Chandler#81 Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 The epitome of the Center position and a HOFer. His trademark 2 bar face mask with the bull ring over his nose and his ‘double ott’ number couldn’t be missed or mistaken. RIP Jim. Thank you for the memories! 5 5 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikie2times Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 Legend, glad he was able to live a long life. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuvian Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 when men were men 2 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Darragh Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 g00 Jim 0tt0 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
machine gun kelly Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 Thanks for sharing Chandman. I’m not old enough to remember him playing,but know the name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldmanfan Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 One of the all time greats 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill from NYC Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 Great center on what was either the best, or second best OL of all time. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neo Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 308 straight games. He was .. the man. 2 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoonerBillsFan Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 6 hours ago, Chandler#81 said: The epitome of the Center position and a HOFer. His trademark 2 bar face mask with the bull ring over his nose and his ‘double ott’ number couldn’t be missed or mistaken. RIP Jim. Thank you for the memories! RIP good sir 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangerDave Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 I remember when I was a kid and I got his football card. I was reading the names of the players I got to my dad. Each card had the player's number and then his name. When I read Otto's card to my dad, I read it as "Oo Jim Otto". I thought, "What a weird first name!" As a high school soccer goalie years later, I chose the number "00", maybe to make it up to Otto? 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoCal Deek Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 As others have said, he’s literally who you think of when they describe an Offensive Center. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wacka Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 Even before he retired he owned a BK franchise near the stadium. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Let's Go Buffalo Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 Great name and number! He was a one of the true Raiders for sure. R.I.P. Mr. Otto....and Thoughts and Prayers for the family. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logic Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 Greatest center who ever lived. Might've set the all time world record for most broken noses, too. Nothing could be cooler than A guy named Otto wearing 00. RIP to the legend. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
First Round Bust Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 from the daze of my misspent youth...Sundays...1970s football...men like Otto layed the foundation for this game... 1 PM games: watching Joe Namath play in crappy Shea Stdium which looked like a high school field; bad Bills teams with OJ loose over and over....or you could watch the NFC games which in Buffalo featured the Wash Redskins and NYG games before Dallas became "Americas Team" 4 PM: teams like like the Chiefs, Chargers with that passing game, the thug Raiders playing close games over and over with George Blanda kicking game-winning field goals while playing QB at age 40+...games called by grizzled vets like Curt Gowdy and Charlie Jones and the smooth Dick Enbeg (remember Sport Challenge ?) and color analysts no one ever heard of before... Then on to the Wonderful World of Disney amd Mutual of Omaha's Wlld Kingdo...then Sunday nite Sabre home games with Gil and the French Connection...over and over...year after year... 2 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neo Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 1 hour ago, First Round Bust said: from the daze of my misspent youth...Sundays...1970s football...men like Otto layed the foundation for this game... 1 PM games: watching Joe Namath play in crappy Shea Stdium which looked like a high school field; bad Bills teams with OJ loose over and over....or you could watch the NFC games which in Buffalo featured the Wash Redskins and NYG games before Dallas became "Americas Team" 4 PM: teams like like the Chiefs, Chargers with that passing game, the thug Raiders playing close games over and over with George Blanda kicking game-winning field goals while playing QB at age 40+...games called by grizzled vets like Curt Gowdy and Charlie Jones and the smooth Dick Enbeg (remember Sport Challenge ?) and color analysts no one ever heard of before... Then on to the Wonderful World of Disney amd Mutual of Omaha's Wlld Kingdo...then Sunday nite Sabre home games with Gil and the French Connection...over and over...year after year... Peter Puck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stinky finger Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 Two of my favorite players from this era were centers. Mr. Otto and Mick Tingelhoff. Their respective teams were prominent and televised and vividly remember their trading cards. Good old days. RIP 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangerDave Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 1 hour ago, First Round Bust said: from the daze of my misspent youth. I think you are confusing the word "misspent" for "idy!lic". 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
First Round Bust Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 1 hour ago, Neo said: Peter Puck! one way to get my non-sportsfan sister to allow me to watch hockey on the family Maganvox parlor TV was to tell her that Peter Puck was going to be on during the intermission...it was between periods 1-2 and she would think it was every intermission...it worked for awhile Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
First Round Bust Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 59 minutes ago, stinky finger said: Two of my favorite players from this era were centers. Mr. Otto and Mick Tingelhoff. Their respective teams were prominent and televised and vividly remember their trading cards. Good old days. RIP the Vikes were great in the 70s...under coach Bud Grant..outdoor Metropolitan Stadium in the cold was its own version of frozen tundra..the pre-Tarkenton days of Joe Kapp (another CFL icon like Grant) throwing to Gene Washington handing to Dave Osborne and Bill Brown as RBs behind Tingelhoff and Ron Yary..and the D-line..purple people eaters...was the best in the biz - Page-Eller-Marshall-Larsen-Sutherland..with Dennis Winston at LB and Paul Krause (iNFL all-time nterceptions leader) https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/V/VincTr00.htm - looking for a Bill..scroll down to 51 - Troy Vincent..his last 2 washed-up years with the Bills had 5 picks...sigh... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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