#63: Jim Otto | The Top 100: NFL’s Greatest Players (2010) | NFL Films

[@shanegrauer]

Brought tears to my eyes. We lost a true Raider and a good man. RIP 00

[@michaeltrevino201]

In case there's any die hard Jim Otto fans that are wondering how he's doing, I just ran into him last night at a Cheesecake Factory in CA. He was there with his wife and daughter. Of course he was dressed head to toe and raider gear. Jim was in good spirits although it is obvious his cognitive health is declining but his appetite was second to none! All in all, he's doing well and has a wonderful support system with him.

[@rickytang9420]

That's nice to know

[@realchillsammi3099]

That’s amazing to know honestly… I used to be his neighbor growing up as a kid and last time I seen him he wasn’t doing too well… his wife would let me and my siblings play in their driveway and go fishing in their pond. He’s truly an awesome guy to have a good conversations with

[@BB_55]

The Cheesecake Factory in Rancho Mirage?

[@McIntyreBible]

Jim Otto was one of the “tough old boys” in football!

[@bollie4431]

Hell yeah 💪

[@mattsweeny3957]

I dare ANY one to name anyone playing today that is tougher than 00...matt

[@blessOTMA]

This makes me tear up. Greatness never compromises.

[@kenzyespears5661]

Watching old raider clips makes me think that they were just a bunch of guys who went and played at the park. They just loved the game and to beat up on each other

[@robgoulding4159]

I am not a Raiders fan, but Jim Otto is an unbelievable force. One of my favorite all time players.

[@chriscook215]

This WAS football !!! Not the entertainment it is today.

[@SKa-tt9nm]

Chris Cook you wanna volunteer for 8 knee replacements? Be my guest.

[@lloydkline6946]

Today football too much about money, season way too long, hear about superbowl near March with 17 game schedule in the future

[@larrytischler570]

It is not even entertainment anymore. They are more interested in taking a knee than taking the opponents. Let them play in a stadium without fans. That is what they deserve.

[@bradleybrown8399]

Cry, baby, cry.

[@vader8867]

A real Raider!!!

[@steveswangler6373]

that's why he is Mr. Raider

[@septimuspretorius250]

It was remarkable that for all of those years, he played offensive line, while wearing a quarterback face mask!!!!

[@jamesvickers9476]

More remarkable are those players who never wore a facemask at all...no more punch in the nose...😆

[@kentjg32]

My mom's hair stylist was friends with Otto, and I got to meet him through her. He let me wear his AFL Championships ring. Class act, and one of the best to play the game.

[@milojanis4901]

If I owned a team, and could pick any player I wanted in the history of the NFL, and they could be in their prime, no matter what their actual age was, I'd pick my Jim Otto as my center. Did he ever NOT make all pro?

[@FuriousMan226]

Milo Janis Jim Otto never won a Super Bowl though

[@kentjg32]

@@FuriousMan226 You're right, my bad, it must have been his AFL championship ring.

[@FuriousMan226]

Kent Galloway Makes more sense

[@mikenobles1038]

@@FuriousMan226Got screwed over by the immaculate reception

[@trystinpeacock551]

As a 8th grade center this is who I look up to

[@greggillings9454]

That's so cool. Young players modeling their game after the legends who played when the NFL was still in it's youth. Keep working kid and you will go as far as you want.

[@sthdrf3490]

Congrats

[@717rocket]

He's a good example good luck with your game.

[@kyleshiflet9952]

Great heroe and good luck kid

[@Minecraftandcompany]

Trystin Peacock hope you’re still loving the game. Loved playing center too. Only lineman who touches the ball haha

[@monzon529]

They where true men real warriors. They played with their hearts.

[@jacktheripoff1888]

The NFL owes the AFL so much to it's history and heritage. It's history couldn't be any more divided between before and after the AFL's onset. The NFL is 100 years old and it's been 50 since the merger. Otto is one of those players that made that possible. It's not just the Namath's and Alworth's .

[@darth_marz]

R.I.P Mr. Jim Otto. Forever a legend, not just in Raiders history, but in general. A true pioneer at the OT position. ☠️🏴‍☠️

[@phillyb792]

Otto One of the greatest raiders to ever put on the silver black it was honored to meet him and get his autograph he was a great man in person and a great raiders '!! 00 !!!!

[@lyrics2challenged]

I am late asl but I don't know their history aside from him. Who was better? As I assume you mean original Raiders players. Charles Woodson was great for sure (though he switched for a minute) But I really don't know any older Raiders on that level of greatness. Or even modern for that day.

[@gynandroidhead]

Very nice man the few times I met him. He was born the same year as my dad, and my dad told me when I was very young that Jim Otto was his favorite NFL Lineman. It didn't take me long to understand why.

[@kevinkev9996]

@@lyrics2challenged Charles Woodson will be remembered as a Packer though

[@lyrics2challenged]

@@kevinkev9996 Wasn't he with Raiders first? I thought that's who gets got drafted to, or did I miss something? thanks

[@lyrics2challenged]

@@kevinkev9996 unless you're just saying career wise.

[@DR.ELEKTRIK]

I was honored to have met this man at his home and got an autographed picture signed by him to me. He is indeed the legend that you hear about.

[@PepereDupre]

Pay attention youngsters that's what a football player looks like.

[@mikey7189]

he and Upshaw and Shell were my heroes growing up in the 70's, I was a O-Lineman in high school and I wanted to be just like them :-)

[@Carlos-sd6cz]

in those times players love play football, they did not care about the millions dollars that are paid...

[@joshuabates8721]

I saw him today at my grocery store

[@mrbeaverstate]

Nah the Millenials say football is too hard..

[@ydiaz8080]

I agree. The sad part is that football got soft over the years.

[@mikenobles1038]

RIP to a raiders legend, Mr. Raider ! To have never missed a game in all that time playing center ? As tough as the game was back then ? Absolutely incredible !

[@xaviervega468]

If Bob Lilly was Mr. Cowboy, then Jim Otto was hands down Mr. Raider.

[@Wyndamn]

TRUTH!!!

[@footballrealist4024]

You mean gene Upshaw !

[@footballrealist4024]

@David Kreutzer can you make the other around you win as a team. For instance Dan Marino got all these individuals great stats, but not one championships ring to show for it, an again I can name many great player's with no championships ring, and here they are # 1 Eric Dickerson # 2 DAN Fouts #3 Barry Sanders #4 Jim Kelly to name a few.

[@footballrealist4024]

@David Kreutzer I can school you about the game again Dan Marino if Barry Sanders had been on that Miami Dolphins teams along with lawrence Taylor and just maybe or without a few other players like Bruce Smith, Dan Marino would have 2 or 3 championships super bowl ring. Stop listening to the( watch this) white media because they don't tell the whole truth not even half truth and that one of the reasons I stopped watching the NFL no real truth. Don't be a sucker for the games !

[@footballrealist4024]

@David Kreutzer and I can bet you I know more about raiders 🏈 than you and I'm a Kansas City Chiefs fan. Otis Taylor kicks Ben Davis ass !

[@willrivera7833]

one of my all time favorite players... so underrated and not talked about as much as he should be with the top O-linemens

[@antwan3505]

I love the shot at 3:26. Bloody tear, pulling his helmet back on and the look on his face of getting ready to go back into battle. Not only is it real Raider football but the way real football was meant to look and be played.

[@forumcelebritypodcast]

Raider nation is in mourning for another icon of the Oakland dynasty passing. For 2 1/2 decades no team in professional sports in the US had a higher winning % than the Raiders of the mid 60's to the late 80's. And no fan base was more appreciative. I met him a couple of times and he was as tough as nails but he was always kind & appreciative. RIP Mr. Otto; thanks for everything.

[@richardmorris7063]

don't let his relatively small stature fool you. this dude was tough.

[@richardmorris7063]

Jim Otto used to be the center for the Raiders he's definitely number one on my list all-time centers the man was only about six 1 and 240 pounds at best had a two-bar quarterback face mask on and going against Kansas City and six foot seven Buck Buchanan he more than held his own

[@mattsweeny3957]

Small? I'll take his size....matt

[@tomthecat3971]

jesus christ look at that left side!! upshaw. otto and shell.

[@UncleJakesRaidersVideos]

and from 71-73 they had HOFer Bob "Boomer" Brown at right tackle with them as well. That's just scary. kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z4uke4StpKmterM

[@sanjaymodi2344]

Freshmasta 85 they had a full HOF o-line when Ron Mix played

[@jackagain8346]

One of the best ever...no doubt.

[@h2w25]

They had some really great battles against the Chiefs Defense who had what would eventually be 6 HOF’ers on defense Bobby Bell OLB Willy Lanier MLB Curly Culp DT Buck Buchanan DT Johnny Robinson FS Emmitt Thomas CB Then you also had Jim Lynch who was stellar I thought it was really bush league of NFL films showing the immaculate reception on Jim Otto’s tribute

[@bobhiggins7331]

The flags never flew when I'd OO played.

[@germanfreighttrain3911]

He went to my high school and talk with the football team for free great guy

[@zebunker]

Maybe he got paid behind the scenes in the locker room. Or got a tug job. Nuffin free.

[@gentjim5007]

The pride of Wausau Wisconsin

[@ozrix05]

RIP Jim Otto 🙏 A true Raiders legend ☠️🏈

[@DrTartus]

that guy is a badass

[@hmackprotection1]

Strong_Gamer, indeed

[@lendrury2771]

@@hmackprotection1 dude was punchy as hell

[@cesarcanete3402]

He most definitely was!! Did you notice him dominating Buck Buchannon at 0:48? Buck Buchannon is twice Jim Otto's size & the dude couldn't go anywhere. It's amazing!!

[@MrMetacomet]

Simply the best center of that era, only Dwight Stephenson and Mike Webster make the conversation. Love Jim Otto. We loved football!!!

[@lildic0146]

Exactly well said

[@gentjim5007]

Jim was from Wausau Wisconsin. Iron Mike Webster was from Rhinelander Wisconsin. Nuff said.

[@globalspiritualrevolutionmedia]

Pound for pound THE GREATEST CENTER IN NFL HISTORY!!!!!!! When GOD Created a center - it was Jim Otto! Jim Otto IS A MAN’S MAN!

[@patton1909]

He played when football was a game for men

[@warrenwhiteheadiii41]

One of the greatest to ever play the game and one of the greatest OG Raiders of all time. Today we lost a legend but his name in football lore will never be forgotten. RIP Jim Otto. You will be dearly missed (1938-2024)😢🙏🏽🕊️☠️🏴‍☠️🖤🩶

[@carljustinenuestro8771]

Raider fan since 2016 and Mr. Jim Otto always be remembered as the Original Raider. He played from the Raiders’ first season in 1960 until 1974. He is truly a Raider. Actually he’s already been a Raider before Mr. Al Davis came to the Raiders in 1963. He’s the reason why the Raiders became what Raiders is all about. Being a tough, physical, and a pride to be a Raider and that’s why he’s Mr. Raider. I’m gonna miss you Sir. Rest In Peace Mr. Jim Otto🙏🙏🖤🤍🖤🤍

[@PugetSoundPete]

I was not a Raider fan, but I always was a Jim Otto fan. He stood out far more for his play in the trench warfare position of center, the best one that ever played the game. The number 00 stood out for excellence that he embodied, and for the greater courage he showed in his pain and suffering for the many years after football. Truly a sad day. RIP, Mr. Otto.

[@StofleTheBadger]

Amen! 💯% Jim Otto 00 HOF 1980 The Original Raider!!

[@cesarcanete3402]

Is that Buck Buchanan that he's manhandling at 0:49? He's like twice Jim Otto's size!! Wow!! That's really impressive to handle a giant like Buck Buchanan. I only know of him through old videos, but being old enough see him play must've been a real treat!! He must've been as dominant on the field like how Wilt Chamberlain was on the court!!

[@davanmani556]

Had Al Davis gone to a pinpoint passing attack like Bill Walsh that Stabler wanted, he would have been the no. 1 center.

[@RNFORLAW]

I had the pleasure of watching Jim Otto as a little kid and he is still 1 of my favorite players.

[@SantiagoTM1]

Damn, Mr.Otto could play some fucken Football. To all YOU "Las Vegas Raiders" so-called Fans!! Listen up MaThaFaKas, NEVER EVER 4Get the AFL, Al Davis, & the Oakland Raiders, or "00" "@ starting Center, number double "0" Jim Otto!" That would've been the way he was called up to Heaven.

[@olerocker3470]

Bleeding tears, he loved the game so much.

[@SantiagoTM1]

Damn, Mr.Otto could play some fucken Football. To all YOU "Las Vegas Raiders" so-called Fans!! Listen up MaThaFaKas, NEVER EVER 4Get the AFL, Al Davis, & the Oakland Raiders, or "00" "@ starting Center, number double "0" Jim Otto!" That would've been the way he was called up to Heaven.

[@_thatscrazy]

RIP Jim Otto. Jim Otto had a great speed and could block with the pros. He, like other Raider Stars of the 1970s, is a RAIDER!

[@brandondrye7477]

Once a Raider always a Raider... rest in peace Jim Otto

[@borood1188]

Toughest to ever play the game. You weren’t getting through the middle. RIP to the best ever.

[@kyndread71]

RIP JIM OTTO ..... YOU WILL ALWAYS BE A LEGEND!!!

[@SuperGomez59]

What he said at the end is true, you think you'll never play again after you retire, but then you realize how much you miss the game and would do it all over again if you could. If I could play in high school all over again I would do it in a heartbeat.

[@MannerPressy007]

RIP to a real Raider legend you talk about true to the colors and hell of a player. 💯🏴‍☠️🕊️

[@P_B___]

Rest in Peace to an NFL & Raiders Legend 00

[@deejayferguson5015]

Man I wish I was around to see football in the 60's & 70's. Guys like this define "for love of the game."Athletes these days probably shrink a little inside when they watch this. 308 straight games at center?! That's insane in any era but back then...... So much respect from a 90's kid here

[@solomonkessington8136]

Jim was savage!!!!! You aint touching no one!!!!!

[@tonyandreoli8180]

I'm just happy to have lived my life in the glory days of football. And see that raiders wrecking crew

[@AlejandroSanchez-pl6jw]

After all the surgeries and amputation , he says he's still play . That's love

[@MrEazyE357]

What amputation did he have?

[@kevinkev9996]

@@MrEazyE357 He's probably thinking about Ronnie Lott who had his broken finger amputated so he wouldn't miss a game

[@jerrylocke3632]

@@MrEazyE357 he had one of his legs removed due to arthritis.

[@joshuaboyd7233]

RIP JIM. My dad loved you. Raider for life 🖤

[@jonathanwade5744]

RIP Mr. Raider!!! Ott aka 00 (aught decades). One of two reasons the Raiders had 2 centers all the way into the late 80’s (RIP Dave Dalby as well….Once a Raider, always a Raider). A tradition that Don Mosebar represented as well. It’s written we have 3 deaths. The moment our body dies. The moment we are interred. The last being the last time our names are uttered. With the entire Raider Nation behind the Otto family I, for one, hope Jim Otto’s name echoes through the ages!!!!! RN4L, Just Win Baby, Commitment to Excellence, Pride & Poise

[@billyd7882]

There’s a photo of me with Jim Otto when I was an 8 year old Cub Scout. He made many personal appearances back then.

[@morgan_dunn_2117]

Thats my Great Uncle Jim!

[@SantiagoTM1]

Damn, Mr.Otto could play some fucken Football. To all YOU "Las Vegas Raiders" so-called Fans!! Listen up MaThaFaKas, NEVER EVER 4Get the AFL, Al Davis, & the Oakland Raiders, or "00" "@ starting Center, number double "0" Jim Otto!" That would've been the way he was called up to Heaven.

[@monitonia]

One of the greatest in Raider history, a true legend (anyone knows where can I get the jazzy version of "The Autumn Wind"? Working on a school project that involves the Raiders)

[@toben42]

The NFL owes alot to these guys.

[@kerwinbelt50]

OO. We loved watching him when we were kids grow up. Me and my five brothers. We also love that number he had. It was different and cool. Plus he was real tough! 00!

[@fishbone8703]

RIP OTTO. He was my favorite Raider. The #1 Raider

[@stefanwicht5566]

That image, blood running down from his eye. Drinking water. THAT IS AWESOME.

[@r3ddirtr8r28]

There will never be another. RIP Pops!

[@MattSmith-iq1ld]

He said in League of denial that he had over 70 surgeries by then. Also, an amputated leg. I know that everyone wants to say that players back then were tougher, and it is true (from a rules standpoint - so many more things were legal), but a lot of these injuries were the results of terrible helmets and other equipment the players used to wear. I mean, look at Otto's face mask. As tough as he is, he would be the first man to tell you that if he had access to the modern football helmet when he played, he would've played with the modern football helmet. But of course he would tell you that he was using it because it was a better weapon :)

[@stephenbates8111]

Met Mr. Otto 3 years ago at my local grocery store. Turns out he’s lives in my town!

[@tomdipasquale9633]

I just read Jim Otto passed away today. I’m 62, & remember him & the Raiders. I was never a fan of theirs, but football was the best back then!! I miss watching guys like him!! You never realize how great these guys were until days like today!! RIP Jim!!! It really was an honor to watch you & the Raiders play!!!

[@dawg2067]

The autumn wind is Jim Otto ☠️

[@kennybee63]

Lifelong Pats fan here and I must say...Jim Otto was a great player, tough as nails... 👍🏻.. The Raider teams of the 70’s were bad ass!!

[@eagledown9116]

The days when football was savage. With head slaps and crackback blocks.

[@footballrealist4024]

Yes but now they got you guys listening to these white female giving their run down on the game and where are retired black players who should be doing it, this is why the black players should continue to kneel because there's no respect for them, and get these white women off the air. I say a black players boycott !

[@bollie4431]

@@footballrealist4024 ikr all these greats that have played the game none on the sidelines. I personally miss Pam Oliver 👍✌️🏈☠️

[@footballrealist4024]

@Taiwan92Abarth don't let it be a distraction, but at the same these are harlot jezebel to set the black players up for scandals in the future you can't be weak for these women it's a trap !

[@footballrealist4024]

@Taiwan92Abarth it is true !

[@infadel2792]

@@footballrealist4024 There shouldn't be any women involved in football of any color, period.

[@martyharless5097]

The epitome of toughness and loyalty

[@danielplascencia1667]

Rip Jim Otto 1938-2024

[@jayb9687]

Jim Otto used to own 5 Burger Kings in CA. One of them was in Cameron Park. It had a lot of his memorabilia in it. I used to go to it back in the 80's.

[@pauljohnson3340]

I'm from Wisconsin, not too far from Milwaukee, and even I wouldn't want to live in Wausau, WI, where he is from. You have to be tough as nails to live up there. What an incredible individual.

[@Terribleathletes]

If you think Wausau is a rough neighborhood you really need to get out more often.

[@pauljohnson3340]

I'm talking about the weather, dude.

[@h2w25]

How bush league is it of NFL films to show the immaculate reception on Jim Otto’s tribute film? I’m not even a Raiders fan

[@Sea_Stallion]

@David Kreutzer he already is inducted in 1980

[@SantiagoTM1]

Damn, Mr.Otto could play some fucken Football. To all YOU "Las Vegas Raiders" so-called Fans!! Listen up MaThaFaKas, NEVER EVER 4Get the AFL, Al Davis, & the Oakland Raiders, or "00" "@ starting Center, number double "0" Jim Otto!" That would've been the way he was called up to Heaven.

[@sloprun]

I was a Raider fan at the time and watching this game. It hurt watching it. It is hard to watch, even now.

[@MrLasboor]

Rip the greatest Center of all time

[@melbias5046]

now that is a football player!

[@jamestyson458]

RIP Jim Otto

[@steveswangler6373]

really did not have to show the immaculate deception play

[@ldproductions509]

Hehe

[@footballrealist4024]

Steelers hater 😃

[@Raiderfan123]

“I’ve never been afraid of anything. I could play against King Kong I think and we’d have a battle.” That goes hard.

[@greggillings9454]

The 9 year All-Pro!!!???? Wow. It brings a tear to my eye knowing how rich the Raiders tradition is. And how grateful I am to be a fan of them. Win, lose, or tie, I'll be a Raider untl I die!💯💯💯

[@al6347]

RN4L PRIDE AND POISE

[@tommythomason6187]

He was genuinly tough. He and tough ole Charlie Kreuger, with the 49ers, never would give up on those puny facemasks, no matter how many black eyes or nosebleeds they got. They were Old School, no doubt about it.

[@freedomfrom6827]

I grew up in orangevale and folsom ca. Loving the raiders. The Raiders had the most diverse set of misfits the league had ever seen! But they all jelled together what a time that was! The glory days

[@TheYounggostra]

I APPROVE THIS MESSSAGE~!

[@rlsu]

RIP Jim Otto 00 Raider Nation

[@johndavidson4128]

Old school legend

[@migmo3126]

Double Ought!!! A true Raider personality. That was when football players were looked up too!

[@rona8663]

Greatest center ever..... OO a true legend....

[@oldgoat142]

When you add Ron Mix, Gene Upshaw, Art Shell, and the incomparable Bob Boomer Brown, that was the most awesome O-line ever. Kenny Stabler had all afternoon to throw. Just watch some of those old games and compare them to how much time other quarterbacks had. Those 2 or 3 seconds made all the difference in the world.

[@stevencruz4738]

That was great football back then .

[@dennislockhart8627]

#OaklandRaiders The Veterans that paved the way 00

[@charlesfontanello4203]

One of the best...

[@ronaldbronsertjr4156]

I watched the Oakland Raiders proudly back in 1970 on into high school, MR RAIDER WAS AWESOME!! They had there training facility at the El Rancho Tropicana in my hometown of Santa Rosa Ca.

[@mankokennewick5802]

Back in those days every game the raiders played was exciting ass hell!

[@lrcraider]

R.I.P Mr Otto sir. God bless w

[@rileyholden-zc9ip]

Rip Jim Otto

[@ericander2108]

00. True legend. Just win baby.

[@jimlascola]

No Bling . No look at me celebrate, No I want 22 million. they broke the mold on these tough guys.

[@jeffrhorer1811]

After the last game of a non playoff year (which was rare back then), I ran onto the field and Jim Otto gave me his chin strap off his helmet! Awesome!

[@23jakesmith23]

From 2:06 on, it's pure NFL Films magic

[@Johnny7051MC]

Is that the Raiders theme?

[@jocodabest]

And he’s made it to the NFL 100 team!

[@traviskrause8509]

Man I sure do miss the glory days of the raiders madden stabler Lester hays wow they were just double tough!!! And the great al Davis wow what a run in the 60's 70's and the early 80's

[@tross1612]

Man I get the goosebumps listening to this.

[@SSJ3rocks]

Best center ever to play I think.

[@maxpuppy96]

My number in basketball was 00 because of Jim Otto, he was the man

[@SantiagoTM1]

Damn, Mr.Otto could play some fucken Football. To all YOU "Las Vegas Raiders" so-called Fans!! Listen up MaThaFaKas, NEVER EVER 4Get the AFL, Al Davis, & the Oakland Raiders, or "00" "@ starting Center, number double "0" Jim Otto!" That would've been the way he was called up to Heaven.

[@TeachinTV]

I grew up at the Orange Bowl in Miami. My earliest memories as a kid old enough to go to football games, 6 or 7 years old, were of Jim Otto and George Mira. He wore 00 as a University of Miami Hurricane All-American. You could hear people in the crowd saying, "Uh oh, here comes Oh Oh." This was in the era when the 'Canes would draw 30,000 people to that stadium, and the next night when two high school powerhouses would meet, there would be 40,000.

[@dkompres6889]

They were a great team and Otto was key! We Chiefs fans dreaded the sight of him!