Charles Alexander (American football)
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Charles Alexander is a former professional American football
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...

 player who played running back
Running back
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 for seven seasons for the Cincinnati Bengals
Cincinnati Bengals
The Cincinnati Bengals are a professional football team based in Cincinnati, Ohio. They are members of the AFC's North Division in the National Football League . The Bengals began play in 1968 as an expansion team in the American Football League , and joined the NFL in 1970 in the AFL-NFL...

.

Louisiana State University

Charles Alexander was a four-year letterwinner
Varsity letter
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 on the LSU Tigers football
LSU Tigers football
The LSU Tigers football team, also known as the Fighting Tigers or Bayou Bengals, represents Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States in NCAA Division I FBS college football. Current head coach Les Miles has led the team since 2005. Since 1999 when Nick Saban took over as...

 team. He was selected as a first-team All-American and All-SEC
Southeastern Conference
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 in 1977 and 1978. In 1977 he was selected the SEC Most Valuable Player by the Nashville Banner
Nashville Banner
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. Alexander set nine SEC records, tied one and set 27 LSU records during his college career
College football
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. He still holds the LSU records for most rush
Rush (American football)
Rushing has two different meanings in gridiron football .-Offense:The first is an action taken by the offensive team that means to advance the ball by running, as opposed to passing. A run is technically any play that does not involve a forward pass...

es in a game (43), most yards in a season (1,686) and most yards gained per game in a season (153.3).

Alexander set two Sun Bowl
Sun Bowl
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 rushing records, carrying 31 times for 197 yards, as he won Offensive Player of the Game honors in the 1977 Sun Bowl. Despite Alexander's efforts, LSU fell to Stanford
Stanford Cardinal football
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 24-14. He played his last game as a Tiger in the 1978 Liberty Bowl
Liberty Bowl
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. Alexander gained 133 yards on 24 carries in the 20-15 loss to Missouri
Missouri Tigers
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. In 1989, Alexander was inducted into the LSU Athletic Hall of Fame.

Cincinnati Bengals

Selected 12th in the first round of the 1979 draft
1979 NFL Draft
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, running back Charles Alexander would play seven seasons for the Cincinnati Bengals
Cincinnati Bengals
The Cincinnati Bengals are a professional football team based in Cincinnati, Ohio. They are members of the AFC's North Division in the National Football League . The Bengals began play in 1968 as an expansion team in the American Football League , and joined the NFL in 1970 in the AFL-NFL...

.

He was a member of the 1981 team that went 12-4, won the AFC Championship, and played in Super Bowl XVI
Super Bowl XVI
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 in Pontiac, Michigan
Pontiac, Michigan
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. Down 20-0 at the half, the Bengals launched a comeback against the San Francisco 49ers
San Francisco 49ers
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 that fell-short 26-21.

Inductions

Alexander is a member of the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame and the LSU Athletic Hall of Fame.
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