RIP Pat Summerall

[Guitar_Raph]

Sportscaster Pat Summerall died @ the age of 82.

A former football player, Pat began his sportscasting duties on CBS covering NFL football in 1962. He did 16 Super Bowls overall (13 CBS/3 Fox). The only other sports Summerall covered was U.S. Open Tennis & PGA Golf (the 1994 Masters were his final hurrah for CBS).

With the NFC moving to Fox from CBS in 1994, so did Pat Summerall.

In 1981, he was paired up with John Madden. Their partnership lasted 22 seasons, becoming the 2nd sportscasting team (23 seasons for Chris Schenkel & Nelson Burton Jr. for Professional Bowlers Tour). They even guest voiced on The Simpsons.

Pat was also the spoesman for True Value Hardware Stores.

You will be missed.

[BubblyShell22]

Just read about this on Yahoo. So sad. I always enjoyed hearing Pat and John call the football action. They had great chemistry together. He will be missed. R.I.P., Pat.

[Icebot]

I remember the first football video game I played, it was Madden 2000 for Nintendo 64. That's when I found out who Pat Summerall was. Him and Madden have always been my favorite announcers since then.

RIP Pat Summerall. You will be missed.