Tribute: Frank Gifford
The Leonard Lopate Show | Aug 11, 2015
Frank Gifford was born the son of an oil-field worker during the Great Depression. By the time he was in high school, the family had moved 47 times. Gifford played for the New York Giants for his entire NFL career. In 1960, his playing days nearly ended after a brutal injury. A decade later, he was a television star, appearing in ads for Lucky Strike cigarettes and Vitalis hair tonic.
His television career skyrocketed as the play-by-play man of ABC's "Monday Night Football." He was on our show on on November 10th, 2008, to discuss his book about the dramatic 1958 NFL Championship game between the Giants and the Baltimore Colts, The Glory Game. We bring you that interview here.
He died Sunday, August 9, 2015 at age 84.
