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Former Detroit Lions’ defensive tackle Alex Karras was long retired by the time he got to host SNL.
Source: https://deadspin.com/saturday-night-live-snl-nbc-nfl-travis-kelce-brady-oj-1850130130
In 1963, the NFL handed out perhaps its most famous discipline: Then-commissioner Pete Rozelle suspended star running back Paul Hornung of Green Bay and defensive tackle of Alex Karras of Detroit – both of whom became Hall of Famers.
Read the names of the players in the Football Hall of Fame, and there is a who’s who of Big Ten Conference defensive players — Dick Butkus, Rod Woodson, Ray Nitschke, Alex Karras, Herb Adderley, Charles Woodson and others.
The first time Detroit and Denver played in a 1967 exhibition, Lions famed defensive tackle Alex Karras, who later played “Mongo’’ in the Western comedy “Blazing Saddles," promised to walk back to Detroit if the terrible Broncos won.