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Arguably, no player has
dominated honors at one
position like Hall of
Fame center Jim Otto
did in the American
Football League and in
the National Football
League from 1960 through
1974...Book
Jim Otto for Your Event
The Wausau, Wisconsin,
native joined the newly
founded Oakland Raiders
in 1960 and, for the
next 15 seasons, he was
the only starting center
the Raiders ever had. He
was one of only three
players who saw action
in each of his team’s
140 regular season games
over the AFL’s ten-year
history, and he played
with such skill that in
its entire history, the
AFL never had another
all-league center.
Otto, who starred as a
center and linebacker at
the University of Miami
in Florida, won All-AFL
acclaim 10 straight
seasons. He was All-NFL
in 1970 and 1971, and
then earned second-team
All-NFL honors in1972.
Not surprisingly, he was
named to the all-time
All-AFL team following
the 1969 season.
During his 15-year
career, he participated
in each of the nine AFL
All-Star games that were
played and in the AFC-NFC
Pro Bowl the first three
seasons that postseason
classic was scheduled.
Jim never missed a game.
When he retired
following the 1974
season, he had started
in 210 straight games in
regular season but had
played in 308 games as a
Raider.
The 6-2, 255-pound
anchor of the Raiders
was elected to the Pro
Football Hall of Fame in
1980. |