Frank Gifford
Frank Gifford
Francis Newton Giffordwas an American football player and television sports commentator. After a 12-year playing career as a running back and flanker for the New York Giants of the National Football League, he was a play-by-play announcer and commentator for 27 years on ABC's Monday Night Football...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionFootball Player
Date of Birth16 August 1930
CitySanta Monica, CA
CountryUnited States of America
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We spent a lot of time together on Sunday nights before a Monday night game, ... He was always very forthcoming with his information. Some players were testy and tough to deal with, but Steve was very helpful to us despite being much more in demand than other players.
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That was a major thing that he did. They knew it was better for the future of football by sharing the money equally.
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Rosie is a Hall of Fame player, and I wouldn't be in the Hall of Fame if it weren't for him.
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It is wonderful... Steve and Dan took professional football to a whole different level with the way they played the game. The fact that Steve is going in with Dan is very special.
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I was the law and order.
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Before the first year, nobody gave it a chance. Now, 36 years later, everybody knows Monday Night Football.
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We started out as boss and player, and Wellington was almost like my father.
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I had three stages of knowing Wellington Mara. He was my boss for a long time and he was a father figure. And finally, as we got older, he was my friend.
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Pro football is like nuclear warfare. There are no winners, only survivors.
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I remember seeing him play in high school, he was an unbelievable player, ... I remember him as being a great running quarterback.
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I know he had the same emotions and the will to win that I had, ... I'm sure that he imparted some of the guys on his team with the will to win. He never gave less than 100 percent on the field.
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If you had to win a game, it's a toss-up between Steve Young, John Elway and Dan Marino, ... Steve had that one unique quality of scrambling away from pressure, John would lumber for the first down and Dan had an unbelievable arm. It was never over when Steve was on the field; he had the unique ability to do things that were almost impossible. He could lift the entire team with his ability alone.
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I know we're all still suffering the loss of this great man, ... But we can still celebrate his wonderful life.
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I told him to take off the freaking cowboy hat and the dark glasses and nobody would recognize him. But I guess he feels less of an obligation to be there than I do.