American football player and coach (born 1921)

Otto Graham

Otto Everett Graham Jr. was an American professional football player who was a quarterback for the Cleveland Browns in the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) and National Football League (NFL) for 10 seasons. Graham is regarded by critics as one of the most dominant players of his era and one of the greatest quarterbacks of all time, having taken the Browns to league championship games every year between 1946 and 1955, making ten championship appearances, and winning seven of them. With Graham at quarterback, the Browns posted a record of 105 wins, 17 losses, and 4 ties, including a 9–3 win–loss record in the AAFC and NFL playoffs.

Born

1921

December 6

Died

2003

Era

1920s

Country

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About

Otto, in brief

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Key dates

1921 Born
2003 Died

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1060 Béla I is crowned king of Hungary.
1240 Mongol invasion of Rus': Kyiv, defended by Voivode Dmytro, falls to the Mongols under Batu Khan.
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1534 The city of Quito in Ecuador is founded by Spanish settlers led by Sebastián de Belalcázar.

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The world in 1921

When Otto arrived

april 11 Emir Abdullah establishes the first centralised government in the newly created British protectorate of Transjordan.
april 2 The Autonomous Government of Khorasan, a military government encompassing the modern state of Iran, is established.
august 14 Tannu Uriankhai, later Tuvan People's Republic is established as a completely independent country (which is supported by Soviet Russia).
august 23 British airship R-38 experiences structural failure over Hull in England and crashes in the Humber Estuary; of her 49 British and American training crew, only four survive.

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Same-day contemporaries

Also born on December 6

Fred Duesenberg 1876–1932 German-American businessman, co-founded the Duesenberg Automobile & Motors Company (died 1932) Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes 1721–1794 French lawyer and politician (born 1721) Hasan al-Askari 846–874 Arabian 11th of the Twelve Imams (died 874) Johann Palisa 1848–1925 Austrian astronomer (died 1925) John McDonald 1898– Scottish-Australian politician, 37th Premier of Victoria (died 1977) Joyce Kilmer 1886–1918 American soldier, author, and poet (died 1918) Tom Hulce 1953– American actor

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1921

Ágnes Keleti 1921–2025 Hungarian Olympic gymnast (born 1921) Alexander Dubček 1921–1992 Slovak soldier and politician (died 1992) Art Clokey 1921–2010 American animator, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1921) Bill Willis 1921–2007 American football player and coach (born 1921) Brian Moore 1921–1999 Northern Irish-Canadian author and screenwriter (died 1999) Esther Williams 1921–2013 American swimmer and actress (died 2013) Ezzard Charles 1921–1975 American boxer (died 1975) Franciszek Blachnicki 1921–1987 Polish priest (born 1921) Franco Corelli 1921–2003 Italian tenor and actor (died 2003)

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