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- In late 1990 Summerall was hospitalized with a bleeding ulcer that was aggravated by a toxic combination of painkillers and alcohol. He vowed to give up the drinking that had become part of his life. "I had not had a drink for seven months after the hospital," he said. "Then I said, 'I'm fine.' " He resumed drinking. But it was no longer fun.
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Jun 27, 1992 · In late 1990 Summerall was hospitalized with a bleeding ulcer that was aggravated by a toxic combination of painkillers and alcohol. He vowed to give up the drinking that had become part of his...
Oct 12, 2010 · by Jeff Halpern. LITTLE ROCK — Pat Summerall is a former Arkansas Razorback, former NFL player, broadcasting icon, a member of the Arkansas Sports Hallof Fame and the National Sportscasters and...
Jun 7, 1992 · Summerall is not just an alcoholic. He is a celebrity alcoholic, and an acute one. Anyone who has spent any time around him on the golf circuit knows his drinking started early and ended...
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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 ...
In his book, Summerall: On and Off the Air, he wrote about his faith and his recovery from alcoholism saying "My thirst for alcohol was replaced by a thirst for knowledge about faith and God. I began reading the Bible regularly at the Betty Ford treatment center, and it became a part of my daily life."
Aug 16, 1992 · Late in the 1990 National Football League season, he was hospitalized briefly to treat internal bleeding when he mixed alcohol with medication he was taking for ulcers.
'A Football Life': Pat Summerall overcomes alcoholism. Pat Summerall had a drinking problem toward the end of his broadcasting career, forcing his family to hold an intervention. Find out...