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Jun 27, 1992 · Friends urged Pat Summerall to get help. So did his bosses and co-workers. But Summerall's need to confront the alcoholism that threatened his life and career was crystallized in a letter from his ...
Jun 7, 1992 · In order to stay alive, Summerall, 61, cannot drink anymore. That much is certain. His liver is all but gone. "We're more worried about Pat living than about him coming back to work," said one CBS official. "We're really all sick about this." I would love to believe that Pat Summerall could go back to work and never take another drink.
- Larry Dorman
Oct 12, 2005 · Pat Summerall sounded superb, and looked healthy. "I'm seeing life much clearer through sober eyes, and everything is so much better," said America's most popular play-by-play voice. Six weeks ago ...
Dec 10, 2022 · Pat Summerall’s life is a prime example of it never being too late to change. That is the single most compelling outcome of “On and Off the Air”. Sure, there are plenty of zany sports-laced anecdotes to fill up a few evenings of reading but it is Summerall’s no-nonsense rhetoric detailing his alcohol abuse and subsequent conversion to ...
Oct 12, 2010 · Summerall proud of overcoming addiction, being honest. October 12, 2010 at 5:40 a.m. by Jeff Halpern
Longest field goal: 50. Extra points: 257/265 (97.0%) George Allen " Pat " Summerall (May 10, 1930 – April 16, 2013) was an American football player and television sportscaster who worked for CBS, Fox, and ESPN. In addition to football, he announced major golf and tennis events. Summerall announced 16 Super Bowls on network television (more ...
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Apr 17, 2013 · Pat Summerall died today. He was 82, and it was two days after the end of the 2013 annual Masters golf tournament. The Masters had a special meaning for Summerall. He had been the voice of the Masters for 24 years on CBS, and it was about to come to an end in 1992. That was when he had his epiphany, that moment of truth when he knew that he was in serious trouble with alcohol.
