Rest In Peace, Alex Karras

The Detroit Free Press is reporting today that Alex Karras died today in Los Angeles.

The article describes Alex Karras in the weight room :

“He was 6-2, 260, and in the weight room, he never lifted weights,” Walker (longtime linebacker Wayne Walker) said. “Once a year, he’d come in, smoke a cigar, trim down to his shorts, get under the barbell and bench-press 300 pounds twice. He’d dress, and you’d never see him in the weight room again.”

The article further reports:

“He was a giant of a man with a big heart, a great sense of humor, and very grounded outlook on life,” actor Emmanuel Lewis, who played Karras’ adoptive son, Webster, told si.com. “He might have towered over you . . . but he had a knack of being able get down to your level without being small about it.”

Alex Karras will be missed. He was one of the true gentlemen in the game of football.

 

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