RIP Frank Gifford

**TheOrioleWay** · 08-09-2015, 03:33 PM

Those were the classic days of MNF. RIP.

**HoustonRaven** · 08-09-2015, 04:08 PM

Oh man. Very sad. His voice was the football soundtrack of my youth.

**Rxdoxx** · 08-09-2015, 04:28 PM

84 yrs old, 8 years older than Dandy Don who he teamed up with in 1971 replacing Keith Jackson
He and Don worked together 11 years (not in a row Alex Karas was there for 2)
1971 to 1997 on MNF, definitely a voice most of us knew and liked
RIP

**GOTA** · 08-09-2015, 05:16 PM

Giiford was a Pro Bowler on offense and defense. He was also the league MVP and a Hall of Famer. As a football player there are few who did as much as Frank Gifford. RIP

**moose10101** · 08-09-2015, 08:09 PM

Originally Posted by GOTA

Giiford was a Pro Bowler on offense and defense. He was also the league MVP and a Hall of Famer. As a football player there are few who did as much as Frank Gifford. RIP

And he made the Pro Bowl at two positions on offense. But many people know him as the player who took the devastating hit from Chuck Bednarik that put him out of football for a year and a half in the prime of his career.

**CincyCat** · 08-09-2015, 08:13 PM

Originally Posted by HoustonRaven

Oh man. Very sad. His voice was the football soundtrack of my youth.

Very well stated. I can hear it playing in my head.

**blah3** · 08-10-2015, 07:56 AM

Equally accomplished as a player and a broadcaster. HOF as both. One of the original golden boys of football.

**trailhiker85** · 08-10-2015, 08:51 AM

Will always remember Gifford as the serious member of the MNF trio, calling the games amidst the banter of Cosell and Meredith. And it all somehow worked. Terrific player and broadcaster.

**alien bird** · 08-10-2015, 08:59 AM

That's the last of that great announcing team. I guess we can turn out the lights. The party is truly over.

**pslholder96** · 08-10-2015, 11:30 AM

The voice of MNF football along with Howard Cossell. Can still vividly remember their voices. Used to get amped up every Monday night.

**Ravenswintitle** · 08-10-2015, 12:02 PM

Back in those days MNF was the only prime time game. It was a big deal and he was very good at his job. RIP

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**lovefootball** · 08-10-2015, 02:46 PM

Originally Posted by Ravenswintitle

Back in those days MNF was the only prime time game. It was a big deal and he was very good at his job. RIP

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Man, age has caught up with a lot of great guys. We now can add Gifford to the long list of people who left their mark on us. Those evenings were great with the banter between those 3 guys and what was happening on the field. We were privileged as fans back then to watch the people who helped put football were it is today.