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Related: About this forumPat Summerall dies at 82
Associated Press / 4-16-2013
DALLAS -- 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.
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Posted in LBN, but we need a thread here as well. He was Mr. Sunday.
joeybee12
(56,177 posts)RIP
Auggie
(31,070 posts)Moses2SandyKoufax
(1,290 posts)Michaels and Madden just didn't have that "it" factor. If you've got the MLB Extra Innings package, or MLB.tv, you can still listen to Vin Scully and Dick Enberg call Dodger, and Padre games. Sad that they are the last of the old broadcasting guard.