Read Frank Gifford’s Daughter’s Heartfelt Tribute To Her Father!

He was the face of our franchise for so many years.

To this day, his name is all over the New York Giants’ record book – and in multiple locations of that tome – owing to his skills as a running back, receiver and cornerback. Gifford wouldn’t return to football until the 1962 season.

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The NFL Hall of Famer and veteran sports broadcaster died at age 84 just one week ago. And lost in the shuffle is the fact that before he became an offensive star, he was a brilliant defensive back in Tom Landry’s “umbrella defense”. He ran the offense. “The Van Halens know what I’m talking about”.

She added that after her husband’s death, Kathie Lee said, “This is not a tragedy. He was so versatile and so talented, I was sure he could throw the ball”.

Cosell: [To the producer] “Let Giff call this play and then I’ll get it in”. He had his own radio show, which was unheard of at the time for an active player, and he developed a very photogenic “buttoned-down man about town” sort of image. “I can’t see this game situation [the Patriots lining up for the go-ahead points] allowing for that news flash, can you?”

The same year he was enshrined in Canton, he also won an Emmy as outstanding sports personality.

With that in mind, I pop fresh from the proverbial shower to attack the keyboard in an effort to once again prove my powers of prognostication against the outcome of utterly trivial yet monstrously popular football games. It was tough, undependable work and the family moved 47 times.

He was a standout at Bakersfield High and Bakersfield Junior College before earning a scholarship to play football for USC. In the end, each was the presenter at the other’s Hall of Fame induction.

“For my siblings and me, Frank was like a revered older brother whom we looked up to and admired”.

Replied Gifford: “Absolutely. I can see it”.

It was a ferocious hit.

“You know how she always talks about her faith”, said Kotb.

Bednarik raised both fists skyward and shouted, “This game is over”.

While it may seem unlikely WXII owes anything to Gifford, the opposite is true.

“We rose to prominence, as did professional football, during that period”. “She said his life is a triumph”. The new friend was Pete Rozelle.

“I’m looking forward to it. It’ll be a lot of fun”.

ABC executives learned of Lennon’s death during a “Monday Night Football” game between the Patriots and Dolphins. “He would have made a great shrink”. Gifford was doing exactly what I wanted to do, which is broadcast. He became my sounding board, but he never said you should do this or that.

Every time Gifford’s playing career came up for discussion, these are the bones that jump from the closet of skeletons to shout “Boo!”

Years later, Gifford acknowledged he wondered in the moment whether announcing the news was the right thing to do.