Pat Summerall
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George Allen "Pat" Summerall (born May 10, 1930 in Lake City, Florida) is a former American football player and television sportscaster.
Following his playing career (he was a placekicker for the New York Giants of the National Football League), Summerall turned to broadcasting for the CBS network, initially as a color commentator and then (from 1975) as a play-by-play announcer. While at CBS, Summerall broadcast golf and tennis tournaments in addition to his NFL work.
For many years Summerall was paired on NFL telecasts with former Oakland Raiders coach John Madden, first on CBS (1981-1993) and then on the Fox network (1994-2002). The last game that they called together was Super Bowl XXXVI. After that game, Summerall announced his retirement and Madden was signed by ABC for that network's Monday Night Football telecasts. Summerall was lured out of retirement and re-signed with Fox for the 2002 NFL season, working with Brian Baldinger on regional telecasts before retiring at the end of the 2002-03 season.
In April 2004, Summerall, a recovering alcoholic who has been sober for many years, underwent a liver transplant. Following the successful surgery, Summerall (a resident of Dallas, Texas) said that he may want to broadcast a few Dallas Cowboys games during the 2004 NFL season.
Summerall called several 2004 preseason and early regular-season NFL games for the ESPN network, substituting for regular announcer Mike Patrick while the latter recovered from heart surgery.