Pat Summerall

PAT SUMMERALL was an American professional football player and television sportscaster who called more than sixteen Super Bowls, more than twenty Masters golf tournaments, and more than twenty U.S. Open tennis tournaments over nearly four decades at CBS. He is the author of Summerall: On and Off the Air.

Summerall was inducted into the Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame in 2010. His broadcasting partnership with John Madden, from 1981 to 2002, became one of the most celebrated in sports broadcasting history.

Summerall spent ten years in the NFL as a placekicker, primarily with the Detroit Lions, Chicago Cardinals, and New York Giants, and was the only person coached by both Vince Lombardi and Tom Landry. He began his broadcasting career at CBS in 1964.

Summerall died on April 16, 2013, of cardiac arrest in Dallas, Texas, at age 82.

Pat Summerall’s books are published by Trade Paper Press, an imprint of Turner Publishing.

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