Emil Karas

Linebacker, American football player

1933 – 1974

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Who was Emil Karas?

Emil Karas was an American football linebacker in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins and in the American Football League with the Los Angeles/San Diego Chargers. He was on the Chargers' 1963 AFL Championship team, and an AFL All-Star in 1961, 1962, and 1963. Karas played college football at the University of Dayton and was drafted in the third round of the 1959 NFL Draft. He died of pancreatic cancer in November 1974, one month before his 41st birthday.

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Born
Dec 13, 1933
Pittsburgh
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • University of Dayton
Died
Nov 25, 1974

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on July 23, 2013

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