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Alex Karras (born July 15, 1935 in Gary, Indiana) is an American football player and actor best known for being on the Detroit Lions football team ( 1958- 1971) and for his role on the ABC sitcom Webster as the titular character's adoptive father. During his NFL career he, along with Packer great Paul Hornung, was suspended for one season ( 1963) for gambling. He later figured prominently in a George PlimptonGeorge Ames Plimpton ( March 18, 1927 September 25, 2003) was an American journalist, writer and actor. Plimpton was born in New York City. He attended St. Bernard's School, Phillips Exeter Academy and Harvard University, where he was an editor of the Har sports book, Mad Ducks and Bears . He was a commentator and analyst in Monday Night FootballMonday Night Football is a television broadcast of one of the premier National Football League matches of the week. It airs live on the ABC television network in the United States on Monday nights during the NFL season, and is one of the most popular show from 1974See also 1973 in sports, other events of 1974, 1975 in sports and the list of 'years in sports'. Auto Racing Stock car racing: Richard Petty won the Daytona 500 NASCAR Championship Richard Petty IROC Championship inaugural year won by Mark Donohue Indiana to 1976See also 1975 in sports, other events of 1976, 1977 in sports and the list of 'years in sports'. Auto Racing Stock car racing: David Pearson won the Daytona 500 NASCAR Championship Cale Yarborough Indianapolis 500 Johnny Rutherford USAC Racing Gordon John, being replaced by returning "MNF" original commentator, Don MeredithDon Meredith (born April 10, 1938 in Mount Vernon, Texas) was an American football quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys. Drafted out of Southern Methodist University by the Chicago Bears in the third round of the 1960 NFL draft, Don Meredith was traded to a. He also played a minor role in Blazing SaddlesBlazing Saddles is a Warner Bros. 1974 comedy starring Cleavon Little and Gene Wilder. Director Mel Brooks appears in multiple supporting roles, and Slim Pickens, Alex Karras and Brooks regulars Dom DeLuise, Madeline Kahn and Harvey Korman are also featur as the sheriffSheriff is both a political and a legal office held under English common law, Scots law or American common law, or the person who holds such office. Modern usage United States In the United States a sheriff is generally the highest elected law-enforcement's deputy "Mongo"; in one especially memorable scene, he knocks out a horse with one punch. He also appeared as the Sheriff, Porky's brother, in Porky's.External links
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