Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Good Bye Mongo

The story goes that he sat in the Detroit Lions locker room after a loss and smoked 5 packs of camel straights one after another until he got sick.   He eventually took a shower, dressed and went home.   He hadn't smoked a cigarette since.

Another story says he would bet on anything.   If you and he were sitting in a car at a stop light in the rain he would want to bet which drop would roll down the window the fastest.

My story goes that he was a renascence man.   A mean, tough competitive athlete on the field and an intelligent sensitive actor off the field.

But for sure...

                   ...No one ever knocked out a horse on screen before Alex Karras.



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