all time...because of the same reason Walter Peyton really outshines Jim Brown, for example...That was a different time, before the Super Bowl era...The speed of the game was not as fast and players were not as big as they are today...
2007-11-14 01:38:32 · answer #3 · answered by Terry C. 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, I always got negative points when putting Otto Graham ahead of everybody's favorite quarterback. You forgot too mention when asked the question about who was the greatest quarterback of all time Joe Montana replied, "Otto Graham."
2007-11-14 02:51:25 · answer #4 · answered by Zinger 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Very nicely put, yes, he is one of the greatest of all times. Many people choose the greatest by only players they have watched play. There are true football legends that many have never even heard of. I like watching old films of old school football. The true days of smashmouth football where guys played with an arm barely attached.
2007-11-14 01:43:56 · answer #5 · answered by Darth Brady 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That is a good point this guy was great to say the least. It is pre-merger, pre-super bowl era though so it seems as if the league and fans view this as prehistory with only archeological evidence being available.
2007-11-14 01:00:37 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
sorry I just can't get as excited about players I have to read about or dig up 50 year old b&w clips to watch; this guys even too old school to have my dad rant about how awesome he was. But if you hear people who are like 20-30 years old raving about someone current being the best ever just ignore it.
2007-11-14 02:31:49 · answer #7 · answered by bagalagalaga 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
now see. this guy knows football. im tired of the little kids who know nothing about tradition..and to think they said browns were one of the worst teams ever (yesterdays question). these kids on here dont know history of football...there all band wagon jumper fans who just like whats good now..
ive been a TRUE browns fan from the glory days to the bad days..I STICK WITH MY TEAM!!!! GO BROWNS...
2007-11-14 01:22:10 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The problem is that if he didn't watch him play we don't know or consider him. We only live in the NOW and recent past, we tend to forgot about the past past. We only go by what we saw now or recently. Most of us have short memories
2007-11-14 01:43:39 · answer #9 · answered by Packer Backer 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
AMEN! played without faceshields ta boot! just the right quarterback that paul brown needed to run his offense!
2007-11-14 01:57:28 · answer #10 · answered by silent_lucidity2001 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋