Otto Everett Graham

1921 - 2003  (82 years)

• Name	Otto Everett Graham  [1, 2]
  Born	6 Dec 1921	Waukegan, Lake, Illinois, USA   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Race	White  [1]
  Died	17 Dec 2003	Sarasota, Florida, USA   [1, 2]
  Buried	Sarasota, Sarasota, Florida, USA   [2]
  Person ID	I10446	Clark Benscoter
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2020

  
  

  Father	Otto Everett Graham,   b. 21 Jul 1894, Marquand, Madison, Missouri, USA ,   d. Oct 1970, Orlando, Orange, Florida, USA  (Age 76 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Cordonna E Hays,   b. 27 Jun 1895, Missouri, USA ,   d. 15 Oct 1987, Gurnee, Lake, Illinois, USA  (Age 92 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Married	7 Apr 1917	Kahoka, Clark, Missouri, USA   [3]
  Family ID	F377	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 6 Dec 1921 - Waukegan, Lake, Illinois, USA Died - 17 Dec 2003 - Sarasota, Florida, USA Buried - - Sarasota, Sarasota, Florida, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Graham, Otto Everett, Jr. (b. 6 December 1921 in Waukegan, Illinois; d. 17 December 2003 in Sarasota, Florida), college and professional football player who led the Cleveland Browns to ten consecutive league championship games and who came to be considered to be one of the greatest quarterbacks of all time. Graham was one of four sons of Otto Everett Graham and Cordonna (Hayes) Graham, both of whom were music educators in the Waukegan public schools. Graham’s father also conducted the high school band. As a youth Graham followed in his parents’ musical footsteps. He played the French horn, the violin, the piano, and the cornet. Representing Waukegan Township High School, Graham was the Illinois state champion in the French horn and played for the school’s national champion brass sextet. Graham also demonstrated athletic talent. He played football, basketball, and baseball in high school, winning All-State honors in basketball (1937) and football (1938). Graham’s success earned him a basketball scholarship to Northwestern University, where he planned to major in education and play for the school marching band. When the Northwestern football coach Lynn “Pappy” Waldorf chanced to see Graham playing in an intramural football game, though, Graham was soon recruited to join the Wildcat squad. At the time, freshmen were ineligible for varsity play. By the start of his sophomore year in 1941, Graham was the starting single-wing tailback and defensive back. That year the Wildcats were the only team to beat the Paul Brown-coached Ohio State Buckeyes. … http://www.encyclopedia.com/article-1G2-2875000120/graham-otto-everett-jr.html GRAHAM, Otto Everett, Jr. (b. 6 December 1921 in Waukegan, Illinois), quarterback who led the Cleveland Browns to ten straight division or league crowns. Graham was one of four sons of Otto Everett Graham and Cordonna Hayes, who both taught music in the public schools in Waukegan. Graham was born making records. His birth weight of fourteen pounds, twelve ounces, still stands as a record for the state of Illinois. Graham excelled in sports and music during his high school years at Waukegan High School. He became the Illinois French horn champion at age sixteen and also played the violin, piano, and coronet. As a senior, Graham played in his high school's National Champion brass sextet. An all-around athlete, he played football, basketball, and baseball, and was a member of Illinois All-State squads in basketball (1937) and football (1938). Graham, who stood six feet, one inch tall, entered Northwestern University in 1941 on a basketball scholarship, majoring in education with a minor in music. … http://www.encyclopedia.com/article-1G2-3436500206/graham-otto-everett-jr.html

  
  

• Sources

  [S409] U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2015;). Record for Otto Everett Graham Jr [S259] U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;). Record for Otto Everett Graham Jr [S111] Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007.Original data - Missouri Marriage Records. Jefferson City, MO, USA: Missouri State Archives. Microfilm.Original data: Missouri Marriage Records. Jefferson City, MO, USA: Missouri Stat;).