Pat Summerall

Sportscaster

Pat Summerall was born in Lake City, Florida, United States on May 10th, 1930 and is the Sportscaster. At the age of 82, Pat Summerall biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.

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Date of Birth
May 10, 1930
Nationality
United States
Place of Birth
Lake City, Florida, United States
Death Date
Apr 16, 2013 (age 82)
Zodiac Sign
Taurus
Networth
$10 Million
Profession
American Football Player, Sports Commentator
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Pat Summerall Life

George Allen "Pat" Summerall (May 10, 1930 – April 16, 2013) was an American football player and television sportscaster who worked for CBS, Fox, and ESPN.

He has also organized major golf and tennis tournaments in addition to football.

He claimed 16 Super Bowls on network television (more than any other announcer), 26 Masters Tournaments, and 21 US Opens.

He has appeared on CBS Radio as a pregame host or analyst, and he has appeared on ten Super Bowl broadcasts as a pregame host or analyst. Summerall played football for the Arkansas Razorbacks and then in the National Football League (NFL) from 1952 to 1961.

He was drafted by the Detroit Lions and spent with Bobby Layne.

As a kicker with the New York Giants, he had his best playing time in his career.

After retiring as a professional, he joined CBS as a color commentator the next year.

He worked with Tom Brookshier and then John Madden on NFL telecasts for CBS and Fox.

Despite being retired since 2002, Jack continues to play games on occasion, especially those near his Texas home. He was named National Sportscaster of the Year by the National Sportswriters and Sportswriters Association in 1977 and inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1994.

The Pro Football Hall of Fame also named Pete Rozelle Radio-Television Award that year.

In 1999, he was inducted into the American Sports Association Hall of Fame.

Since 2006, the "Pat Summerall Award" has been given "to a deserving recipient who has demonstrated the integrity, honesty, and leadership on and off the job, which Pat Summerall symbolizes."

Personal life

Summerall was married to Cheri Summerall. They had three children and ten grandchildren as of 2013.

Summerall was a Christian. "My thirst for alcohol was replaced by a hunger for knowledge and God," he wrote about his faith and his recovery from alcoholism in his book "On and Off the Air." "I began reading the Bible regularly at the Betty Ford rehabilitation center, and it became a part of my daily life."

Summerall was hospitalized with a bleeding ulcer after vomiting on a plane during a Chicago Bears-Washington Redskins game in 1990, and he was out for a long time. Verne Lundquist replaced Summerall on games with Madden, Jack Buck (who appeared on CBS at the time as the network's lead MLB announcer) was added as a regular NFL broadcaster to fill in.

Summerall, a recovering alcoholic, underwent a liver transplant in the spring of 2004. Summerall preached a sermon at Travis Avenue Baptist Church in Ft. Worth, Texas, at one point.

Pat Summerall underwent cataract surgery and had an intraocular lens implanted in 2006.

Summerall had a hip replacement surgery in January 2008. He was hospitalized for internal bleeding caused by a new drug he was taking on June 19, 2008.

Summerall was admitted to St. Paul University Hospital in Dallas, Texas, for hip surgery. He died of cardiac arrest at the age of 82 on April 16, 2013. Jerry Jones referred to Summerall as "royalty in the broadcast booth," while Madden called him "a top broadcaster and a good man" and said, "Pat Summerall is the voice of football and will be" after his death. Jim Nantz and Verne Lundquist, two fellow broadcasters, also made remarks about Summerall's life.

During their coverage of the RBC Heritage golf tournament, CBS Sports paid a tribute to Summerall just a few days later. Both as a player and at CBS, Nantz and Gary McCord gave highlights from their lives and careers, including his 1994 Masters sign-off. Chris Myers paid tribute to Summerall on behalf of Fox during a Fox NASCAR broadcast.

Summerall was laid to rest at the Dallas–Fort Worth National Cemetery.

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Pat Summerall Career

Football career

Summerall played football, tennis, baseball, and basketball at Columbia High School in Lake City, Florida. Basketball was his favorite sport, and he was named as an All-State selection in basketball and football. He was inducted into the FHSAA Hall of Fame and then selected to the FHSAA's All-Centure Team.

Summerall played college football from 1949 to 1951 at the University of Arkansas, where he played defensive end, tight end, and placekicker positions for the Arkansas Razorbacks. According to CBS News, he graduated in 1953 as the highest-ranking Russian historian ever lived.

Summerall spent ten years as a professional football player in the National Football League, mainly as a placekicker. In the 1952 NFL Draft, the Detroit Lions selected Summerall as a fourth-round draft pick. Summerall spent time with the Lions in the pre-season before breaking his arm, which ended the season for the year. He was cut and moved on to play for the Chicago Cardinals from 1953 to 1957 and the New York Giants from 1961, when he was a member of The Greatest Game Ever Played. Summerall scored 90 points on 30-for-29 (69%) field goal kicks, his best professional year was 1959, when the time warlock scored 90 points on 30-for-30 (100%) extra-point kicking and 20-for-29 (69%) field goal kicks were his best career year to date.

Summerall's most memorable professional moment may have occurred at the conclusion of the 1958 regular-season finale between his Giants and the Cleveland Browns at Yankee Stadium. The Browns were in first place in the Eastern Conference going into the game, holding a one-game advantage over the second-place Giants. There was no overtime during regular-season games, standings ties were broken by a playoff, and there were no wild-card teams in that period. This meant that only the Eastern Conference champion would qualify for the NFL Championship Game two weeks later, and the Giants would have to win just to force a tiebreaker playoff match. The Browns, on the other hand, wanted only a tie to clinch the Eastern championship. The Giants and Browns were tied ten-ten, a situation that, as time expired, favoured the Browns. The Giants came right into Cleveland, then sent Summerall out to try for a tiebreaking 49-yard field goal. To add to the drama, there were swirling winds and snow. Summerall, a straight-ahead kicker, made the field goal with just two minutes to play, keeping the Giants alive for another week (they beat Cleveland ten-0 last week before losing the sudden-death league championship final to Baltimore the week after).

Vince Lombardi, the Giants' offensive coach, was against sending Summerall in (Summerall missed a 31-yard field test a few minutes earlier), then etically welcomed Summerall as he came off the field: "You son of a bitch, you can't kick it so far." The story was one of its main papers this week, with a leading photograph depicting the football running between the uprights through the snow. He played in the 1960 NFL Championship Game at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin, on December 31, 1961. The Green Bay Packers beat the Giants in Summerall's 37–0, holding New York to just six first downs. In that game, summerall was not a factor.

In a game summary, the urban legend was named "Pat" because of the abbreviation for "point after touchdown" that a field-goal kicker was credited for. Summerall, however, was kidnapped by an aunt and uncle who had a son named Mike after his parents divorced, according to a 1997 Dallas Morning News article. "My aunt and uncle just started yelling Pat to go with their Mike," Summerall would recount commonly referred to characters in Irish jokes at the time.

Broadcasting career

Summerall appeared on WCBS (AM) radio in New York City in the early 1960s. In 1965, he left the workforce when WINS went all-news. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, he co-hosted the syndicated NFL Films series This Week in Pro Football. Summerall was also employed with Pat Summerall Productions, a Dallas-based production firm from 1998 to 2005. He appeared on and hosted several television shows, including Summerall Achievement Stories and Champions of Industry. These qualifying production segments will air on the Fox News Channel and later, CNN Headline News. Summerall hosted the "Summerall-Aikman" Cowboys' report with quarterback Troy Aikman in the mid-1990s. Summerall appeared on Sports Stars of Tomorrow and Future Phenoms, two nationally syndicated high school sports shows based out of Fort Worth, Texas, and Future Phenoms was shown by Jeffery. Following Harry Caray's dismissal in 1969, the St. Louis Cardinals baseball team considered bringing Summerall to be their new radio voice.

Summerall, a former football analyst, was hired by CBS Sports in 1962 to work as a color commentator on the network's NFL coverage after retiring from football. Summerall was initially paired with Chris Schenkel on Giants games, but three years later, he moved to Washington Redskins games with Jim Gibbons. Summerall ascended to the network's lead national crew in 1968, pairing with Jack Buck and then Ray Scott after CBS discontinued the practice of assigning dedicated announcing crews to specific NFL teams. The trophy presentation ceremony was hosted by CBS' Summerall (who served as a reporter), and NBC's George Ratterman for the first Super Bowl coverage at the 1967 season (which was simulcast by CBS and NBC), while CBS' Summerall (who worked as a reporter). Summerall and Ratterman were compelled to share a single microphone.

Summerall appeared on NBC's coverage of Super Bowl III in 1969. Summerall was used by NBC to give the reader "NFL perspective." This was due in part to the fact that NBC was at the time, the American Football League's network television broadcaster, whereas CBS was the network television provider for the pre-merger National Football League). CBS Radio's coverage of Super Bowls I, II, and IV utilized Tom Hedrick, the Kansas City Chiefs' regular radio presence, to provide a "AFL perspective" for their reporting.

CBS switched Summerall from color to play-by-play midway through the 1974 NFL season. Summerall and analyst Tom Brookshier (with whom he had previously worked on This Week in Pro Football) and the vibrant Summerall-Brookshier team won three Super Bowls (X, XI, and XIV) together, making the network's top NFL team. During 1977 film Black Sunday, Summerall, Brookshier, NFL on CBS analyst Bob Wussler, and Miami Dolphins owner Joe Robbie appeared as themselves, as well as Miami Dolphins owner Joe Robbie.

Summerall was teamed with former Oakland Raiders coach John Madden in 1981, a partnership that would endure for 22 seasons on two networks and become one of the most well-known television sportscasting partnerships in history. On a November 25, 1979 broadcast of a Minnesota Vikings–Tampa Bay Buccaneers game, Summerall and Madden were the first teamed. When the two were on CBS, they were branded Super Bowls XVI, XVIII, XXIV, XXIV, and XXVI. Summerall and Madden are often mistakenly thought to have handled the call on CBS for the 1981 NFC Championship Game, when the 49ers defeated the Dallas Cowboys and earned a berth in Super Bowl XVI. Rather, CBS' top broadcast team, Vin Scully and Hank Stram, handled the show, while Madden was given the weekend off to travel to Pontiac, Michigan, to watch the game and prepare for the broadcast. Summerall was substituted for Stram as Buck's co-coach since Buck's first game together since 1974, when then-lead color commentator Summerall was promoted from Buck's staff to become CBS television's lead play-by-play voice for the NFL. Summerall, like his predecessor, Ray Scott, was a minimalist (e.g. ): Montana is back to throw...Touchdown, San Francisco. ), and also referred to teams by their area, but not often refer to them by their nicknames.

CBS' NCAA football deal during the 1982 NFL strike, which culminated in the network's broadcasting of four Division III games. CBS had intended to air those games on Saturday afternoons, but only the most awaited markets were to be covered. However, CBS decided to broadcast all of its NCAA Division III games on Sunday afternoon in front of a large audience on Sunday, October 3, 1982. At Wittenberg—Wallace, Tim Brookshier, and Wayne Walker, as well as Kevin Madden, Wittenberg–Wallace, Tim Brookshier and Wayne Walker, showed The NFL Today instead of using their regular college football broadcasters.

Summerall's success as pro football's top television presenter was owing to two things: first, his ability to act the "straight man" alongside John Madden's vibrant, verbose persona; second, his economical delivery that intensified the drama of a moment while simultaneously allowing the images and his baritone-like voice to tell the tale. Ray Scott, CBS' top NFL announcer who is also known for his minimalist style, was closely based on his predecessor as CBS' top NFL announcer, who was also known for his minimalist style. Marcus Allen's electrifying touchdown run in Super Bowl XVIII was one of Summerall's most memorable on-air calls.

That the call is remembered despite its sparseness, is testament to Summerall's voice when he was at the forefront of his fame as a NFL analyst. This had been a signature of his broadcasting career. For example, he used to call a Joe Montana to Jerry Rice touchdown pass with simple calls like "Montana......Rice."

Touchdown!"

The 1993 NFC Championship Game (which saw the Dallas Cowboys defeat the San Francisco 49ers in Irving, Texas, before the NFC television contract was moved to Fox) was his last game for him and the Buffalo Bills in Atlanta.

During this time, Summerall was also covering other events, such as the ABA for CBS. He hosted a morning drive-time music/talk show for WCBS-AM radio in New York from 1966 to 1966.

During his time at CBS with Tony Trabert, he also covered the NBA Championships, as well as the US Open of Tennis, and the 1974 NBA Finals. Summerall was a host of the Pan American Games in Mexico in 1975, and he and Tom Brookshier joined Tom Brookshier in 1976 to schedule some heavyweight boxing matches for CBS.

In 1968, Summerall broadcast his first Masters as he anchored the coverage at hole 18. Summerall recalled Vin Scully (who had left CBS to work for NBC in their Major League Baseball and golf coverage) in the 18th hole tower job in 1983 (a position that Scully was in since 1975). Ken Venturi, Summerall's television partner during the time, was a TV presenter.

Don Criqui's coverage of the National Invitation Tournament from 1969 to1973. Summerall's name was revived in 1985, when Larry Conley hosted NCAA men's tournament games for CBS.

Don Earle, the summerall and then-Boston Bruins' television announcer, produced a short videogame segment from inside the team's team's locker room following CBS' coverage of the fourth (and ultimately) game of the 1970 Stanley Cup Finals. After CBS' coverage ended, WSB-38, the Bruins' TV flagship at the time, simulcast the CBS news and conducted a longer post-game locker-room segment. After Bobby Orr scored the championship-winning goal in just 40 seconds, the Bruins' story continued, with Bobby Orr yelling over the crowd. "Mr. Orr, your son has scored, and Boston has won the Stanley Cup," says Summerall. "I know Boston scored," Doug Orr told Summerall, "but we didn't get to see it!"

What makes you think my son scored?"

"Because they won't be yelling this vociferously if (Phil) Esposito (another high-scoring Boston player of the time) had scored," Summerall reportedly replied.

At least one Professional Bowlers Association competition was also held in Summerall, which was the 1975 Brunswick World Open.

On WGN-TV, Summerall did color commentary with Steve Stone for a Chicago Cubs–Pittsburgh Pirates baseball game on April 15, 1987. This was during a time when the Cubs' regular television announcer, Harry Caray, was recovering from a stroke. As a result, Caray recovered for a few months of the 1987 season, WGN had a series of celebrity guest announcers on game telecasts for the first two months of the 1987 season.

Tony Trabert has been a presenter on CBS for 25 years, and he has also appeared in the US Open Tennis Tournament for CBS with Tony Trabert.

The 1994 Masters Tournament was Summerall's last on-air assignment for CBS Sports. Summerall stepped down the show shortly, flanked by other CBS commentators who were covering the tournament:

In 1994, the Fox network shocked NFL fans by refusing CBS for the NFC broadcast package. One of the network's first moves was to recruit Summerall and Madden as its lead announcing team. The pair called Super Bowls XXI, XXIII, and XXV together at Fox, and XXVI was called Super Bowls XXI, XXXIII, and XXVI together. After Super Bowl XXXVI in early 2002, Madden's long-term partnership came to an end, as Summerall announced that he would be retiring from announcing and Madden's contract had come to an end.

Summerall called 11 Super Bowls on television play-by-play, a record tied by Al Michaels with Super Bowl LVI in 2022.

Summerall was lured out of retirement and re-signed with Fox for the 2002 season because Ray Bentley was allowed to go. Summerall was initially partnered with Cris Collinsworth and Dennis Miller for ABC and Fox, but Madden was later promoted to be Fox's top NFL color commentator, while Matt Cooper and Duncan Aikman replaced Madden as Fox's top NFL color commentators) on Monday Night Football (Buck was initially partnered with Cris Collinsworth and, later, Stanley Aikman as Fox's lead NFL color commentators), but now he was paired with Brian Baldinger on regional telecasts Because of their residence in the area, the Dallas Cowboys appeared in the majority of the games that were covered. In which Emmitt Smith tied Walter Payton's career rushing yardage record, one of the games Summerall called was the Cowboys' game against the Seattle Seahawks at Texas Stadium. For this game, Daryl Johnston, who was at the time was working as Fox's #2 color man with Dick Stockton and a longtime teammate of Smith's with the Cowboys, was joined by Summerall.

Summerall retired after the 2002 season, but he served as a substitute for Kenny Albert alongside Baldinger for the Week 8 (October 29) game between the eventual NFC champion Chicago Bears and the San Francisco 49ers. Summerall returned from one game the following year to replace Stockton alongside Baldinger and provide the play-by-play for the Cincinnati Bengals' 2007 game against the St. Louis Rams.

Summerall appeared as the play-by-play voice of the network's coverage of the Cotton Bowl Classic game from 2007 to 2010. Summerall worked with Brian Baldinger on the 2007–09 Cotton Bowl Classic telecasts, and Daryl Johnston assisted Daryl Johnston on the 2010 game (his last play-by-play assignment of any kind) between Ole Miss and Oklahoma State. Summerall appeared on the Cotton Bowl's pregame coverage in 2011.

Summerall gave voiceover sponsorship credits for the CBS Masters golf telecasts and voice-overs for NFL Network game coverage in the 2000s. He also provided game commentary for the Golden Tee Golf video game series and narrated the first episode of the WWE Network's WrestleMania Rewind series (a position that would be assumed by Gary Thorne upon Summerall's death).

In 2004, Summerall called several preseason and early-season NFL games for the ESPN network, swapping for regular announcer Mike Patrick while the latter recovered from heart surgery.

Summerall operated this joint venture devoted to high school and collegiate athletics from 2005 to 2012. In 2012, Charles Davis took over hosting duties.

In 1977, the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association named Summerall National Sportscaster of the Year, inducting him into the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association in 1994. Summerall was named recipient of the Pete Rozelle Radio-Television Award in 1994, which was coveted by the Pro Football Hall of Fame "for longtime contributions to radio and television in professional football." He was inducted into the American Sports Association Hall of Fame in 1999.

Since 2006, the "Pat Summerall Award" has been given at the annual Legends for Charity Luncheon held on Super Bowl weekend at the NFL's headquarters hotel in the host city. "A deserving recipient who has demonstrated the integrity, honesty, and leadership demonstrated throughout their careers have demonstrated the same qualities, integrity, and leadership both on and off the job that Pat Summerall represents." James Brown (2006), Greg Gumbel (2006), Jim Nantz (2008), Cris Collinsworth (2010), Al Michaels (2012), Al Michaels (2013), Archie Manning (2013), John Madden (2016), and Tony Dungy (2018).

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In pregame festivities, NFL will salute late John Madden by tossing a special coin highlighting the beloved announcer's silhouette and his favorite Thanksgiving dish... a six-legged TURDUCKEN

www.dailymail.co.uk, November 23, 2023
On the holiday that he came to identify as a beloved TV analyst, the NFL will honor late John Madden - and his favorite dish. Both six teams competing in Thursday's three games will have patches recognizing Madden, while NFL officials will hold pregame ceremonies with a commemorative coin depicting the former Raiders coach on one side and a six-legged turducken on the other. A turducken is a deboned chicken turned into a deboned duck and then stuffed into a deboned turkey, making it a deboned turkey. Although there is an English version of 'gooducken,' Madden helped popularize the American version from 1979 to 2008, when he finally stepped away from announcing. As he announced Thanksgiving Day games, Madden most commonly awarded turducken to the winning team's top performers.