R.I.P. Pat Summerall

[ABM]

Certainly a broadcasting legend.

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/super-voice-gone-pat-summerall-212454313--nfl.html

DALLAS (AP) -- Pat Summerall, the deep-voiced NFL player-turned-broadcaster who spent half of his four decades calling sports famously paired with John Madden, died Tuesday. He was 82.

Susie Wiles, Summerall's daughter, said her father died in Dallas.

''He was an extraordinary man and a wonderful father,'' Wiles said. ''I know he will be greatly missed.''

Summerall was part of network television broadcasts for 16 Super Bowls. His last championship game was for Fox on Feb. 3, 2002, also his last game with longtime partner Madden. The popular duo worked together for 21 years, moving to Fox in 1994 after years as the lead team for CBS.

At the end of their final broadcast together, Madden described Summerall as ''a treasure'' and the ''spirit of the National Football League'' in a tribute to the partner that complemented the former coach so well.

''You are what the NFL is all about, what pro football is all about, and more important, what a man is all about and what a gentleman is all about,'' Madden said.

As former teammate and broadcaster Frank Gifford put it in an accompanying video tribute: ''America is very comfortable with Pat Summerall.''........

 

[BLAZINGGIANTS]

Wow. I was a fan. Certainly a broadcasting icon. RIP, Pat.

 

[PapaG]

I grew up watching NFL games announced by Summerall and John Madden.

Those were the days when either CBS or NBC had the double-header, depending on the weekend, and there were no Sunday night games, so it was always the tickticktick of 60 Minutes if the late game was CBS. Dick Enberg usually would do the NBC game with Charlie Jones, too, and it was typically either a game at Seattle, Denver, or Oakland in the afternoon if NBC had the late game.