Kermit Alexander

Kermit Alexander

Date of birth:	January 4, 1941 (1941-01-04)
Place of birth:	New Iberia, Louisiana
Career information
Position(s):	Defensive back
College:	UCLA
AFL Draft:	1963 / Round: 1 / Pick: 5 (By the Denver Broncos)
NFL Draft:	1963 / Round: 1 / Pick: 8
Organizations
As player:
1963-1969 1970-1971 1972-1973	San Francisco 49ers Los Angeles Rams Philadelphia Eagles
Career highlights and awards
Pro Bowls:	1 (1968)
Playing stats at NFL.com

Kermit Joseph Alexander (born January 4, 1941 in New Iberia, Louisiana) is a former American football defensive back in the National Football League. He is on the Board of Directors for the Lott IMPACT Trophy, which is named after Pro Football Hall of Fame defensive back Ronnie Lott, and is awarded annually to college football's Defensive IMPACT Player of the Year.

Professional career

Alexander was drafted by the San Francisco 49ers with the eighth pick in the first round of the 1963 NFL Draft. He was also drafted by the Denver Broncos of the American Football League with the fifth overall pick, but chose to sign with San Francisco. Alexander played alongside Pro Football Hall of Fame cornerback Jimmy Johnson. Alexander was selected to play in the Pro Bowl in 1968, after a season in which he had a career-high nine interceptions, including an interception he returned 66 yards for a touchdown. Alexander played for the 49ers from 1963 to 1969.

In his second year with the Los Angeles Rams in 1971, he returned one of his three interceptions 82 yards for a touchdown. He played one final season with the Philadelphia Eagles in 1973.

In addition to playing defense, Alexander returned punts and kickoffs for all three teams. Both of his career punt returns for touchdowns came with San Francisco.

Personal

In August 1984, Kermit's mother was murdered in South Central Los Angeles while pouring a cup of coffee by members of the Rollin 60' Crips. Alexander was initially planning on adopting one child from Haiti, but after meeting the child's four siblings, he ended up adopting all five. The five were in Haiti at the time of the earthquake in 2010, but survived and now live with Alexander and his wife, Tami.

See also

• Tiequon Cox

External links

• Friend, Tom. "Kermit's Song". ESPN.com. http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/eticket/story?page=100513/KermitAlexander. Retrieved 2010-05-16. 

Sporting positions
Preceded by Bill Curry	NFLPA President May 31, 1975-March 8, 1976	Succeeded by Dick Anderson