Lou Karras

No. 70

Position:

Defensive tackle

Personal information

Date of birth:

September 19, 1927

Place of birth:

Gary, Indiana

Career information

College:

Purdue

NFL draft:

1950 / Round: 3 / Pick: 32

Career history

Washington Redskins (1950–1952)

Career NFL statistics

Games played:	26
Fumble recoveries:	2
Player stats at NFL.com

Louis George Karras (born September 19, 1927^[1]) is a former American football defensive tackle in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins, until an eye injury prematurely ended his career.^[1] He played college football at Purdue University.^[1] Karras was drafted 32nd in the third round of the 1950 NFL draft.^[2] He had two younger brothers, former pro football player Theodore Karras and former pro-football player/actor Alex Karras.

He enjoyed a successful 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.^[3] Following his college career, Lou 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.^[4]

References

1 2 3 "KARRAS, LOU". Indiana Football Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 8 March 2016.
↑ "NFL Draft History - 1950". National Football League. Archived from the original on 8 March 2016.
↑ Harlan, Gerald E.; Hidinger, Harry J. (1957). Route of the Boilermakers or 70 years of football at "Old Purdue". p. 14.
↑ "The Brothers Karras - Mother has two sons in pro football league". Nashua Telegraph. 7 May 1965. p. 13. Retrieved 9 March 2016.

Washington Redskins 1950 NFL Draft selections

George Thomas Hall Haynes Lou Karras Harry Ulinski Frank Spaniel Gene Pepper Jerry Houghton John Rohde Don Winslow Eddie LeBaron Danny Brown Bill Chauncey Clay Davis Lyle Button Alex Loyd Charlie Justice Jim Cullom Alvin Duke Ed White George Bayer Casimir Witucki John deLaurentis Joe Zuravleff Dick Tilton Art Stewart Earl Roth Ed Lee Ralph Shoaf Johnny Lundin Ben Noppinger

Draft years 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1950 AAFC 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

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