How can Alex Karras' career serve as an inspiration?

Oct 10, 2012 ... Former football great Alex Karras has died. Karras was a dominant defensive lineman for the Detroit Lions. He later used his personality and ... Jan 15, 2020 ... Karras, who played for the Lions from 1958-1970, will be inducted posthumously as he died in 2012. "One of the NFL alumni's most famous faces on ... Alex Karras ... Alexander George Karras has done it all. In football, "Mad Duck" was a two-time All-America tackle at Iowa. In 1957 he won the Outland Trophy as ... Oct 10, 2012 ... Alex Karras, a fierce and relentless All-Pro lineman for the Detroit Lions whose irrepressible character frequently placed him at odds with football's ... Feb 13, 2017 ... Alex Karras played football for twelve seasons with the Detroit Lions from 1958 through 1962 and again from 1964 through 1970. One week ... Sep 21, 2019 ... The first generation of Karras football standouts — Ted Karras Sr., Alex Karras, Lou Karras and Paul Karras — started it all. The four brothers ... Alex Karras, a 6'2”, 248-pound defensive tackle from Gary, Indiana, was drafted in the first round (10th player overall) of the 1958 draft by the Detroit Lions. Oct 10, 2012 ... 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. Oct 11, 2012 ... After Blazing Saddles, Karras replaced another footballer-turned-actor, Fred "The Hammer" Williamson, for three seasons on ABC's Monday Night ... Jul 18, 2015 ... In 1968 he played himself in Paper Lion, the film version of George Plimpton's book about being a football player. Karras appeared in several ...