Tag Archives: Monday Night Football
Frank Gifford
Frank Gifford (Pro football. Born, Bakersfield, CA, Aug. 16, 1930.) Joining the New York Giants as the team’s No. 1 draft pick in 1952, Frank Gifford started his N.F.L. career as a defensive back, but by the time he ended his career in 1964 he was the leading scorer in Giants history with 484 points. […]
Chet Forte
Chet Forte (College basketball and television. Born, Hackensack, NJ, Aug. 7, 1935; died, San Diego, CA, May 18, 1996.) One of the most celebrated sports directors of his time and a college basketball star despite standing only 5’9”, Folvio Chester Forte lived life to the fullest. At Columbia, he became the first player ever to […]
Howard Cosell
Howard Cosell (Sportscaster. Born, Winston-Salem, NC, Mar. 25, 1918; died, New York, NY, Apr. 23, 1995.) A truly flamboyant character, Howard Cosell, born Howard William Cohen, forsook his legal training in favor of a career behind the microphone and, more importantly, in front of a camera. Cosell, an N.Y.U. and N.Y.U. Law graduate, began his […]
Roone Arledge
Roone Arledge (Television sports. Born, Forest Hills, NY, July 8, 1931; died, New York, NY, Dec. 5, 2002.) As the originator of “Wide World of Sports” and Monday Night Football for ABC-TV Sports, Roone Pinckney Arledge was a formative figure in the development of sports television. After graduating from Columbia in 1953, Arledge joined the DuMont […]
