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Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: NW Lower Michigan
Posts: 30,009
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Mr. Karras used to hang out at Lindell A.C. (Athletic Club-aka the first sports bar ever) run by a certain Mr. Butsicaris of Italian heritage in Detroit. Alex Karras ended up somehow owning a 1/3 share of this very storied establishment. When Mr. Karras was temporarily suspended from football for certain sporst wagering activities (probably unrelated to his sudden ownership of the AC no doubt) he was ordered to divest his interest in this legendary establishment. Alex, as a professional wrestler during his suspension, promptly engaged in a 'brawl' with the then famous, one-and-only Dick The Bruuuuuiser! Lindell AC was totally trashed in the process of resolving the aforementioned dispute.
IIRC Billy Martin got in a fight with a pitcher on his own team at the AC end ended up with a bunch of stitches.
Anyway, even though Alex Karras was almost blind with nearsightedness and his knees were nearly fused from abuse, he somehow packed several lifetimes into the one alotted him by the Lord.
RIP.
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