Pat Summerall, an NFL player in the 1950s and 1960s who would go on to become one of the sport’s most respected broadcasters for decades, has died at the age of 82, according to the Dallas Morning News.
Summerall retired after the 1961 season and was immediately hired by CBS Sports, where he gained great fame as a play-by-play man, teamed first with Tom Brookshier and then with John Madden.
Summerall and Madden stayed together after FOX out-bid CBS for NFC rights in 1994 and were a pairing until 2002.
In all, Summerall and Madden worked together for 22 NFL seasons, and they’re regarded by many as the best broadcasting duo in American sports history.
R.I.P.
Summerall retired after the 1961 season and was immediately hired by CBS Sports, where he gained great fame as a play-by-play man, teamed first with Tom Brookshier and then with John Madden.
Summerall and Madden stayed together after FOX out-bid CBS for NFC rights in 1994 and were a pairing until 2002.
In all, Summerall and Madden worked together for 22 NFL seasons, and they’re regarded by many as the best broadcasting duo in American sports history.
R.I.P.
