QB VII: Jack Alexander Sr. rescued local youth football, paving the path for his son to lead the Redondo High Sea Hawks
Redondo quarterback Jack Alexander completed his two-year varsity career averaging 162.2 passing yards per game while recording 3,731 yards and 38 touchdowns. Photo When an email was sent to families informing them that the 2008 fall flag football season had been cancelled, eight-year-old Jack Alexander was devastated. He put his uniform on and, clutching his football, stayed in bed the rest of the day sobbing. Alexander loved playing sports, beginning with T-ball at the age of four, in the old North Redondo Little League. It was then that he became good friends with John Jackson III whose father, a former standout wide receiver at USC known as JJ, was the coach. In 2007, Jackson suggested to Jack Sr. that their sons play flag football in the Redondo Pacific Coast Conference. Their team went undefeated and then played in the newly-formed South Bay Youth Sports league in the spring, which they also won. So, the following year, when South Bay Sports cancelled its fall season two days before opening day, Jack Sr. decided to take matters into his own hands. He called dads and coaches vowing to save the season. The day before the season was scheduled to start, he went to Mira Costa…
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