Cool story and picture. I remember him well in the NFL. Otto was one tough hombre
He came down for several UM HOF inductions yrs ago.
Did you play for Cardinal Newman? Just seeing if you did and if so if you ever played forest hill or lake worth high schools
TUFF... now ashamed about grumbling to the wife about my sore back after 2 hours of yardwork
From Wikipedia:
"Otto's body was punished greatly during his NFL career, resulting in nearly 74 operations, including 28 on his knee (nine of them during his playing career) and multiple joint replacements. His joints became riddled with arthritis, and he developed debilitating back and neck problems.[3] In his book, The Pain of Glory" Otto described near-death experiences from medical procedures, including fighting off three life-threatening infections due to complications from his artificial joints. During one six-month stretch, he was without a right knee joint because he had to wait for an infection to heal before another artificial knee could be implanted. Otto eventually had to have his right leg amputated on August 1, 2007.[4] Despite his maladies, Otto said he had no regrets and wouldn't have changed a thing even if given the opportunity to do it over again."
Are you familiar with SunTan U? Back before recruiting became an industry, and they had a winning football history, schools used whatever they could to attract recruits and students fire that matter. At Florida it was their CFB tradition, at Miami it was the weather and women
.Kids from the north trekked down to enjoy that. A guy like Otto from Wisconsin would be attracted to playing in Miami. I was at Miami in the 70’s and most of the students and athletes I encountered were from every place but Fla. The school played it up also. They sold banners with SunTan U on them. So yes, sometimes there were connections, but what worked for tourism also worked for recruiting. Just sayin’
