Frank Gifford dies

[LagoonGator68]

7 days short of 85th birthday this a.m. at his Conn. home.

 

[rogdochar]

Sad. RIP.

 

[GatorBart]

I thought he was already dead. A legend in football/announcing. Monday night football was at it's finest when Frank was part of the team.

 

[ufgator812]

The best MNF team.

 

[TN G8tr]

RIP. I will never forget those old MNF games.

 

[LagoonGator68]

MNF was never the same after those guys

 

[Gatordiddy]

Yeah they went through quite a few after that crew retired.
Dandy Don would start singing: "Turn out the lights - the party's over"
And give Howard the occasional kiss on the cheek or top of the head.
Frank always played the straight man.

Quite a few tried to fill their shoes (Tony Kornheiser, Dennis Miller, Gruden) but couldn't do it.

And to think Keith Jackson actually kicked it all off in 1970.
RIP Frank

 

[NVGator]

MNF was never the same after those guys

Are you saying you weren't a fan of Gruden or Miller?

 

[MJMGator]

RIP

 

[t-gator]

Who's Frank Gifford?

 

[itsgr82bag8r]

Who's Frank Gifford?

Always an ahole in the group.....





Rest easy Frank. You'll be missed.

 

[NavetG8r]

RIP Giff.

 

[Okeechobee Joe]

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Frank Gifford was an All-American at Southern Cal and an NFL Hall of Famer playing for the New York Giants. Number 16 caught many passes from former SEC quarterbacks Charley Connerly of Ole Miss and Y. A. Tittle of LSU. Frank Gifford was involved in one of the most iconic plays in NFL history when Chuck Badnarik of the Philadelphia Eagles knocked him unconscious. Gifford missed the rest of the season and all of the next season but came back to win the Comeback Player of the Year Award.

Gifford earned fame and stardom at Southern Cal. Because of his Hollywood good looks he became something of a glamour boy and appeared in a lot of television commercials. But he never got the big head maybe because he was raised by a poor family from Bakersfield. Gifford was a ball carrying halfback, pass receiver, and in his early pro football days played two-way as a defensive back. He earned the respect of his New York Giant teammates by his football ability and the respect he gave others.

 

[Gatorbreath]

Ya know, sometimes it seems with each day, another piece of my childhood passes on. I can vividly remember arguing with my parents in the '70s to watch some of MNF and at most I'd get to watch until 9:30 (unless they weren't paying attention to the time - which might have gotten me to 9:45 or so). Those '70s rivalries, and the players back then, just somehow seem, better. Not better players per se - the guys today seem so much bigger and faster - it just seemed like a better time. And that MNF group - Frank, Don and Howard was the best. In fact, I can't remember the last time I bothered to watch MNF. It's just not an event anymore.

RIP, Gif. You surely seemed like one of the good guys.

 

[rogdochar]

Of course today's MNF isn't the same. Back then you could rely on the PSI of the footballs.

 

[stephenPE]

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Frank Gifford was an All-American at Southern Cal and an NFL Hall of Famer playing for the New York Giants. Number 16 caught many passes from former SEC quarterbacks Charley Connerly of Ole Miss and Y. A. Tittle of LSU. Frank Gifford was involved in one of the most iconic plays in NFL history when Chuck Badnarik of the Philadelphia Eagles knocked him unconscious. Gifford missed the rest of the season and all of the next season but came back to win the Comeback Player of the Year Award.

Gifford earned fame and stardom at Southern Cal. Because of his Hollywood good looks he became something of a glamour boy and appeared in a lot of television commercials. But he never got the big head maybe because he was raised by a poor family from Bakersfield. Gifford was a ball carrying halfback, pass receiver, and in his early pro football days played two-way as a defensive back. He earned the respect of his New York Giant teammates by his football ability and the respect he gave others.

I was trying to remember who hit him with my friend tonite. All I could think of was Sam Huff but he was a Giant I think. Frank was the perfect moderator for Don and Howard. Great times back then

 

[PatDooleySucks]

He did MEN the ultimate favor by marrying that crazy azz expletive so no other male would have to. Took one for all of us ...

 

[78]

Monday night, the Rat and MNF. Those were some good times. Thank God I didn't have any early Tuesday classes.

 

[oxrageous]

Frank stated many times he only had sex with two women in his entire life - his two wonderful wives. And he didn't touch either one of them until his wedding nights. The man showed remarkable restraint throughout his life, as he could have been with a lot of women.

 

[MissouriGator]

Well he had a good life and a hot wife. RIP.