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Pat Summerall Has Died

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  • #2
    boccy23
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,133 ✭✭✭boccy23


    Saw that last night as well. Very sad. Madden and himself were the voices of all my early years watching the Giants in big NFC East clashes.

    RIP.


  • #3
    Son Of A Vidic
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,370 ✭✭✭✭Son Of A Vidic


    Found this nice tribute on You Tube.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhWHdcq-x0E


    RIP Pat.


  • #4
    walshb
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 57,356 ✭✭✭✭walshb


    The voice of the NFL. Loved him and Madden. You knew you were watching NFL when they commentated.


  • #5
    TO.
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,094 ✭✭✭TO.


    Probably the best Commentator the NFL has ever had. Him and Madden were awesome together. When I got into the game he was coming into the last decade of his career. Have to say in the time of watching his commentary I missed his style when he was gone. R.I.P Pat


  • #6
    boccy23
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,133 ✭✭✭boccy23


    Listening to Dan Patrick and an interesting story is that his name wasn't Pat. As you know he was a kicker. And the Pat came from Point After Touchdown. Real name was Greg.


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  • #7
    ABajaninCork
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,411 ✭✭✭ABajaninCork


    boccy23 wrote: »
    Listening to Dan Patrick and an interesting story is that his name wasn't Pat. As you know he was a kicker. And the Pat came from Point After Touchdown. Real name was Greg.

    Nope! His name was George Allen Summerall. See here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Summerall


  • #8
    Hazys
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,510 ✭✭✭Hazys


    Even more Nope!
    The urban legend was his nickname became "Pat" because of the abbreviation for "point after touchdown" that a field-goal kicker was credited for in a game summary. But in a 1997 Dallas Morning News story, Summerall said after his parents divorced, he was taken in by an aunt and uncle who had a son named Mike.
    "My aunt and uncle just started calling me Pat to go with their Mike," said Summerall, referring to frequently named characters in Irish jokes told during that time.

    According to Wikipedia :pac:


  • #9
    TO.
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    boccy23 wrote: »
    Listening to Dan Patrick and an interesting story is that his name wasn't Pat. As you know he was a kicker. And the Pat came from Point After Touchdown. Real name was Greg.

    I thanked your post as I genuinely never knew that. But fook me how wrong was Dan Patrick :D Not only does he get the nickname wrong he can't even get his real name right. :D


  • #10
    heyjude
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,030 ✭✭✭heyjude


    RIP Pat.

    Summerall and Madden were a great combination.


  • #11
    pepperfoot
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31 ✭pepperfoot


    a great loss. truly a great man.


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