Remembering Alex Karras: Detroit Lions star was a character long before he portrayed 'Mongo' Published: Oct. 10, 2012, 10:08 p.m. By . The Sporting News; ...

DETROIT (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.

An undersized defensive tackle, Karras was quick, relentless -- and outspoken. Though not in the Hall of Fame, Karras made four Pro Bowls and the 1960s All-Decade team. In college at Iowa, he won ...

Alex Karras passed away at 77 years old Wednesday, ... He may have been one of the greatest college football players of all time, ...

Legendary Iowa players Alex Karras and Nile Kinnick were among ESPN's list of top 150 players all-time in college football, released Monday night. The list was ...

Alex Karras, a menacing defensive lineman in college and the NFL who showed a deft comedic touch in films including Blazing Saddles, the 1980s family sitcom Webster and as a commentator on Monday ...

IOWA CITY, Iowa — Long before Alex Karras was known as the Mad Duck, Mongo and George Papadopolis, one of history’s greatest college football players was called “a Greaseball” by an Iowa ...

Former All-Pro Detroit Lions defensive tackle Alex Karras passed away Wednesday morning in Los Angeles at the age of 77. Karras had been given just days to live after recently experiencing kidney ...