Remembering Pat Summerall, the Football Player - NYTimes.com
Before he was the voice of the NFL he was a 60 minute man. He was the Giants place kicker and end. He played in an era when NFL teams had 33 men. His head coach was Jim Lee Howell, the offense was coached by some guy named Vince Lombardi and the defense by an equally intense assistant named Tom Landry.
In '58 made a season ending game winning kick from 50 Yds out in a snowstorm. Summerall lost sight of the ball in the snow and didn't know the kick was good until he heard the fans in the end zone erupt.
I got his autograph when he spoke at our Pop Warner League Dinner.
Before he was the voice of the NFL he was a 60 minute man. He was the Giants place kicker and end. He played in an era when NFL teams had 33 men. His head coach was Jim Lee Howell, the offense was coached by some guy named Vince Lombardi and the defense by an equally intense assistant named Tom Landry.
In '58 made a season ending game winning kick from 50 Yds out in a snowstorm. Summerall lost sight of the ball in the snow and didn't know the kick was good until he heard the fans in the end zone erupt.
I got his autograph when he spoke at our Pop Warner League Dinner.
