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Emil Karas

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College
  
Dayton

Role
  
American football player

Jersey #(s)
  
63, 56, 58

Education
  
University of Dayton


AFL All-Star
  
1961-63

NFL draft
  
1959 (Round: 3)

Name
  
Emil Karas

Positions
  
Linebacker

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Born
  
December 13, 1933 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (
1933-12-13
)

Honors
  
AFL Champion, 1963 San Diego Chargers Hall of Fame

Died
  
November 25, 1974, San Diego, California, United States

Emil Karas: Football Linebacker


Emil Karas (December 13, 1933 – November 25, 1974) was an American football linebacker in the National Football League (NFL) for the Washington Redskins and in the American Football League (AFL) 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 on November 25, 1974, a month before his 41st birthday.

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