When Cleveland Browns head coach Paul Brown entered the 1957 NFL draft, he had his eye on two gifted quarterbacks: Lenny Dawson of Purdue and Stanford’s John Brodie.
Cleveland’s starting quarterback, Otto Graham, had told Coach Brown that 1954 would be his last season. After beating the Detroit Lions 56-10 in the NFL Championship Game, Graham publicly announced his retirement.
In the following training camp, Graham’s backup and now new starter George Ratterman was having a difficult time with the offense and Coach Brown was not happy.