...valleys. There was a hum, a buzz, a never ending drone that came from the crowd. The ABC Monday night crew of Al Michaels, Frank Gifford and Dan Dierdorf were stunned by the crowd noise. They were overwhelmed by the tailgate fog that had crept over the...
...still recalls a memorable play on Nov. 20, 1960, when Eagles linebacker Chuck Bednarik made a crushing tackle on Giants star Frank Gifford, knocking him unconscious on the Yankee Stadium turf. "I can still see Bednarik standing over poor Gifford and...
...advantage of the mistake and stormed back. They led, 17-14, and were running out the clock when Gino Marchetti tackled Frank Gifford on a third-down play. Gifford remains adamant that an official's placement of the ball denied him a first down, which...
...were the last to understand what they'd been a part of. "Most of us just wanted to get out of town after a long season," says Frank Gifford, who parlayed his stardom with the Giants into announcing jobs on, among other shows, "Monday Night Football." "I...
...called that," recalls Pat Summerall, the old New York Giants placekicker. "It wasn't 'the greatest game ever played'," says Frank Gifford, who also played for the Giants that day. "For God's sake, there were six fumbles." (Three of the fumbles were by...
...you describe a much different guy then than the Lombardi we've come to know. Give us one of your best Lombardi memories. Frank Gifford: He really struggled at first. He was a high school teacher who became a coach. When he came to the Giants, he brought...
...Gifford’s resolve has never wavered: he ran for a first down late in the fourth quarter of the 1958 N.F.L. championship game against the Baltimore Colts, with the Giants leading, 17-14. The Giants punted; the Colts tied it, then won, 23-17 in overtime....
Background
Francis Newton "Frank" Gifford (born August 16, 1930 in Santa Monica, California) is a former American football player and one of the better-known American sports commentators in the latter part of the 20th century who made the transition from an athlete to broadcasting.
You must have Javascript and Flash version 8+ enabled to see this content.
Timeline
You must have Javascript and Flash version 8+ enabled to see this content.
