Cleveland Browns quarterback Otto Graham dominated professional football ahead of the Super Bowl. From 1946 to 1955, “Automatic Otto” led the Browns to 10 straight championship games, a feat no other player in the sport can match. Starting every Browns game during that span, Graham has won seven titles, an all-time high for a professional quarterback through 2021 by Tom Brady.
Yet the player who helped lay the groundwork for the NFL before its explosion in popularity in the 1960s is often overlooked.