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

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player.

Early years

Steven Alexakos was born on December 15, 1946 in

Lowell, Massachusetts Lowell () is a city in Massachusetts, in the United States. Alongside Cambridge, It is one of two traditional seats of Middlesex County. With an estimated population of 115,554 in 2020, it was the fifth most populous city in Massachusetts as of ...

. Alexakos attended

Las Lomas High School Las Lomas High School (LLHS) is a public high school in Walnut Creek, California, United States. It was founded in 1951 by the Acalanes Union High School District, and opened its doors in the fall of 1952 to its first graduating class. Las Loma ...

Walnut Creek, California Walnut Creek is a city in Contra Costa County, California, United States, located in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area, about east of the city of Oakland. With a total population of 70,127 per the 2020 census, Walnut Creek ser ...

College years

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 1965-1966. He then went on to

Arizona State University Arizona State University (Arizona State or ASU) is a public research university in the Phoenix metropolitan area. Founded in 1885 by the 13th Arizona Territorial Legislature, ASU is one of the largest public universities by enrollment in the ...

and finally to

San Jose State San José State University (San Jose State or SJSU) is a public university in San Jose, California. Established in 1857, SJSU is the oldest public university on the West Coast and the founding campus of the California State University (CSU) sy ...

where he played

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from 1967-1968.

Professional career

Listed at 6'-2" and 250 lbs, Alexakos was drafted in the 9th round by the 1969

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, but played

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for the 1970

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and the 1971

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*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 years

In 1991 was working as the Junior varsity line coach at

De La Salle High School (Concord, California) De La Salle High School is a private Roman Catholic school for boys run by the De La Salle Christian Brothers of the District of San Francisco in Concord, California, United States. It is located in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Oakland. The sch ...

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, Steve 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

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