Defensive tackle, Iowa, 1955–57
Alex Karras
Lettered 1956–57 (school media guide)
- Born
- Jul 15, 1935, in Gary, Indiana
- Died
- Oct 10, 2012, in Los Angeles, California
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Alex Karras played defensive tackle at Iowa (1955–57). He won the 1957 Outland Trophy. He finished second in the 1957 Heisman vote and was a consensus All‑American in 1957. The Detroit Lions took Karras in the first round, No. 10 overall in the 1958 NFL Draft. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1991.
At a glance
Honors
- Inducted 1991College Football Hall of Fame
- 1956, 1957First-team All-Big Ten
- 1957Outland Trophy
- 1957UPI Lineman of the Year
- 1957Consensus All‑American
- 1957Second in the Heisman vote
Team titles: National champions, 1956; Big Ten champions, 1956
All-America: consensus 1957; AP first team 1956; FWAA first team 1956; INS second team 1956; NEA second team 1956; UP second team 1956; Central Press first team 1956
Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.
The teams in those years
Our player records start in 2004; before that they hold the honors, the Heisman vote and the draft (from 1936), with college years from the player’s Wikipedia article where it gives them.
In the NFL
Pro Bowls: 4 (1960–62, 1965) · First-team All-Pro (AP): 3 (1960–61, 1965) · Second-team All-Pro (AP): 4 (1962, 1964, 1967, 1969)
All-Pro teams: AP first team 1960–61, 1965; AP second team 1962, 1964, 1967, 1969; UPI first team 1960–61; Pro Football Illustrated first team 1961; NEA second team 1968–69; New York Daily News second team 1961, 1968; and 1 more.
Pro Bowls and All-Pro teams by NFL season: rosters and honors, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
Books
Books: Open Library (CC0); most-reissued first, each linked to its page there.
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