Brown Out

Hall of Fame Cleveland Browns quarterback Otto Graham died yesterday at the age 82. In his 10 years in pro football, Graham proved to be one of the all-time winningest quarterbacks, leading the Browns to 10 title games, winning 7 championships, including all 4 titles of the All-American Football Conference and then 3 NFL titles. For his career, Graham's teams went 105-17-4, winning an astonishing 86% of their games. No one-trick pony, Graham also played a year of pro basketball, winning a National Basketball League title in 1946 with the Rochester Royals. Graham, who was named to the NFL's 75th Anniversary team, was a 5-time NFL All-Pro and won two NFL MVP awards; ironically, one of them came in 1953, one of his three seasons without a title. After retiring, he took over as coach at the Coast Guard Academy, and led the team to its first undefeated season. Graham's winning ways eventually wore out, as he went 17-22 as Washington Redskins head coach and general manager in the early 1970s.