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Archive Home > 2012 > October > 11 > Football’s Karras found 2nd career as an actor

Football’s Karras found 2nd career as an actor

By Bruce Weber / The Bulletin
October 11, 2012

Alex Karras, a fierce and relentless All-Pro lineman for the Detroit Lions whose irrepressible character placed him frequently at odds with football’s authorities but led to a second career as an actor on television and in the movies, died Wednesday at his home in Los Angeles. He was 77.

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