Cleveland Browns all-time Mount Rushmore

CLEVELAND, OH - SEPTEMBER 16, 1962: Quarterback Jim Ninowski #15 of the Cleveland Browns turns to fake ahandoff to runningback Jim Brown #32 before turning and throwing a screen pass to runningback Ernie Green during a game on September 16, 1962 against the New York Giants at Municpal Stadium in Cleveland, Ohio.19620916-0251962 Kidwiler Collection/Diamond Images /

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Cleveland Browns Hall of Fame quarterback Otto Graham on a run in a 24-17 loss to the Los Angeles Rams in a League Championship game on December 23, 1951 at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Vic Stein/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** /

Cleveland Browns Mount Rushmore: QB Otto Graham

The franchise that was born in the AAFC and migrated to the NFL in 1950 would play in a total of 10 consecutive professional football championship games from 1946-55. And the man at the control of the Cleveland Browns’ offense was Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback Otto Graham.

Under the guidance of the masterful Paul Brown, the team won four titles in the aforementioned now-defunct league and split their six appearances in the NFL championship contests, winning it all in 1950, ’54 and ’55.

Graham’s final NFL numbers actually show that he threw more interceptions (94) than touchdown passes in six seasons in that league. His AAFC numbers over four years show more than twice as many TD tosses (86) than picks (41). In any case, he led the Browns to a total of seven pro championships and along the way was named to five Pro Bowls and earned an impressive seven All-Pro nods.

The former Northwestern University product was actually a fourth-round draft choice of the Detroit Lions in 1944. And ironically enough, he would face the team from the Motor City three consecutive times in the NFL title game (1952-54) during his remarkable 10-year stay in professional football.

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