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{{Short description|American football player and sportscaster (1930–2013)}}
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{{Infobox NFL biography
| name        = Pat Summerall
| image       = Pat Summerall (1979 CBS publicity photo).jpg
| caption     = Summerall in 1979
| number      = 84, 83, 85, 21, 88
| position    = [[Placekicker]] <br> [[Defensive end]] <br> [[End (gridiron football)|End]]
| birth_date  = {{birth date|1930|5|10|mf=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Lake City, Florida]], U.S.
| death_date  = {{death date and age|2013|4|16|1930|5|10|mf=yes}}
| death_place = [[Dallas|Dallas, Texas]], U.S.
| height_ft   = 6
| height_in   = 4
| weight_lb   = 228
| high_school = [[Columbia High School (Florida)|Columbia]] (Lake City, Florida)
| college     = [[Arkansas Razorbacks football|Arkansas]] (1949–1951)
| draftyear   = 1952
| draftround  = 4
| draftpick   = 45
| pastteams   =
* [[Detroit Lions]] ({{NFL Year|1952}})
* [[Chicago Cardinals]] ({{NFL Year|1953|1957}})
* [[New York Giants]] ({{NFL Year|1958|1961}})
| highlights  =
* [[List of NFL champions (1920-1969)|NFL champion]] ([[1952 NFL Championship Game|1952]])
| statlabel1  = [[Field goal]]s attempted
| statvalue1  = 212
| statlabel2  = Field goals made
| statvalue2  = 100
| statlabel3  = Field goal percentage
| statvalue3  = 47.2
| statlabel4  = Longest field goal
| statvalue4  = 50
| statlabel5  = Extra points
| statvalue5  = 257/265 (97.0%)
| pfr         = SummPa20
}}

'''George Allen''' "'''Pat'''" '''Summerall''' (May 10, 1930 – April 16, 2013) was an American professional [[American football|football]] player and television [[sportscaster]] who worked for [[CBS Sports|CBS]], [[Fox Sports (USA)|Fox]], and [[ESPN Sunday Night Football|ESPN]]. In addition to football, he announced major [[golf]] and [[tennis]] events. Summerall announced 16 [[Super Bowl]]s on network television (more than anyone else), 26 [[Masters Tournament]]s, and 21 [[US Open (tennis)|US Opens]].<ref name=usatoday_obit/> He contributed to 10 Super Bowl broadcasts on [[NFL on CBS Radio|CBS Radio]] as a pregame host or analyst.

Summerall played football for the [[Arkansas Razorbacks]] and then in the [[National Football League]] (NFL) from [[1952 NFL season|1952]] through [[1961 NFL season|1961]]. He was drafted by the [[Detroit Lions]] and played with [[Bobby Layne]]. His best playing years were as a kicker with the [[New York Giants]]. In 1962 he joined CBS as a [[color commentator]]. He worked with [[Tom Brookshier]] and then [[John Madden]] on NFL telecasts for CBS and Fox.<ref name="sfgate.com">{{cite news | url=https://www.sfgate.com/sports/article/how-cbs-picked-john-madden-partner-16770694.php | title=The inside story of how CBS picked John Madden's booth partner | newspaper=Sfgate | date=January 18, 2022 | last1=Keraghosian | first1=Greg }}</ref> Retiring after the [[2002 NFL season]], he occasionally announced games, especially those near his Texas home.

Summerall was named the National Sportscaster of the Year by the [[National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association]] in 1977, and inducted into its Hall of Fame in 1994. He also received the [[Pete Rozelle Radio-Television Award]] from the [[Pro Football Hall of Fame]]. He was inducted into the American Sportscasters Association Hall of Fame in 1999. The Pat Summerall Award has been presented since 2006 during Super Bowl weekend at the NFL's headquarters hotel "to a deserving recipient who through their career has demonstrated the character, integrity and leadership both on and off the job that the name Pat Summerall represents."

==Football career==

===High school===
At [[Columbia High School (Lake City, Florida)|Columbia High School, Lake City, Florida]], Summerall played [[American football|football]], [[tennis]], [[baseball]], and [[basketball]].<ref>Summerall and Levin, 2010 pg. 24–25</ref> Basketball was his favorite sport; he was recognized as an All-State selection in basketball and football.<ref>Summerall and Levin, 2010 pg. 25</ref> He was inducted into the [[FHSAA|FHSAA Hall of Fame]] and was later named to the [[FHSAA's All-Century Team]].

===College===
Summerall played [[college football]] from 1949 to 1951 at the [[University of Arkansas]], where he played [[defensive end]], [[tight end]], and [[placekicker]] for the [[Arkansas Razorbacks]]. He graduated in 1953 majoring in education and later earned a master's degree in Russian history, according to [[ESPN]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/9180527/pat-summerall-obituary-voice-football-fade|title= Pat Summerall's voice won't fade|author= Steve Wulf|date= April 17, 2013|website= ESPN.com|access-date= April 28, 2025}}</ref>

===Professional===
[[File:Pat Summerall - 1955 Bowman.jpg|right|thumb|Summerall on a 1955 Bowman football card]]
Summerall spent ten years as a professional football player in the [[National Football League]], primarily as a placekicker.  The [[Detroit Lions]] drafted Summerall as a fourth-round draft choice in the [[1952 NFL draft]].<ref>Summerall and Levin, 2010 pg. 27</ref> Summerall played the pre-season with the Lions before breaking his arm, which ended his season after playing just two games for the Lions.<ref>Summerall and Levin, 2010 pg. 28–29</ref>  After the season, he was traded to the [[Chicago Cardinals (NFL, 1920–59)|Chicago Cardinals]] where he played from [[1953 Chicago Cardinals season|1953]] to [[1957 Chicago Cardinals season|1957]] and the [[New York Giants]] from [[1958 New York Giants season|1958]] to [[1961 New York Giants season|1961]], during which he was a part of [[1958 NFL Championship Game|The Greatest Game Ever Played]]. His best professional year statistically was [[1959 New York Giants season|1959]], when Summerall scored 90 points on 30-for-30 (100%) extra-point kicking and 20-for-29 (69%) field goal kicking. {{citation needed|date=September 2013}}

Summerall's most memorable professional moment may well have been at the very end of the December 14, [[1958 NFL season|1958]] regular-season finale between his Giants and the [[1958 Cleveland Browns season|Cleveland Browns]] at [[Yankee Stadium (1923)|Yankee Stadium]]. Going into the game, the Browns were in first place in the Eastern Conference, holding a one-game lead over the second-place Giants. And the great [[Jim Brown]] was on the Cleveland roster.  In this era, there was no overtime during regular-season games, standings ties were broken by a playoff, and there were no wild-card teams. This meant only the Eastern Conference champion would qualify for the NFL Championship Game to be held two weeks later, and it meant the Giants had to win just to force a tiebreaker playoff game. The Browns, on the other hand, needed only a tie to clinch the Eastern championship. As time was running out, the Giants and Browns were tied, 10–10, a situation which, as indicated, favored the Browns. The Giants got barely into Cleveland territory, then sent out Summerall to try for a tiebreaking 49-yard field goal. To add to the drama, there were swirling winds and snow.  Summerall, a straight-ahead kicker, made the field goal with just two minutes to play, keeping the Giants alive for another week (they defeated Cleveland a week later, 10–0, in the Eastern Conference tiebreaker playoff before losing the [[1958 NFL Championship Game|sudden-death league championship final]] to Baltimore the following week).

The Giants' offensive coach, [[Vince Lombardi]], was against sending Summerall in<ref>Maraniss, 1999 pg. 183</ref> (Summerall missed a 31-yard attempt a few minutes earlier), then gleefully greeted Summerall as he came off the field, "You son of a bitch, you can’t kick it that far!"<ref>Summerall and Levin, 2010 pg. 107</ref><ref>Maraniss, 1999 pg. 184</ref>  ''[[Sports Illustrated]]'' ran the story as one of its primary articles the next week, with a leading photograph showing the football heading between the uprights through the snow.<ref>"Summerall's 49 Yarder Puts Giants in Playoff", ''[[The Daytona Beach Morning Journal]]'', December 15, 1958, p. 10.</ref> His last professional game was the [[1961 NFL Championship Game]] at [[Lambeau Field]] in [[Green Bay, Wisconsin|Green Bay]]. Lombardi's [[1961 Green Bay Packers season|Green Bay Packers]] defeated Summerall's Giants, 37–0, holding New York to just six first downs. {{citation needed|date=September 2013}}

The urban legend was his nickname became "Pat" because of the abbreviation for "point after touchdown" which a field-goal kicker was credited for in a game summary. But in a 1997 ''[[Dallas Morning News]]'' story, Summerall said after his parents divorced, he was taken in by an aunt and uncle who had a son named Mike. "My aunt and uncle just started calling me Pat to go with their Mike", Summerall would say, referencing frequently named characters in Irish jokes told during the time.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailybreeze.com/sports/ci_23042256/voice-football-pat-summerall-dies|title='Voice of football' Pat Summerall dies|publisher=The Daily Breeze|access-date=2013-04-17|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130418234200/http://www.dailybreeze.com/sports/ci_23042256/voice-football-pat-summerall-dies|archive-date=April 18, 2013}}</ref>

==NFL career statistics==
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2"| Legend
|-
| style="background:#ffe6bd; width:3em;"|
| Won the [[NFL Championship]]
|-
| style="background:#cfecec; width:3em;"|
| Led the league
|-
| '''Bold'''
| Career high
|}

===Regular season===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2"| Team
! rowspan="2"| GP
! colspan="3"| Field goals
! colspan="3"| Extra points
! rowspan="2"| Points
|-
! FGA !! FGM !! Pct !! XPA !! XPM !! Pct
|-
! [[1952 NFL season|1952]] !! style="background:#ffe6bd; width:3em;"|[[1952 Detroit Lions season|DET]]
| 2 || 0 || – || – || 0 || – || – || 0
|-
! [[1953 NFL season|1953]] !! [[1953 Chicago Cardinals season|CHC]]
| 12 || 24 || 9 || 37.5 || 23 || 23 || '''100.0''' || 50
|-
! [[1954 NFL season|1954]] !! [[1954 Chicago Cardinals season|CHC]]
| 12 || 18 || 8 || 44.4 || 23 || 21 || 91.3 || 45
|-
! [[1955 NFL season|1955]] !! [[1955 Chicago Cardinals season|CHC]]
| 11 || 19 || 8 || 42.1 || 25 || 23 || 92.0 || 47
|-
! [[1956 NFL season|1956]] !! [[1956 Chicago Cardinals season|CHC]]
| 12 || 22 || 10 || 45.5 || 30 || 30 || '''100.0''' || 60
|-
! [[1957 NFL season|1957]] !! [[1957 Chicago Cardinals season|CHC]]
| 12 || 17 || 6 || 35.3 || 26 || 24 || 92.3 || 42
|-
! [[1958 NFL season|1958]] !! [[1958 New York Giants season|NYG]]
| 12 || 23 || 12 || 52.2 || 30 || 28 || 93.3 || 64
|-
! [[1959 NFL season|1959]] !! [[1959 New York Giants season|NYG]]
| 12 || style="background:#cfecec; width:3em;"| 29 || style="background:#cfecec; width:3em;"| '''20''' || style="background:#cfecec; width:3em;"| '''69.0''' || 30 || 30 || '''100.0''' || '''90'''
|-
! [[1960 NFL season|1960]] !! [[1960 New York Giants season|NYG]]
| 12 || 26 || 13 || 50.0 || 32 || 32 || '''100.0''' || 71
|-
! [[1961 NFL season|1961]] !! [[1961 New York Giants season|NYG]]
| '''14''' || '''34''' || 14 || 41.2 || style="background:#cfecec; width:3em;"| '''46''' || style="background:#cfecec; width:3em;"| '''46''' || '''100.0''' || 88
|-
! colspan="2"| [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/S/SummPa20.htm Career]
! 111 !! 212 !! 100 !! 47.2 !! 265 !! 257 !! 97.0 !! 557
|}

===Postseason===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2"| Team
! rowspan="2"| GP
! colspan="3"| Field goals
! colspan="3"| Extra points
! rowspan="2"| Points
|-
! FGA !! FGM !! Pct !! XPA !! XPM !! Pct
|-
! [[1952 NFL playoffs|1952]] !! style="background:#ffe6bd; width:3em;"|[[1952 Detroit Lions season|DET]]
| 0 || colspan="7"| ''Did not play due to injury''
|-
! [[1958 NFL playoffs|1958]] !! [[1958 New York Giants season|NYG]]
| '''2''' || 2 || 2 || '''100.0''' || '''3''' || '''3''' || '''100.0''' || 9
|-
! [[1959 NFL Championship Game|1959]] !! [[1959 New York Giants season|NYG]]
| 1 || '''3''' || '''3''' || '''100.0''' || 1 || 1 || '''100.0''' || '''10'''
|-
! [[1961 NFL Championship Game|1961]] !! [[1961 New York Giants season|NYG]]
| 1 || 0 || – || – || 0 || – || – || 0
|-
! colspan="2"| [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/S/SummPa20.htm Career]
! 4 !! 5 !! 5 !! 100.0 !! 4 !! 4 !! 100.0 !! 19
|}

==Broadcasting career==
In the early 1960s, Summerall was the morning host on [[WCBS (AM)]] radio in New York City.  He left the job when WINS went all-news in 1965. He also co-hosted the [[Broadcast syndication|syndicated]] [[NFL Films]] series ''This Week in Pro Football'' in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Summerall was also associated with a production company in [[Dallas]] from about 1998 through 2005 which was called Pat Summerall Productions. He was featured in and hosted various production shows, such as Summerall Success Stories and Champions of Industry. These qualified production segments would air on the [[Fox News Channel]] and later, [[CNN Headline News]]. During the mid-1990s, Summerall hosted the "Summerall-Aikman" [[Dallas Cowboys|Cowboys]] report with quarterback [[Troy Aikman]]. Summerall served as the host of ''[[Sports Stars of Tomorrow]]'' and ''[[Future Phenoms]]'', two nationally syndicated high school sports shows based out of [[Fort Worth, Texas]]. {{citation needed|date=September 2013}} Following their dismissal of announcer [[Harry Caray]] in 1969, the [[St. Louis Cardinals]] baseball team considered hiring Summerall to be their new radio voice.

===CBS Sports===

====NFL====
After retiring from football, Summerall was hired by [[CBS Sports]] in [[1962 NFL season|1962]] to work as a [[color commentator]] on the network's [[NFL on CBS|NFL coverage]]. CBS initially paired Summerall with [[Chris Schenkel]] on Giants games; three years later he shifted to working with [[Jim Gibbons (sportscaster)|Jim Gibbons]] on [[Washington Redskins]] games. In [[1968 NFL season|1968]], after CBS abandoned the practice of assigning dedicated announcing crews to particular NFL teams, Summerall ascended to the network's lead national crew, pairing with [[Jack Buck]] and then [[Ray Scott (sportscaster)|Ray Scott]]. For the postgame coverage of the very first [[Super Bowl I|Super Bowl]] at the end of the [[1966 NFL season|1966 season]] (which was [[simulcast]] by CBS and [[NFL on NBC|NBC]]), the [[Vince Lombardi Trophy|trophy]] presentation ceremony was handled by CBS' Summerall (who worked as a reporter, while CBS' game coverage was called by Ray Scott, [[Jack Whitaker]] and [[Frank Gifford]]) and NBC's [[George Ratterman]].

In 1969, Summerall took part in NBC's coverage of [[Super Bowl III]]. NBC used Summerall to provide an "NFL perspective" on the coverage. This was due in part to the fact NBC was, at the time, the network television provider of the [[American Football League]] (whereas CBS was the network television provider for the [[AFL–NFL merger|pre-merger]] [[National Football League]]). In return, for [[NFL on Dial Global|CBS Radio]]'s coverage of Super Bowls [[Super Bowl I|I]], [[Super Bowl II|II]] and [[Super Bowl IV|IV]], they used Tom Hedrick, normally the radio voice of the [[Kansas City Chiefs]], to provide an "AFL perspective" for their coverage. {{citation needed|date=September 2013}}

Midway through the [[1974 NFL season]], CBS shifted Summerall from color to play-by-play. The network's #1 NFL crew now consisted of Summerall and analyst [[Tom Brookshier]]<!-- blacklisted <ref>{{cite web |url=http://classicsportsmedia.blogspot.com/2013/01/the-infamous-tom-brookshier-evidently.html|title=The infamous Tom Brookshier "Evidently" interview after Super Bowl 6|date=January 28, 2013|work=Classic Sports TV and Media|access-date=April 13, 2013}}</ref> -->{{citation needed|date=January 2022}} (with whom he had previously worked on ''This Week in Pro Football''). The Summerall-Brookshier duo worked three Super Bowls ([[Super Bowl X|X]], [[Super Bowl XII|XII]], and [[Super Bowl XIV|XIV]]) together. Summerall, Brookshier, ''[[NFL on CBS]]'' producer Bob Wussler, and [[Miami Dolphins]] owner [[Joseph Robbie|Joe Robbie]] appeared as themselves during the 1977 film ''[[Black Sunday (1977 film)|Black Sunday]]'', which was filmed on location at the [[Orange Bowl (game)|Orange Bowl]] in [[Miami, Florida|Miami]] during [[Super Bowl X]]. {{citation needed|date=September 2013}}

In [[1981 NFL season|1981]], Summerall was teamed with former [[Oakland Raiders]] coach [[John Madden]], a pairing which would last for 22 seasons on two networks and become one of the most well-known partnerships in television sportscasting history. Summerall was initially opposed, preferring his longtime broadcast partner (and close friend) Brookshier, but CBS executives thought Brookshier and Summerall working together exacerbated their respective issues with alcohol.<ref name="sfgate.com"/> Summerall and Madden were first teamed on a November 25, [[1979 NFL season|1979]] broadcast of a [[1979 Minnesota Vikings season|Minnesota Vikings]]–[[1979 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season|Tampa Bay Buccaneers]] game due to Brookshier having a family commitment.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.dailynorseman.com/2021/11/25/22802649/nfl-broadcast-history-minnesota-vikings-john-madden-pat-summerall | title=A piece of NFL broadcast history involving the Vikings | date=November 25, 2021 }}</ref> While the two were paired on CBS, they called Super Bowls [[Super Bowl XVI|XVI]], [[Super Bowl XVIII|XVIII]], [[Super Bowl XXI|XXI]], [[Super Bowl XXIV|XXIV]], and [[Super Bowl XXVI|XXVI]] together.

In contrast to John Madden's lively, verbose persona, Summerall continued the traditionally minimalist delivery of his predecessor as CBS's main NFL announcer, Scott, allowing the pictures and his baritone-like voice to tell the story. For example, he usually called a [[Joe Montana]] to [[Jerry Rice]] touchdown pass with simple calls like "Montana......Rice.... Touchdown!"

His last game alongside Madden for CBS (before the [[National Football Conference|NFC]] television contract moved over to [[NFL on Fox|Fox]]) was the [[1993 NFC Championship Game]] (which saw the [[1993 Dallas Cowboys season|Dallas Cowboys]] defeat the [[1993 San Francisco 49ers season|San Francisco 49ers]] in [[Texas Stadium|Irving, Texas]] to go to [[Super Bowl XXVIII]] against the [[1993 Buffalo Bills season|Buffalo Bills]] in [[Georgia Dome|Atlanta]]).

====Other CBS Sports assignments====
Summerall also covered other events such as [[American Basketball Association|ABA]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.raresportsfilms.com/71aba.html |title=Rare Sports Film – 1971 & 1973 "ABA ALL-STARS" |access-date=April 18, 2013 |archive-date=April 30, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130430062753/http://www.raresportsfilms.com/71aba.html |url-status=live }}</ref> for CBS during this period. Through 1966, he hosted a morning drive-time music/talk program for [[WCBS-AM]] radio in New York.

Summerall also broadcast [[PGA Tour]] golf tournaments on CBS, including the [[Masters Tournament]],<!-- <ref>{{cite web |url=http://classicsportsmedia.blogspot.com/2013/04/history-of-masters-golf-tournament-on.html|title=History of the Masters golf tournament on TV (1956–present)|date=April 9, 2013|work=Classic Sports TV and Media|access-date=April 13, 2013}}</ref> -->{{citation needed|date=January 2022}} as well as the [[US Open (tennis)|US Open of tennis]], during his tenure at CBS with [[Tony Trabert]], and he was the play-by-play announcer for the [[1974 NBA Finals]] (working alongside [[Rick Barry]] and [[Rod Hundley]]), CBS' first season broadcasting the ''[[NBA on CBS]]''. In 1975, Summerall hosted the [[1975 Pan American Games|Pan American Games]] in Mexico, and in 1976 he teamed with Tom Brookshier to call some heavyweight [[Boxing on CBS|boxing]] matches for CBS.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.classictvsports.com/2014/10/pat-summerall-and-tom-brookshier.html|title=Pat Summerall and Tom Brookshier calling boxing in 1976|publisher=Classic TV Sports|date=October 20, 2014|access-date=January 23, 2015|archive-date=October 23, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141023075408/http://www.classictvsports.com/2014/10/pat-summerall-and-tom-brookshier.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

Summerall broadcast his first Masters in [[1968 Masters Tournament|1968]], when he anchored the coverage at hole 18. In [[1983 Masters Tournament|1983]], Summerall replaced [[Vin Scully]] (who had left CBS to work for [[NBC Sports|NBC]] on their [[Major League Baseball on NBC|Major League Baseball]] and [[Golf Channel on NBC|golf]] coverage) in the 18th hole tower role (a role which Scully was in since [[1975 Masters Tournament|1975]]). Summerall's broadcast partner during this period was [[Ken Venturi]].

From [[1969 National Invitation Tournament|1969]]–[[1973 National Invitation Tournament|1973]], Summerall broadcast [[College Basketball on CBS|CBS]]' [[National Invitation Tournament]] coverage with [[Don Criqui]]. In 1985, Summerall once again called college basketball, working [[1985 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament|NCAA men's tournament]] games for CBS with [[Larry Conley]].

In [[1970 Stanley Cup Finals|1970]], Summerall and then-[[1969–70 Boston Bruins season|Boston Bruins]]' TV announcer [[Don Earle]] did a short postgame segment from inside the team's dressing room at the end of [[NHL on CBS|CBS]]' coverage of the fourth (and what turned out to be the final) game of the 1970 Stanley Cup Finals. [[WSBK-TV|WSBK-38]], the Bruins' TV flagship at the time, simulcast the CBS coverage and did a longer post-game locker-room segment after CBS' coverage ended.

Summerall also called at least one [[Professional Bowlers Association]] event, which was the [[PBA Bowling Tour: 1975 Season|1975]] Brunswick World Open.<ref>{{cite news|last=Taylor|first=Joan|title=1975 Brunswick World Open|url=https://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/viewer/?file=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspapers%252023%2FHackettstown%2520NJ%2520Forum%2FHackettstown%2520NJ%2520Forum%25201975%2520Nov-Dec%2FHackettstown%2520NJ%2520Forum%25201975%2520Nov-Dec%2520-%25200516.pdf&highlightsFile=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2Fhighlighter%2Fhits%2F439f317de2d74d2d807366ee0f27747f&file=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspapers%252023%2FHackettstown%2520NJ%2520Forum%2FHackettstown%2520NJ%2520Forum%25201975%2520Nov-Dec%2FHackettstown%2520NJ%2520Forum%25201975%2520Nov-Dec%2520-%25200516.pdf&highlightsFile=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2Fhighlighter%2Fhits%2F439f317de2d74d2d807366ee0f27747f#page=1|work=Daily Record|access-date=August 24, 2019|archive-date=February 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225000354/https://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/viewer/?file=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspapers%2023%2FHackettstown%20NJ%20Forum%2FHackettstown%20NJ%20Forum%201975%20Nov-Dec%2FHackettstown%20NJ%20Forum%201975%20Nov-Dec%20-%200516.pdf&highlightsFile=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2Fhighlighter%2Fhits%2F439f317de2d74d2d807366ee0f27747f&file=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspapers%2023%2FHackettstown%20NJ%20Forum%2FHackettstown%20NJ%20Forum%201975%20Nov-Dec%2FHackettstown%20NJ%20Forum%201975%20Nov-Dec%20-%200516.pdf&highlightsFile=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2Fhighlighter%2Fhits%2F439f317de2d74d2d807366ee0f27747f#page=1|url-status=live}}</ref>

On April 15, 1987, Summerall did color commentary alongside [[Steve Stone (baseball)|Steve Stone]]<ref>{{YouTube|title=1987 04 15 Pirates at Cubs |id=bCMdOJKylf0}}</ref> for a [[1987 Chicago Cubs season|Chicago Cubs]]&ndash;[[1987 Pittsburgh Pirates season|Pittsburgh Pirates]] baseball game on [[WGN-TV]]. This was during time period in which the Cubs' normal television announcer, [[Harry Caray]], was recovering from a [[stroke]]. Thus, for about the first two months of the [[1987 Major League Baseball season|1987 season]], WGN featured a series of celebrity guest announcers on game telecasts while Caray recuperated.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://chicago.epguides.com/Cubs/guestannouncers.asp |title=guest announcers for Harry Caray, 1987 |date= |website=chicago.epguides.com |access-date=May 26, 2015 |archive-date=July 10, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110710194421/http://chicago.epguides.com/Cubs/guestannouncers.asp |url-status=live }}</ref>

He also broadcast the [[US Open (tennis)|US Open Tennis Tournament]] for [[Tennis on CBS|CBS]] with [[Tony Trabert]] for 25 years.

Summerall's last on-air assignment for CBS Sports was the [[1994 Masters Tournament]].

===Fox Sports===
{{See also|NFL on Fox}}
In [[1994 NFL season|1994]], the [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox network]] surprised NFL fans by outbidding CBS for the [[National Football Conference|NFC]] broadcast package. One of Fox's first moves was to hire Summerall and Madden as its lead announcing team. While at Fox, the pair called Super Bowls [[Super Bowl XXXI|XXXI]], [[Super Bowl XXXIII|XXXIII]], and [[Super Bowl XXXVI|XXXVI]] together. The long-time partnership ended after Super Bowl XXXVI in [[2001 NFL season|early 2002]], as Summerall had announced he would be retiring from announcing and Madden's contract had expired.

Between CBS and Fox, Summerall called 11 Super Bowls on television play-by-play, a record matched by [[Al Michaels]] with [[Super Bowl LVI]] in 2022.

Summerall was lured out of retirement and re-signed with Fox for the [[2002 NFL season|2002 season]]. However, since Madden had left to take over the color commentator position on ''[[Monday Night Football]]'' from [[Dan Fouts]] and [[Dennis Miller]] for [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] and Fox had promoted [[Joe Buck]] to be its number one NFL play-by-play voice (Buck was initially partnered with [[Cris Collinsworth]] and, since 2004, [[Troy Aikman]], who both replaced Madden as Fox's lead NFL color commentators), Summerall was paired with [[Brian Baldinger]] on regional telecasts. Most of the games Summerall covered featured the [[2002 Dallas Cowboys season|Dallas Cowboys]], due in part to his residency in the city. One of the games Summerall called was the Cowboys' game against the [[2002 Seattle Seahawks season|Seattle Seahawks]] at [[Texas Stadium]], in which [[Emmitt Smith]] broke [[Walter Payton]]'s career rushing yardage record. Summerall was joined by [[Daryl Johnston]], who at the time was working as Fox's #2 color man with [[Dick Stockton]] and who was a longtime teammate of Smith's with the Cowboys, for this game. {{citation needed|date=September 2013}}

Summerall retired again following the 2002 season. In [[2006 NFL season|2006]], to prepare him for his return to announcing at the [[Cotton Bowl Classic]], he served as a substitute for [[Kenny Albert]] alongside Baldinger for the Week 8 (October 29) game between the eventual NFC champion [[2006 Chicago Bears season|Chicago Bears]] and the [[2006 San Francisco 49ers season|San Francisco 49ers]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Sherman|first=Ed|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/chicago-tribune-against-odds-summerall/167781361/|title=Against odds, Summerall's voice returns|newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]]|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|date=October 27, 2006|access-date=March 11, 2025}}</ref> Summerall returned for one game the following year to take Stockton's place alongside Baldinger and provide the play-by-play for the December 9, [[2007 NFL season|2007]] game between the [[2007 Cincinnati Bengals season|Cincinnati Bengals]] and [[2007 St. Louis Rams season|St. Louis Rams]] in [[Cincinnati]].

From [[2007 Cotton Bowl Classic|2007]] until [[2010 Cotton Bowl Classic|2010]], Summerall appeared as the play-by-play voice of the network's coverage of the Cotton Bowl. Summerall teamed with [[Brian Baldinger]] on the 2007–[[2009 Cotton Bowl Classic|09 Cotton Bowl Classic]] telecasts, and worked with [[Daryl Johnston]] on the [[2010 Cotton Bowl Classic|2010 game]] (his final play-by-play assignment of any kind) between Ole Miss and [[Oklahoma State Cowboys football|Oklahoma State]]. In [[2011 Cotton Bowl Classic|2011]], Summerall appeared on the pregame coverage of the Cotton Bowl.

===Post-Fox===
In the 2000s, Summerall provided [[voiceover]] sponsorship credits for the CBS Masters golf telecasts, and voice-overs for game coverage on [[NFL Network]]. He also provided game commentary for the ''[[Golden Tee Golf]]'' video game series and narrated the first episode of the ''[[WrestleMania Rewind]]'' series for the [[WWE Network]] (a role which would be assumed by [[Gary Thorne]] upon Summerall's death).

====''NFL on ESPN''====
{{See also|ESPN Sunday Night Football}}

Summerall called several preseason and early regular-season NFL games for the [[ESPN]] network in [[2004 NFL season|2004]], substituting for regular announcer [[Mike Patrick]] while the latter recovered from heart surgery.

====''Sports Stars of Tomorrow''====
As previously mentioned, Summerall hosted this syndicated program dedicated to high school and collegiate athletics from 2005 to 2012. [[Charles Davis (defensive back)|Charles Davis]] assumed hosting duties in 2012.

===Awards and honors===
The [[National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association]] named Summerall National Sportscaster of the Year in 1977, and inducted him into its Hall of Fame in 1994. Summerall was the 1994 recipient of the [[Pete Rozelle Radio-Television Award]], bestowed by the [[Pro Football Hall of Fame]] "for longtime exceptional contributions to radio and television in professional football". In 1999, he was inducted into the American Sportscasters Association Hall of Fame.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.americansportscasters.com/sumerall.html|title=American Sportscasters Association &#124; Hall Of Fame – Pat Sumerall|publisher=Americansportscasters.com|access-date=2013-04-17|archive-date=December 6, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061206034313/http://americansportscasters.com/sumerall.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

Since 2006, the "Pat Summerall Award" has been presented at the annual Legends for Charity Luncheon given on Super Bowl weekend at the NFL's headquarters hotel in the host city. The award is given "to a deserving recipient who through their career has demonstrated the character, integrity and leadership both on and off the job that the name Pat Summerall represents." Recipients have included [[James Brown (sportscaster)|James Brown]] (2006), [[Greg Gumbel]] (2007), [[Jim Nantz]] (2008), [[Chris Berman]] (2009), [[Cris Collinsworth]] (2010), the entire ''[[Fox NFL]]'' crew (2011), [[Al Michaels]] (2012), [[Archie Manning]] (2013), [[Michael Strahan]] (2014), [[Joe Buck]] (2015), [[John Madden]] (2016), [[Rich Eisen]] (2017), [[Tony Dungy]] (2018), [[Bill Cowher]] (2019), [[Jim Kelly]] (2020), [[Erin Andrews]] (2022), [[Howie Long]] (2023). No award was given in 2021.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legendsforcharity.com|title=Legends For Charity|publisher=Legends For Charity|date=January 31, 2013|access-date=2013-04-17|archive-date=May 6, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100506011244/http://www.legendsforcharity.com/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite press release|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/rich-eisen-honored-with-the-2017-pat-summerall-award-during-super-bowl-li-week-at-legends-for-charity-dinner-300408028.html|title=Rich Eisen honored with the 2017 Pat Summerall Award during Super Bowl LI week at Legends for Charity® Dinner|access-date=March 10, 2017|archive-date=March 12, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170312065919/http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/rich-eisen-honored-with-the-2017-pat-summerall-award-during-super-bowl-li-week-at-legends-for-charity-dinner-300408028.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.legendsforcharity.com/honorees | title=Honorees }}</ref>

==Outside sports broadcasting==
For many years Summerall was a commercial spokesperson for [[True Value]], often ending advertisements with his tag line "and tell 'em Pat Summerall sent you".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://fangsbites.com/2013/04/and-tell-em-pat-summerall-sent-you/ |title=And Tell 'Em Pat Summerall Sent You! |last1=Fang |first1=Ken |date=April 17, 2013 |work=Fang's Bites |access-date=April 18, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130621092238/http://fangsbites.com/2013/04/and-tell-em-pat-summerall-sent-you/ |archive-date=June 21, 2013 }}</ref> Ironically, his long-time broadcast partner Madden was the spokesperson for [[Ace Hardware]], True Value's main competitor in the independent hardware store market. Summerall served as the longtime radio spokesman for the Dux Beds company, a Swedish maker of mattresses, and its "Duxiana" stores.

Summerall started doing work as a commentator for the ''[[Madden NFL]]'' video game franchise in the game ''[[John Madden Football '92]]''.  His voice was subsequently featured in all the games in the ''Madden'' franchise from [[1994 in video gaming|1994]]&ndash;[[2002 in video gaming|2002]].<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0838619/filmotype?ref_=nm_flmg_shw_1#self_game|title = Pat Summerall|website = [[IMDb]]|access-date = June 30, 2018|archive-date = January 8, 2022|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220108175818/https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0838619/?nmdp=1&ref_=nm_flmg_shw_1#self_game|url-status = live}}</ref>

Summerall provided commentary for ''[[75 Seasons: The History of the NFL]]''.<ref name="CNET">{{cite web|first=Matt|last=Rosoff|url=http://www.cnet.com/Content/Reviews/Cdcentral/Reviews/0%2C50%2C196%2C00.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/19961222163653/http://www.cnet.com/Content/Reviews/Cdcentral/Reviews/0,50,196,00.html|title=75 Seasons: The History of the NFL|website=[[CNET]]|archivedate=December 22, 1996|accessdate=March 11, 2025}}</ref>

Summerall also provided commentary, alongside Madden, on [[Cartoon Network]]'s annual Super Bowl parodies, ''The Big Game'', from 1998 through 2001.

Summerall was name-checked on ''[[The Simpsons]]'' in the episode "[[Springfield Up]]", where his caricature and name appear on the cover of a book held by [[Homer Simpson]] titled "Smut Yuks." Summerall and his partner John Madden also appeared in (and lent their voices to) the ''Simpsons'' episode "[[Sunday, Cruddy Sunday]]", which premiered following the duo's broadcast of [[Super Bowl XXXIII]] on Fox in 1999, and on the same night, a caricature of Summerall appeared on the ''[[Family Guy]]'' premiere episode "[[Death Has a Shadow]]", although in the ''Family Guy'' episode, he was voiced by [[Wally Wingert]]. The pair was also featured in the movie ''[[The Replacements (film)|The Replacements]]'', calling the games of the Washington Sentinels on their run to the playoffs. Summerall is referenced in the Season 4 ''[[Gilmore Girls]]'' episode, "[[The Lorelais' First Day at Yale]]."

Summerall appeared in the music video for [[Forever the Sickest Kids]]' 2010 single "She Likes (Bittersweet Love)".

==Personal life==
[[File:PatSummerallDec08.jpg|thumb|Summerall in 2008]]
Summerall married his first wife, Katherine Jacobs (m.1955; div. 1995) raising three children, with the oldest, [[Susie Wiles|Susan]], becoming a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] [[political consultant]] and the first female [[White House Chief of Staff|White House chief of staff]] for [[President Trump]]. He was married to Cherilyn Burns from 1996 until his death. He had 10 grandchildren.<ref name="Obituary">{{cite web |title=Pat Summerall |year=1930 |url=https://www.affoplano.com/obituary/4235941 |access-date=29 December 2021 |archive-date=December 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211229054902/https://www.affoplano.com/obituary/4235941 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web  |first1=Gabby|last1=Orr|first2=Steve|last2=Contorno |date=2022-08-08 |title=She helped Trump win Florida twice. Now she could lead his expected 2024 campaign {{!}} CNN Politics |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/08/politics/susie-wiles-donald-trump-2024-campaign/index.html |access-date=2023-01-17 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=President-elect Trump names Susie Wiles as chief of staff, first woman in the post|url=https://apnews.com/article/trump-susie-wiles-transition-white-house-f917aa91b030d836b3bac01659b6fab4|author1=Miller, Zeke|author2=Michelle L. Price|author3=Jill Colvin|publisher=Associated Press|website=APNews.com|date=November 7, 2024|access-date=November 7, 2024}}</ref>

Summerall was a [[Christianity|Christian]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Knox |first1=Andrew |title=Pat Summerall: Gridiron, God, and Graham |date=March 17, 2008 |url=https://www1.cbn.com/700club/pat-summerall-gridiron-god-and-graham |access-date=29 December 2021 |archive-date=December 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211229064832/https://www1.cbn.com/700club/pat-summerall-gridiron-god-and-graham |url-status=live }}</ref> In his book, ''Summerall: On and Off the Air'', he wrote about his faith and his recovery from alcoholism saying "My thirst for alcohol was replaced by a thirst for knowledge about faith and God. I began reading the Bible regularly at the Betty Ford treatment center, and it became a part of my daily life."<ref name="Obituary"/>

===Health issues===
Summerall was born with a deformed right foot which faced backward, requiring a nurse to break it to reorient the foot correctly shortly after birth.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-04-17 |title=Pat Summerall: 10 Facts About the Iconic Sportscaster |url=https://blog.aarp.org/legacy/pat-summerall-10-facts-about-the-iconic-sportscaster |access-date=2025-03-02 |website=Blogs |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=January 26, 1987 |title=THE VOICE IS FAMILIAR ... |url=https://vault.si.com/vault/1987/01/26/the-voice-is-familiar-but-pat-summerall-who-will-broadcast-his-11th-super-bowl-on-sunday-is-a-hard-guy-to-figure |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240814212252/https://vault.si.com/vault/1987/01/26/the-voice-is-familiar-but-pat-summerall-who-will-broadcast-his-11th-super-bowl-on-sunday-is-a-hard-guy-to-figure |archive-date=August 14, 2024 |access-date=2025-03-02 |work=Sports Illustrated Vault {{!}} SI.com |language=en-us }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=paulharveystories |date=7 January 2025 |title=The Rest of the Story |url=https://www.tiktok.com/@paulharveystories/video/7456948368065957150 |access-date=1 March 2025 |website=TikTok}}</ref>

During the [[1990 NFL season|1990 season]], Summerall was hospitalized with a [[bleeding ulcer]] after vomiting on a plane during a flight after a [[1990 Chicago Bears season|Chicago Bears]]–[[1990 Washington Redskins season|Washington Redskins]] game, and was out for a considerable amount of time.  While [[Verne Lundquist]] replaced Summerall on games with Madden, [[Jack Buck]] (who was at [[CBS Sports|CBS]] during the time as the network's lead [[Major League Baseball on CBS#1990–1993 version|Major League Baseball]] announcer) was added as a regular NFL broadcaster to fill-in.

In the spring of 2004, Summerall, a recovering [[alcoholic]], underwent a [[liver]] [[Organ transplant|transplant]].<ref name=usatoday_obit/> Summerall at one point preached a sermon at Travis Avenue Baptist Church in Ft. Worth, Texas.

In 2006, Pat Summerall underwent cataract surgery, and had an [[intraocular lens]] implanted.<ref>[http://www.cartereyecenter.com/summerall.htm "Pat Summerall and Crystalens"] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120722183008/http://www.cartereyecenter.com/summerall.htm |date=July 22, 2012 }}.</ref>

In January 2008, Summerall had a [[hip replacement]] surgery. On June 19, 2008, he was hospitalized for [[internal bleeding]] caused by a new medicine he was taking.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/8266974/Broadcaster-Summerall,-78,-resting-after-surgery?CMP=OTC-K9B140813162|title=Broadcaster Summerall, 78, resting after surgery}}</ref>

In September 2018, [[James Acho]] filed a claim against the NFL for football-related dementia on behalf of Cheri Summerall, Summerall's widow.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.star-telegram.com/sports/nfl/dallas-cowboys/article218781665.html |title=Concussion claim against NFL filed on behalf of legendary broadcaster Pat Summerall |author=Stefan Stevenson |date=2018-09-21 |work=Fort-Worth Star-Telegram |access-date=2022-11-05}}</ref> The lawsuit was settled a year later.<ref name="t617">{{cite web | title=Jim Acho wins Pro Football Hall of Famer Pat Summerall's Concussion Claim | website=Cummings, McClorey, Davis and Acho P.L.C. Attorneys/Lawyers | date=2019-10-21 | url=https://cmda-law.com/jim-acho-wins-pro-football-hall-of-famer-pat-summeralls-concussion-claim/ | access-date=2025-01-24}}</ref>

===Death===
Summerall checked into St. Paul University Hospital in Dallas, Texas, for surgery on a broken hip.<ref name=usatoday_obit>{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2013/04/16/pat-summerall-cbs-fox-nfl/2088571|title=Pat Summerall, called a 'broadcasting giant', has died|work=USA Today|access-date=2013-04-17|first1=Rachel|last1=Shuster|date=April 16, 2013|archive-date=December 24, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171224215236/https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2013/04/16/pat-summerall-cbs-fox-nfl/2088571/|url-status=live}}</ref> He died there on April 16, 2013, of [[cardiac arrest]] at age 82.<ref>{{cite web|last=Schwab|first=Frank|url=https://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-shutdown-corner/pat-summerall-former-giants-kicker-giant-broadcasting-industry-215957376--nfl.html|title=Pat Summerall, former Giants kicker and giant in the broadcasting industry, passes away at age 82|publisher=[[Yahoo! Sports]]|date=April 16, 2013|access-date=April 16, 2013|archive-date=April 19, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130419083559/http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-shutdown-corner/pat-summerall-former-giants-kicker-giant-broadcasting-industry-215957376--nfl.html|url-status=live}}</ref> After his death, [[Jerry Jones]] referred to Summerall as "royalty in the broadcast booth" while Madden called him "a great broadcaster and a great man" and added "Pat Summerall is the voice of football and always will be."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/16/us/sports-pat-summerall-obit/index.html |title=Pat Summerall, legendary NFL announcer, dies at 82 |work=CNN |date=April 17, 2013 |access-date=2013-04-17 |archive-date=April 18, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130418024738/http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/16/us/sports-pat-summerall-obit/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Fellow broadcasters [[Jim Nantz]] and [[Verne Lundquist]] also made statements on Summerall's life.<ref name=usatoday_obit/>

A few days later, CBS Sports presented a tribute to Summerall during their coverage of the [[RBC Heritage]] golf event. Nantz and [[Gary McCord]] presented highlights of his life and career – both as a player and at CBS – ending with his 1994 Masters sign-off.<ref>{{YouTube|K5Uz0mME1oU|CBS Tribute to Pat Summerall}}</ref>
During a ''[[NASCAR on Fox|Fox NASCAR]]'' broadcast, [[Chris Myers]] paid tribute to Summerall on behalf of [[Fox Sports (United States)|Fox]].

Summerall was interred at the [[Dallas–Fort Worth National Cemetery]].<ref>https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/summerall-george-allen-jr-pat</ref>

==See also==
*[[History of the New York Giants (1925–1978)]]

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==Bibliography==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20130904205327/http://www.audiobookscorner.com/Title.aspx?titleId=10459&srch=vince+lombardi ''When Pride Still Mattered, A Life of Vince Lombardi''], by David Maraniss, 1999, ({{ISBN|0-684-84418-4}})
===Books by Summerall===
*Summerall, Pat and Chanin, John  (1968), ''Kicking To Win'', New York:  Viking Press, ({{ISBN|978-0-670-41290-7}})
*Summerall, Pat, Moskovitz, Jim, and Kubey, Craig (1996), ''Pat Summerall's Sports in America: 32 Celebrated Sports Personalities Talk About Their Most Memorable Moments in and Out of the Sports Arena'', New York: Harpercollins, ({{ISBN|978-0-062-70186-2}})
*Summerall, Pat, Rhame, Will D., and McNulty, James A. (1999), ''Business Golf: The Art of Building Relationships Through Golf'', Secaucus, New Jersey: Carol Publishing Group, ({{ISBN|978-1-559-72494-4}})
*Summerall, Pat. (2006), ''Summerall: On And Off The Air'', Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson Inc., ({{ISBN|978-0-785-21492-2}})
*Summerall, Pat and Levin, Michael (2010), ''Giants: What I learned about life from Vince Lombardi and Tom Landry'', Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley and Sons, Inc., ({{ISBN|978-0-470-90908-9}})

==External links==
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