Alex Karras played football when I was growing up in Pittsburgh. Unless it was Thanksgiving, not many Lions games were on television. Each week, I'd watch the highlights from shows produced by NFL Films, which introduced me to how good Karras was asLOS ANGELES -- Alex Karras was one of the NFL's most feared defensive tackles throughout the 1960s, a player who hounded quarterbacks and bulled past opposing linemen. And yet, to many people he will always be the lovable dad from the 1980s sitcomAlex Karras, a fierce and relentless All-Pro lineman for the Detroit Lions whose irrepressible character frequently placed him at odds with football's authorities but led to a second career as an actor on television and in the movies, died Wednesday atJust got a great note from Times reader Myron McGhee about his encounter 40 years ago with Detroit Lions star Alex Karras, who died Wednesday: For more than 20 years, a relative of mine worked as a housekeeper, a cameraman and later office managerDETROIT (AP) — Alex Karras was one of the NFL's most feared defensive tackles throughout the 1960s, a player who hounded quarterbacks and bulled past opposing linemen. And yet, to many people he will always be the
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