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Jim Otto

James Edwin Otto

Position: C
Height: 6-2    Weight: 255 lbs.
Born: January 5, 1938 in Wausau, WI
College: Miami (FL)

Career AV: 100 (132nd overall since 1950)

Inducted into Hall of Fame in 1980

12-time Pro Bowler & 10-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)

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Defense & Fumbles

Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty AV
1960+ 22 OAK C 50 14 0 6
1961*+ 23 OAK C 00 14 0 6
1962*+ 24 OAK C 00 14 0 5
1963*+ 25 OAK C 00 14 0 8
1964*+ 26 OAK C 00 14 0 10
1965*+ 27 OAK C 00 14 0 1 0 0 0 10
1966* 28 OAK C 00 14 0 9
1967*+ 29 OAK C 00 14 0 13
1968*+ 30 OAK C 00 14 14 0 1 0 0 15
1969*+ 31 OAK C 00 14 14 12
1970*+ 32 OAK C 00 14 14 0 1 0 0 11
1971* 33 OAK C 00 14 14 1 0 -7 0 10
1972* 34 OAK C 00 14 14 11
1973 35 OAK C 00 14 14 1 1 -15 0 7
1974 36 OAK C 00 14 14 7
Career 210 98 3 3 -22 0 140

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Pro Bowls

1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972

First-Team All-Pro

1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1967
1968
1969
1970

Games

Career 210 (150)

Playoff Games Started

Career 13 (148)

Stats are Year Lg Value (Rank Season/Rank in Top 100 All-Time Seasons)

All-Pro Teams

1960AFL: 1st Team All-AFL
 Associated Press: 1st Team All-AFL
 UPI: 2nd Team All-AFL
1961AFL: 1st Team All-AFL
 Associated Press: 1st Team All-AFL
 NY Daily News: 1st Team All-AFL
 Sporting News: 1st Team All-AFL
 UPI: 1st Team All-AFL
1962AFL: 1st Team All-AFL
 Associated Press: 1st Team All-AFL
 UPI: 1st Team All-AFL
1963AFL: 1st Team All-AFL
 Associated Press: 1st Team All-AFL
 Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st Team All-AFL
 NY Daily News: 1st Team All-AFL
 UPI: 1st Team All-AFL
1964AFL: 1st Team All-AFL
 Associated Press: 1st Team All-AFL
 Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st Team All-AFL
 NY Daily News: 1st Team All-AFL
 UPI: 1st Team All-AFL
1965AFL: 1st Team All-AFL
 Associated Press: 1st Team All-AFL
 Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st Team All-AFL
 NY Daily News: 1st Team All-AFL
 UPI: 1st Team All-AFL
1966AFL: 1st Team All-AFL
 Associated Press: 2nd Team All-AFL
 Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st Team All-AFL
 NY Daily News: 1st Team All-AFL
 UPI: 1st Team All-AFL
1967Sporting News: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Associated Press: 1st Team All-AFL
 Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st Team All-AFL
 NY Daily News: 1st Team All-AFL
 UPI: 1st Team All-AFL
1968Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-NFL/AFL
 Sporting News: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Associated Press: 1st Team All-AFL
 Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st Team All-AFL
 NY Daily News: 2nd Team All-AFL
 Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-AFL
 UPI: 1st Team All-AFL
1969Associated Press: 1st Team All-AFL
 Pro Football Writers: 2nd Team All-AFL
 Hall of Fame: 2nd Team All-AFL
 Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st Team All-AFL
 NY Daily News: 1st Team All-AFL
 Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-AFL
 Sporting News: 1st Team All-AFL
 UPI: 1st Team All-AFL
1970Associated Press: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Sporting News: 1st Team All-Conf.
 UPI: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Associated Press: 1st Team All-NFL
 Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st Team All-NFL
1971Sporting News: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st Team All-NFL
1972Associated Press: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Sporting News: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Associated Press: 2nd Team All-NFL