Lou Karras

{{Short description|American football player (1927–2018)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2021}} {{Infobox NFL biography | name = Lou Karras | number = 70 | position = Defensive tackle | birth_date = {{Birth date|1927|09|19}} | birth_place = Gary, Indiana, U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|2018|09|20|1927|09|19}} | death_place = Coral Springs, Florida, U.S. | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 4 | weight_lb = 241 | high_school = Emerson (Gary) | college = Purdue | draftyear = 1950 | draftround = 3 | draftpick = 32 | pastteams = * Washington Redskins ({{NFL Year|1950|1952}}) | highlights = * Second-team All-Big Nine (1949) | statlabel1 = Fumble recoveries | statvalue1 = 2 | pfr = KarrLo20 }}

'''Louis George Karras''' (September 19, 1927 – September 20, 2018)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/coral-springs-fl/louis-karras-7995337|title=Louis Karras Obituary - Coral Springs, FL|work=Dignity Memorial|access-date=September 25, 2018|language=en}}</ref> was an American professional football defensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL) for the Washington Redskins, until an eye injury prematurely ended his career.<ref name="IFHOF">{{cite web|url=http://www.indiana-football.org/?q=node/429|title=KARRAS, LOU|work=Indiana Football Hall of Fame|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310181339/http://www.indiana-football.org/?q=node/429|archivedate=March 10, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> He played college football at Purdue University.<ref name="IFHOF" /> Karras was drafted 32nd in the third round of the 1950 NFL draft.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nfl.com/draft/history/fulldraft?season=1950 |title=NFL Draft History - 1950 |work=National Football League |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309105735/http://www.nfl.com/draft/history/fulldraft?season=1950 |archivedate=March 9, 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He had two younger brothers, former pro football player Ted Karras and former pro-football player/actor Alex Karras.

Karras had a college career at Purdue; he was a three-year starter (1946, 1948–49), was selected 2nd Team All-Big Ten in 1949. He was named the MVP for Purdue in 1949.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Harlan|first1=Gerald E.|last2=Hidinger|first2=Harry J.|title=Route of the Boilermakers or 70 years of football at "Old Purdue"|page=14|url=http://earchives.lib.purdue.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/puath/id/2644/rec/1|year=1957}}</ref> Following his college career, he was selected for the 1949 East-West Shrine Game, the 1950 Chicago-based College All-Star Game and the 1950 Hula Bowl. After his professional football career ended, he founded a successful tire business. He was also on the city council of Gary, Indiana.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2209&dat=19650507&id=pxpbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=404NAAAAIBAJ&pg=7311,682827&hl=en|title=The Brothers Karras - Mother has two sons in pro football league|date=May 7, 1965|work=Nashua Telegraph|page=13|accessdate=March 9, 2016}}</ref>

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