
Football Friday: A Gallery of Alex Karras Detroit Lions Football Cards
Former NFL great and all-around media star Alex Karras died earlier this week from complications due to kidney failure. He had been in extremely poor health the last few years of his life. While most of my generation knows him best as Mongo in Blazing Saddles orĀ George Papadapolis from Webster, Karras was first and foremost an outstanding defensive lineman for the Detroit Lions.
Karras racked up four Pro Bowl selections in his Detroit career (1958 – 1970) — which was interrupted by a season-long suspension for gambling in 1963 — and was later named to the NFL’s 1960s All-Decade Team at defensive tackle.
As a small tribute to Karras, here is a gallery of football cards representing nearly each of his 12 NFL seasons.

1959 Topps

1961 Topps

1962 Topps

1964 Kahn’s Weiners

1966 Philadelphia

1968 Topps

1969 Topps

1970 Topps

1971 Topps
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