Background
In 1938 Graf enrolled at Ohio State, where his father Campbell "Honus" Graf had been a three-sport athlete and the 1914 football captain.
In 1938 Graf enrolled at Ohio State, where his father Campbell "Honus" Graf had been a three-sport athlete and the 1914 football captain.
Harvard Business School. Harvard University; Ohio State University.
In football he was named Big Ten Most Valuable Player in 1941 and in basketball he served as team captain in 1942. After college Honus had been a graduate assistant on the 1915 team and played professional football with Peggy Parratt"s Cleveland Indians football club He later served on the Ohio State Athletic Council.
Jack Graf joined the Ohio State football team as quarterback and served as a backup to All American Don Scott for two years.
In 1941, before Graf"s senior year, Paul Brown replaced Francis Schmidt as an Ohio State head coach and Brown moved Graf to fullback. As the featured back on the Ohio State offense, Graf led the Buckeyes to a 6-1-1 record.
His senior year he ran for 10 touchdowns while passing for 2 more. Meanwhile, Graf was also a guard on the Ohio State basketball team and was named team captain as a senior.
The Cleveland Rams selected Graf in the 1942 NFL Draft, but he instead attended Harvard Business School.
He also served 26 years as an assistant coach with the Ohio State basketball team Graf was inducted into the Ohio State Varsity O Hall of Fame in 1988.