Career
He was on the Chargers" 1963 American Federation of Labor-Congress Championship team, and an American Federation of Labor-Congress 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.