NFL star and legendary sportscaster Pat Summerall died this week at the age of 82. University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center spokesman Jeff Carlton says Summerall died of cardiac arrest on Tuesday. According to a family spokesperson, Summerall had been in the hospital since last Thursday because he broke his hip in a fall at his Southlake home. No other details were released.
Summerall was drafted into the NFL in 1952. Over his 10 year NFL career he played with the Detroit Lions, Chicago Cardinals and New York Giants. Summerall was primarily a placekicker, but he occasionally played defensive or tight end. When he retired from pro football, Summerall became a sportscaster and analyst, working for CBS, Fox and ESPN. He is known for his 22-year collaboration with former NFL coach John Madden.
"We never had one argument, and that was because of Pat. He was a great broadcaster and a great man. He always had a joke. Pat never complained, and we never had an unhappy moment. He was something very special," Madden says in a statement. "Pat Summerall is the voice of football and always will be."
"Pat Summerall was one of the best friends and greatest contributors that the NFL has known," says NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell. "His majestic voice was treasured by millions of NFL fans for more than four decades. It is a sad day in the NFL."
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