Pat Summerall played football for the Arkansas Razorbacks and then in the National Football League from 1952 through 1961. He announced 16 Super Bowls on network television and 26 Masters Tournaments, and 21 US Opens. He was named the National Sportscaster of the Year by the National sportscasters and Sportswriters Association in 1977.
About Pat Summerall in brief
Pat Summerall was an American football player and television sportscaster. Summerall played football for the Arkansas Razorbacks and then in the National Football League from 1952 through 1961. In total, he announced 16 Super Bowls on network television and 26 Masters Tournaments, and 21 US Opens. He was named the National Sportscaster of the Year by the National sportscasters and Sportswriters Association in 1977, and inducted into their Hall of Fame in 1994. His best professional year statistically was 1959, when Summerall scored 90 points on 30-for-30 extra-point kicking and 20- for-29 field goal kicking. His last professional game was the December 31, 1961 NFL Championship Game held at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin, where the Green Bay Packers defeated the New York Giants, 37–0, holding Summerall’s New York to just six first downs. The urban legend of the game became his nickname of the urban legend, Pat Summerall, because of the leading photograph showing the football heading between the uprights through the snow. He died in Texas in 2002, but continued to announce games on occasion, especially those near his Texas home. He is survived by his wife, Barbara, and his son, George Allen, who was a college football coach at the University of Arkansas from 1949 to 1951.
He also had a daughter, Jennifer, who is now a television sports analyst for CBS. She is the author of the book, “The Greatest Game Ever Played: A Sportsman’s Life in the NFL and Other Stories,” which was published by Simon & Schuster in 2003. The book also includes a foreword by George Allen. It is available on Amazon.com for $24.99. For more information, visit www.simonandschuster.co.uk/the-greatest-game-ever-played-by-pat-summerall-and-the-other-sportscaster-of-all-time. For confidential support on suicide matters call the Samaritans on 08457 90 90 90 or visit a local Samaritans branch, see www.samaritans.org, or click here for details. In the U.S., call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255 or visit http://www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org/. For confidential help in the United States, call theNational Suicide Prevention Line on 1-877-273 8255. For support in the UK, call the Samaritans on 08457 909090 or visit their local Samaritans chapter, or click here for information on the UK Samaritans. In the U.S. call the Salvation Army on 08458 90909 or the National Suicide prevention Lifeline on-line, http www.samarsitans.com. For confidential support, call the National suicide prevention line on 1 800 909090.
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