{"id":652900,"date":"2013-04-17T11:56:00","date_gmt":"2013-04-17T15:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.webpronews.com\/?p=225407"},"modified":"2013-04-17T11:56:00","modified_gmt":"2013-04-17T15:56:00","slug":"pat-summerall-dies-sportscaster-was-82","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/652900","title":{"rendered":"Pat Summerall Dies; Sportscaster Was 82"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sports broadcaster Pat Summerall<\/a> has died at the age of 82.<\/p>\n

According to an Associated Press report<\/a>, Summerall died at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center on Tuesday following a heart attack.<\/p>\n

Summerall played in the NFL from 1952 until 1961. After retiring from his playing career, Summerall joined CBS sports as a commentator. He began as a color commentator for NFL games, though he would later cover other sports, such as NBA basketball, US Open tennis, and PGA Tour golf.<\/p>\n

In 1981 Summerall was paired with John Madden to provide NFL commentary. The pair would go on to become the most well-known broadcasting team in NFL history. Their collaboration lasted for 22 seasons, including five Super Bowl games.<\/p>\n

“Pat was my broadcasting partner for a long time, but more than that he was my friend for all of these years,” said Madden in a statement. “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. Pat Summerall is the voice of football and always will be.”<\/p>\n