1930s Cleveland Browns OTTO GRAHAM High School YB ~ 7x Champion 5x MVP ~ SIGNED

Description: 1930's high school yearbook featuring photos and mentions and vintage autograph of future all time great professional football player Otto Graham who signed this year by his basketball picture. Wonderful issue including students, faculty, activities, sports, candids, shots of the school and surrounding, and local advertisement. Otto Graham is pictured 7 times, including 3 individual photos, football and basketball pictures, one with an All State Basketball caption, and one basketball picture is accompanied by his signature made back then in the '30's! He was already quite a star and has many mentions in football and basketball game run-downs. He is also shown in the Spanish Club and as part of the French Horn Quartet. Otto Graham went on to Northwestern University on a basketball scholarship and earned college basketball All American status and in the same year was third in voting for the Heisman Trophy. He played for Bear Bryant while serving in the United States Coast Guard before being signed by Paul Brown for whom he starred for the Cleveland Browns in the All American Football Conference (AAFC). He quarterbacked the Browns to the league championship game each season of his 10 year career, winning 7 titles! He earned 9 Pro selections and was league MVP five times. His 57-13-1 record as a starter in the NFL is the highest percentage of any quarterback (.810)! And he is ranked #7 on Sporting News top 100 Greatest Football Players. Many consider him one of the few greatest winners in professional sports history. Other interesting facts: Otto Graham was 3x NFL MVP and 2x AAFC MVP as well as the Pro Bowl Most Valuable Player. He is in the 1950s All Decade Team and the Professional Football 75th Anniversary Team, and is in both the NFL and College Halls of Fame. Graham recorded a career 86.6 pass rating while playing for the Browns which compiled an astonishing 105-17-4 record during his tenure. In his single season as a professional basketball player, he starred with Bob Davies for the Rochester Royals (now Sacramento Kings) which won the 1945-46 National Basketball League (NBL) Championship! And during his playing career, Graham's popularity was such that he and his wife hosted a local television show in Cleveland called, At Home With the Grahams. Very Good Condition hardback with tight binding and text and clean pages, with no must or mildew or missing pieces. The signature is vintage, from this year in school. Great rarity for a collector of football which shows the early life and times of one of the greatest football players of all time. Call or email us anytime.Thank you for stopping by!Spanky's Archive, over 8000 Ebay positive feedback and 30 years in the hobby. otto graham references: marion motley, al cervi, bob davies, rex bumgardner, dub jones, hickok belt, coast guard academy, new york jets, washington redskins, george glamack, les harrison,

Price: 700 USD

Location: Iowa City, Iowa

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