Alex Carson

{{Short description|Canadian gridiron football player (1923–1981)}}

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|nickname="The Murderous Ax"

|birth_date={{birth date|1923|10|26}}

|birth_place=Windsor, Ontario, Canada

|death_date={{death date and age|1981|8|3|1923|10|26}}

|death_place=Palm Beach, Florida, U.S.

|spouse = {{ubl|{{marriage|Carol Channing|1950|1956|reason=div}}|{{marriage|Mary Jane Haskin Fenton|1965|1965|reason=div}}}}

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|Height_ft=6

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|Weight_lbs=210

|position1=Centre

|position2=Guard

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• Grey Cup champion ({{CFL Year|1951}})

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|playing_years1={{CFL Year|1949}}–{{CFL Year|1951}}

|playing_team1=Ottawa Rough Riders

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Alexander Chorostkowski,Coleman, Jim

The Globe and Mail (1936–Current); Jan 24, 1950;

ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Globe and Mail (1844–2011)

pg. 14 known as Alex Carson, (October 26, 1923 – August 3, 1981), was a Canadian football player who played for the Ottawa Rough Riders. He won the Grey Cup with them in 1951.{{cite web|url=http://www.justsportsstats.com/footballstatsindex.php?player_id=carsoale001|title=Alex Carson |publisher= |access-date=September 24, 2015}}

Carson was raised in Windsor, Ontario and previously attended and played football at the Kennedy Collegiate Institute and for the junior Windsor Rockets. He briefly played for the Los Angeles Bulldogs of the Pacific Coast Professional Football League.{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2194&dat=19490728&id=OtMwAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ndwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2474,7831516 |title=Ottawa Citizen - Google News Archive Search|publisher=|access-date=September 24, 2015}}

During his time in California, Carson married Carol Channing in 1950. They had one son named Channing Carson, who later adopted his stepfather's surname (Lowe). Carson and Channing divorced in 1956.

He worked as a private detective in New York City after his football career. In 1962, he was living in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.{{cite web |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2206&dat=19620816&id=038yAAAAIBAJ&sjid=iukFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6555,307671 |title=The Miami News - Google News Archive Search |publisher=|access-date=September 24, 2015}} He later married Mary Jane Haskin Fenton in 1965; that marriage lasted only 63 days.{{cite web |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/47752670/ |title=25 Jun 1965, Page 7 - at Newspapers.com|work=Newspapers.com|access-date=September 24, 2015}}{{cite web |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=266&dat=19650106&id=fO4rAAAAIBAJ&sjid=4wUGAAAAIBAJ&pg=3976,269130 |title=Kentucky New Era - Google News Archive Search |publisher=|access-date=September 24, 2015}}

Carson died in Palm Beach, Florida on August 3, 1981.{{cite news|title=Alexander Carson buried|date=August 7, 1981|page=35|newspaper=The Windsor Star|location=Windsor, Ontario|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/26556263/the_windsor_star/|access-date=December 27, 2018}}"Florida Death Index, 1877-1998," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VVW9-NKD : December 25, 2014), Alexander F Carson, 03 Aug 1981; from "Florida Death Index, 1877-1998," index, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : 2004); citing vol. , certificate number 72666, Florida Department of Health, Office of Vital Records, Jacksonville.