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Alex Karras
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| Known for: | Blazing Saddles, Victor/Victoria, Buffalo '66 |
| Birth name: | Alexander George Karras |
| Birthday: | 15 July 1935, Gary, Indiana, USA |
| Height: | 6' 2" (1.88 m) |
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Trivia
Daughter, Katie (b. 1980), with Susan Clark.
Played on the Hawkeyes' 1956 Rose Bowl championship team
2nd place in voting for Heisman Trophy, 1957 (Honoring the outstanding college football player in the United States, presented by the Downtown Athletic Club of New York)
Named to All-Big Ten team, 1956 and 1957
Played in the Hula Bowl, 1958.
Former professional football player
Wrestled late professional wrestler, Dick the Bruiser (Dick Afflis), in 1963.
Perhaps his most memorable moment as an actor was the scene in Blazing Saddles (1974) where his character, Mongo, punched a horse.
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