Otto Graham Northwestern Music Major

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Who would have thunk it?


Otto Everett Graham, Jr. was born December 6, 1921 in Waukegan, Illinois (some sources say Evanston, Illinois). One of four brothers, he grew up in a world of sports and music. Both Graham's parents were music teachers and by the time he left high school he could play piano, cornet, violin and French horn. When he was sixteen years old, Graham was named the Illinois French horn champion; the Waukegan High School brass sextet he played on as a high school senior also won a national championship. Graham majored in music at Northwestern University but stopped playing altogether when he entered professional sports. After he retired he said that giving up music was his one great regret.



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[Bob Kolada]

Malik Rose plays?/played tuba, trombone, and bari sax; I believe he was all city or some such thing in high school.

[jacojdm]

Great information. I never knew that he was a "french horn champion."
Otto seemed to excel at everything he tried. He could just as easily have been a great pro basketball player as he was a quarterback.
Now, if we could find a way for Colt McCoy to directly channel Otto, we could be in good shape.