Summerall: On and Off the Air

Summerall, Pat

ISBN 10: 0785214925 / ISBN 13: 9780785214922

Published by Thomas Nelson, U.S.A., 2006

About this Item

1st Edition/1st Printing (complete number line). SIGNED by Pat Summerall on a bookplate affixed to front end page (signature only). some page age-toning. DJ mylar protected. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Seller Inventory # 024778

Bibliographic Details

Title: Summerall: On and Off the Air

Publisher: Thomas Nelson, U.S.A.

Publication Date: 2006

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine

Signed: Signed by Author

Edition: 1st Edition

About this title

Synopsis:

For more than three decades, countless millions of sports fans have welcomed him into their living rooms. Now, broadcasting legend Pat Summerall is granting you more intimate access into his extraordinary life.

This is the voice of Pat Summerall as you've never heard it before. Personal. Revealing. And willing to share with you equally his career victories and private defeats.

Here, Summerall calls the plays of his own life story. It is a story of sports, celebrity, and alcoholism. But, ultimately, the story that Pat Summerall shares from his life is one of spiritual healing and redemptive faith.

About the Author:

Pat Summerall is the signature voice of sports broadcasting in America. As a professional football player, Pat was best known as the kicker for the legendary New York Giants of the late 50's and '60's. After his retirement from the gridiron, he became the mainstay of the CBS Sports broadcasting team for 32 years. In addition to football coverage, he was the network's signature voice for its golf coverage, including the Masters®, the U.S. Open Tennis Championships, the NBA and five Heavyweight Championship Fights. At the same time he also served as host of CBS's four-hour news program that aired six mornings a week. In 1999 Summerall was inducted into the American Sportscaster's Association's Hall of Fame.