The great center from the University of Miami, Jim Otto was born on January 5, 1938 in Wausau, Wisconsin. Otto anchored the Oakland Raider offensive line for 15 seasons according to the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s website bio on him. Jim Otto played in the AFL and the NFL for the Oakland Raiders from 1960-74. Otto's career accolades are that he is a Pro Football Hall of Fame enshrinee as well as a 10-time All-Pro. He was a great blocker and was voted as an All-League player in 12 consecutive years in respectively in the AFL and NFL. The Pro Football Hall of Fame fitted Jim Otto for his gold jacket in 1980.
Photo is courtesy of Wikimedia Commons of an American football game between the 1957 Houston Cougars football team and the Miami Hurricanes at Rice Stadium in Houston. Pictured are Houston's Claude King (#22), Bob Borah (#84), and Charlie Brown (#76), and Miami's Dan Coughlin (#64), Byron Blasko (#23), Frank Nodoline (#78), and Jim Otto (#50). Compliments of the 1958 Houstonian photography staff.
