Legendary broadcaster Pat Summerall died Tuesday at age 82 of cardiac arrest, according to University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center spokesman Jeff Carlton, speaking on behalf of Summerall's wife, Cheri. The longtime NFL play-by-play man announced 16 Super Bowls, the Masters and the U.S. Open tennis tournament over the course of a career that spanned back to 1962 and was a National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association Hall of Famer.
Summerall was best known as an NFL play-by-play man along side John Madden for 22 years. Summerall also worked for years alongside former player Tom Brookshier and became the voice of the NFL in the 1970s and 1980s, calling most of the league's signature games.
Summerall called games for CBS, Fox and ESPN during the course of his career. As a player, he served as a placekicker for the Chicago Cardinals and New York Giants from 1952 to 1961. Summerall scored more than 500 points as an NFL player.
"Pat was my broadcasting partner for a long time, but more than that, he was my friend for all of these years," Madden said in a statement released to NFL.com. "We never had one argument, and that was because of Pat. He was a great broadcaster and a great man."
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