The Resume

(January 5, 1938- )
Born in Wausau, Wisconsin
Center for the Oakland Raiders (1960-74)
Nine-time AFL All-Star (1960-69)
Three-time Pro Bowler (1970-72)
Inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame (1980)

Why he might be annoying:

No NFL team showed interest in him because he was considered undersized for a center (6'2, 210 pounds).
He wore the uniform number 00 as a pun on his name. ('Otto' = 'aught-0')
He broke his nose so many times it had to be rebuilt so he could breathe through it.

Why he might not be annoying:

After being drafted by the AFL Raiders, he diligently hit the weight room, building up to a playing weight of 255 pounds.
He never missed a game due to injury.
Coach John Madden said, 'His skills as a center were just perfect.'
He had to have his right leg amputated due to an infection in his artificial knee (2007).
He was named to the AFL All-Time Team and the NFL 100th Anniversary All-Time Team.

Credit: C. Fishel

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Amputees
• C. Fishel's Profiles [Series 85]
• Celebrities Born on the Same Date [January] (Ranked: 1051938)
• Football Hall of Famers (Ranked: 1980)
• Football Players
• I Attended University of Miami [Florida]
• I Had Rhinoplasty [Nose Job]
• I Have Prostate Cancer
• I Named My Kid After Myself
• I Outlived My Child
• Las Vegas/Oakland Raiders
• Look at My Autographed Photo
• NFL Network's 100 Greatest NFL Players of All-Time [2010] (Ranked: 63)
• NFL’s 100th Anniversary All-Time Team
• Phi Delta Theta Fraternity
• Profiles 53251-53500 (Ranked: 53481)

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying