Showing posts with label Alex Karras. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Alex Karras. Show all posts
Saturday, July 12, 2025

Alex Karras' NFL Gambling Suspension--Part Three of Three

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Late one December night in 1963 just before closing, Johnny Butsicaris was tending bar while Alex Karras was sitting in a booth counting m...
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Thursday, July 3, 2025

Alex Karras' NFL Gambling Suspension--Part Two of Three

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Anthony Giacalone - Vito Giacalone - Odus Tincher On August 18, 1962, Detroit crime figures Tony and Vito Giacalone and a few of their frien...
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Sunday, June 22, 2025

Alex Karras' NFL Gambling Suspension--Part One of Three

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Detroit Lion tackle Alex Karras The trouble started in 1961 when reports of Detroit Lion Alex Karras' gambling on professional sports a...
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Sunday, March 3, 2024

Alex Karras’ Made-In-Detroit Movie—Jimmy B. and Andre (1979)

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Alex Karras proves there is life after professional football. When Alex Karras retired from the Detroit Lions in 1970, he left town ...
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Sunday, April 12, 2020

2020 Alex Karras Film Fest

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Although on the face of it, an Alex Karras film festival seems ludricrous, Alex Karras had a good career as a character actor and televis...
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Monday, February 13, 2017

Alex Karras and Dick the Bruiser's Detroit Bar Brawl

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One of the most infamous chapters in Detroit sports history involved Alex Karras--defensive lineman for the Detroit Lions--and William ...
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