03-14-2022, 03:06 PM
(03-14-2022, 02:51 PM)Truck_1_0_1_ Wrote: Great bloodlines; he's the 3rd namesake in his family. Father, grandfather and great uncles all played (all but one uncle had long careers) and one of them is in the HoF.
I was wondering if he was related to Alex Karras. Yesssssss!
For you youngsters, Alex Karras was an absolute bad ass DT for the Lions. I spent many Thanksgiving Days watching him beat the shit out of Packers guards.
How bad ass was he, you ask?
He punched out a horse in Blazing Saddles. Totally in character.