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-<fs x-small>Photo: Hammond Vindicator, November 20, 1958 +
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 ======CJ Alexander====== ======CJ Alexander======
  
-Donaldson, Louisiana +Clarence Alexander, Jr\\ 
- +Born [[1937_calendar|1937]] Donaldsonville, Louisiana\\ 
-185 lbs +Died August 11, [[2021_calendar|2021]], Prairieville, Louisiana, age 84
- +
-Nickname: "The Black Knight"+
  
-1957 Hinds JCRaymond, Mississippi, juco All-American\\ +5'10"190 lbs
-1958 Southeastern Louisiana, halfback+
  
-January 211959 – Selected by the Redskins in the 23rd round of the 1959 NFL draft.+Nicknamed the "Black Knight," Alexander was a speedy halfback from Louisiana who played on the LSU freshman team in 1955. He was thought to be a shoe-in to join the varsity in 1956, but disappeared entirely from the college football scene that year without explanation before reappearing the next year at a junior college in Mississippi. He did get married that year, so maybe that was the culprit. He played well at the lower levels and was drafted as a redshirt by the Redskins in 1959 before getting Little All-America honorable mention his senior year at Southeastern Louisiana. Minneapolis/St Paul picked him in the first AFL draft, which was how his signing rights made their way to the Raiders.
  
-November 231959 – Selected by Minneapolis/St Paul in the 1960 AFL draft.+Almost immediately after the end of his college careerthough, he skipped out on the States to join Edmonton in the Canadian leagues for the 1960 season. The Patriots gave him a try in 1961, apparently without the Raiders' permission because the league awarded Oakland a compensatory draft pick the following season. The Pats cut him in late August and that was it for his pro career
  
-November 30, 1959 – Selected by the Packers in the sixth round of the 1960 NFL draft.+Alexander returned to Louisiana and starting coaching high school football. He was inducted into the Southeastern Louisiana Athletics Hall of Fame in 1980.
  
-January 6, 1960 – Signed by the Edmonton Eskimos. 
  
-January 301960 AFL awarded his league signing rights to Oakland.+[[1955_calendar|1955]] LSU freshman teamhalfback\\ 
 +[[1957_calendar|1957]] Hinds JC, Raymond, Mississippi, fullback, JuCo All-American\\ 
 +[[1958_calendar|1958]] Southeastern Louisiana, halfback\\ 
 +[[1959_calendar|1959]] Southeastern Louisiana, halfback, AP Little All-America honorable mention\\ 
 +[[1960_calendar|1960]] Edmonton Eskimos\\ 
 +[[1961_calendar|1961]] signed by Patriots, cut in August
  
-=====Logbook mentions=====+=====Raiders Career=====
  
-[[january-30-1960|Jan 30, 1960]] AFL signing rights assigned+**1960**
  
 +January 30 - AFL signing rights assigned (was signed by Edmonton Eskimos on January 6)
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