Jim Otto, long of the Raiders, has passed away. He was a one-of-a-kind, a veritable legend. He never missed a game due to injuries, “210 consecutive regular-season games and 308 straight total contests”. Fifty knee surgeries during his career evidently didn’t face him even a little.
And I loved the way he stuck his thumb in officialdom’s eye with his jersey number. The NFL declared that no one could have the number zero, so, in a play on his name, he used double-zero, aught-oh. – Uncle Al
I read an article about 30 years ago detailing how difficult it was for him to get his day going after he wakes up each morning. Guy was a stud compared bro today’s playing going on the injured list for grass stains.
He played back when American football was a man’s game. RIP.
Jim Otto, Lyle Alzado and a few other Raiders use to occasionally work out at a gym I belonged to back in the day. A couple those guys, including Otto, were scary strong. Alzado, not so much. And he was the guy juicing all the time. In fact that’s what killed him
Not only was he a good football player, he also invented the palindrome.