Alex Karras Football Cards

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Image	Set	#	Card Title/Players	Pro Team	Position	College	Honors	Notes	Grades available at Nearmint Sports Cards
	1959 Topps	103	Alex Karras	Detroit Lions	defensive tackle	Iowa	College Hall of Fame 1991, Outland Trophy 1957, Pride of the Lions 2018, Pro Football Hall of Fame 2020	Rookie card Karras played 12 seasons in the NFL, all with the Lions.	exmt
	1961 Topps	35	Alex Karras	Detroit Lions	defensive tackle	Iowa	College Hall of Fame 1991, Outland Trophy 1957, Pride of the Lions 2018, Pro Football Hall of Fame 2020	Karras finished second to John David Crow in voting for the 1957 Heisman Trophy. See the Gallery's page of football cards of Heisman Trophy candidates.
	1962 Post Cereal	50	Alex Karras	Detroit Lions	defensive tackle	Iowa	College Hall of Fame 1991, Outland Trophy 1957, Pride of the Lions 2018, Pro Football Hall of Fame 2020
	1962 Topps	58	Alex Karras	Detroit Lions	defensive tackle	Iowa	College Hall of Fame 1991, Outland Trophy 1957, Pride of the Lions 2018, Pro Football Hall of Fame 2020	Karras and Paul Hornung were suspended for the 1963 season for betting on NFL games.
	1964 Kahns		Alex Karras	Detroit Lions	defensive tackle	Iowa	College Hall of Fame 1991, Outland Trophy 1957, Pride of the Lions 2018, Pro Football Hall of Fame 2020	Karras's nickname was "The Mad Duck." See Nearmint's blog for other players with "mad" nicknames.
	1965 Coke Caps Lions	C30	Alex Karras	Detroit Lions	defensive tackle	Iowa	College Hall of Fame 1991, Outland Trophy 1957, Pride of the Lions 2018, Pro Football Hall of Fame 2020
	1966 Philadelphia	69	Alex Karras	Detroit Lions	defensive tackle	Iowa	College Hall of Fame 1991, Outland Trophy 1957, Pride of the Lions 2018, Pro Football Hall of Fame 2020	Double print
	1968 Topps	130	Alex Karras	Detroit Lions	defensive tackle	Iowa	College Hall of Fame 1991, Outland Trophy 1957, Pride of the Lions 2018, Pro Football Hall of Fame 2020
	1968 Topps Stand Up		Alex Karras	Detroit Lions	defensive tackle	Iowa	College Hall of Fame 1991, Outland Trophy 1957, Pride of the Lions 2018, Pro Football Hall of Fame 2020	Karras is the only defensive player in this set of 22 cards.
	1969 Glendale Stamps		Alex Karras	Detroit Lions	defensive tackle	Iowa	College Hall of Fame 1991, Outland Trophy 1957, Pride of the Lions 2018, Pro Football Hall of Fame 2020	Karras's older brothers, Ted Karras and Lou Karras, also played in the NFL. Ted played for the Los Angeles Rams, Detroit Lions, Chicago Bears, and Pittsburgh Steelers. Lou played for the Washington Redskins.
	1969 Topps	123	Alex Karras	Detroit Lions	defensive tackle	Iowa	College Hall of Fame 1991, Outland Trophy 1957, Pride of the Lions 2018, Pro Football Hall of Fame 2020
	1969 Topps 4-in-1		Andy Russell, Randy Johnson, Alex Karras, Bob Matheson
			Randy Johnson	Atlanta Falcons	quarterback	Texas A and M - Kingsville
			Alex Karras	Detroit Lions	defensive tackle	Iowa	College Hall of Fame 1991, Outland Trophy 1957, Pride of the Lions 2018, Pro Football Hall of Fame 2020
			Bob Matheson	Cleveland Browns	linebacker	Duke
			Andy Russell	Pittsburgh Steelers	linebacker	Missouri	Steelers Hall of Honor 2017
	1969 Topps Mini-Card Albums		Detroit Lions	Detroit Lions
	1970 Kelloggs	13	Alex Karras	Detroit Lions	defensive tackle	Iowa	College Hall of Fame 1991, Outland Trophy 1957, Pride of the Lions 2018, Pro Football Hall of Fame 2020	After football, Karras became an actor. His most memorable roles were Mongo in Blazing Saddles and George Papadapolis in the TV show Webster.
	1970 Topps	249	Alex Karras	Detroit Lions	defensive tackle	Iowa	College Hall of Fame 1991, Outland Trophy 1957, Pride of the Lions 2018, Pro Football Hall of Fame 2020	Karras was married to actress Susan Clark.
	1971 Topps	41	Alex Karras	Detroit Lions	defensive tackle	Iowa	College Hall of Fame 1991, Outland Trophy 1957, Pride of the Lions 2018, Pro Football Hall of Fame 2020	Due to a knee injury, Karras was released before the start of the 1971 season.