Alex Karras was one of the best defensive tackles of the 1960s, but his reputation as a dirty player and some shady off-the-field behavior might’ve kept him out of the Hall of Fame. Karras, a Gary, Ind. native who was the tenth overall pick in 1958, played his entire 12-year career with the Lions, and was named an All-Pro three times. A mean and vicious defender nicknamed “The Mad Duck” because his small legs made him waddle, the 6-foot-2, 248-pound Karras was suspended for the entire 1963 season for gambling on football and for "associating with undesirables.” That year, while promoting a professional wrestling match he was scheduled to appear in, Karras got into a barroom brawl with a wrestler known as Dick the Bruiser after an orchestrated fight went awry. After retiring from the NFL in 1970, Karras became a frequent guest on “The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson” and a character actor in Hollywood. In the comedy, “Blazing Saddles,” Karras portrayed Mongo, a brute who punches out a horse. Karras also spent 3 years in the Monday Night Football booth and later starred in the sitcom “Webster."