Frank Gifford — American Athlete born on August 16, 1930, died on August 09, 2015

Francis Newton "Frank" Gifford was 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... (wikipedia)

Before the first year, nobody gave it a chance. Now, 36 years later, everybody knows Monday Night Football.
Gray skies are just clouds passing over.
Pro football is like nuclear warfare. There are no winners, only survivors.
Oh how sweet it is to hear one's own convictions from another's lips.
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.