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.
Carson was raised in
Windsor, Ontario
Windsor is a city in southwestern Ontario, Canada, on the south bank of the Detroit River directly across from Detroit, Michigan, United States. Geographically located within but administratively independent of Essex County, it is the southe ...
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
The Los Angeles Bulldogs were a professional American football team that competed from 1936 to 1948 (the last year as the Long Beach Bulldogs). Formed with the intention of joining the National Football League in 1937 (and turned down in favor of ...
of the
Pacific Coast Professional Football League
The Pacific Coast Professional Football League (PCPFL), also known as the Pacific Coast Football League (PCFL) and Pacific Coast League (PCL) was a professional American football minor league based in California. It operated from 1940 through 194 ...
.
During his time in California, Carson married
Carol Channing
Carol Elaine Channing (January 31, 1921 – January 15, 2019) was an American actress, singer, dancer and comedian who starred in Broadway and film musicals. Her characters usually had a fervent expressiveness and an easily identifiable voice, ...
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
New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the most densely populated major city in the Un ...
after his football career. In 1962, he was living in
Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He later married Mary Jane Haskin Fenton in 1965; that marriage would last only 63 days.
Carson died in
Palm Beach, Florida on August 3, 1981.
["Florida Death Index, 1877-1998," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VVW9-NKD : 25 December 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.]
References
1923 births
1981 deaths
Ottawa Rough Riders players
Sportspeople from Windsor, Ontario
Los Angeles Bulldogs players
Players of Canadian football from Ontario
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