Steven Theodore Alexakos (born December 15, 1946) is an American former

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player.

Early life

Steven Alexakos was born on December 15, 1946, in

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. Alexakos attended

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College career

After high school, Steve attended Junior College at

Diablo Valley College Diablo Valley College (DVC) is a public community college with campuses in Pleasant Hill and San Ramon in Contra Costa County, California. DVC is one of three public community colleges in the Contra Costa Community College District (along with ...

from 1965 to 1966. He had committed to

Arizona State University Arizona State University (Arizona State or ASU) is a public university, public research university in Tempe, Arizona, United States. Founded in 1885 as Territorial Normal School by the 13th Arizona Territorial Legislature, the university is o ...

, where he was to play defense but was ruled scholastically ineligible due to a failed math test. He then went to

San Jose State San José State University (San Jose State or SJSU) is a Public university, public research university in San Jose, California. Established in 1857, SJSU is the List of oldest schools in California, oldest public university on the West Coast of ...

, where he played

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from 1967 to 1968.

Professional career

Listed at 6'-2" and 250 lbs, Alexakos was selected in the ninth round by the 1969

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but played

for the 1970

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and the 1971

New York Giants The New York Giants are a professional American football team based in the New York metropolitan area. The Giants compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the National Football Conference (NFC) NFC East, East division. The ...

*1970, wearing No. 68, Alexakos started one game and played in 8 total during Denver's 1970 season. *1971, wearing No. 60, Alexakos played in 10 games with the Giants.

Later life

In 1991, Alexakos was working as the Junior varsity line coach at

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when he was moved up to the Varsity Staff. Here, he was instrumental as part of the coaching staff that established the Spartans longest winning streak of 151 games. Then in 1995, he took a job as line coach for one year at

. References: * Book: "When The Game Stands Tall: the story of the De La Salle Spartans and Football's Longest Winning Streak" By Neil Hayes, Bob Larson, Tony La Russa, 2003.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Alexakos, Steve 1946 births Living people American football offensive guards Arizona State Sun Devils football players San Jose State Spartans football players Denver Broncos players New York Giants players Players of American football from Lowell, Massachusetts Players of American football from Walnut Creek, California