Frank Gifford

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Frank Gifford was an American football star of the 1950s and 1960s who became a prominent sportscaster after his playing career.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf American football player
National Football League player
Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee
human
television sportscaster
allProSelection first-team All-Pro
causeOfDeath natural causes
child Cassidy Gifford
Cody Gifford
collegeAttended University of Southern California
collegeHallOfFameInductionYear 1975
collegeTeam USC Trojans football
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1930-08-16
dateOfDeath 2015-08-09
draftedBy New York Giants
draftPickNumber 11
draftRound 1
draftYear 1952
employer American Broadcasting Company
familyName Gifford
fullName Francis Newton Gifford
genre sports broadcasting
givenName Francis
hallOfFame College Football Hall of Fame
Pro Football Hall of Fame
hallOfFameInductionYear 1977
highSchoolAttended Bakersfield High School
Kern County Union High School
jerseyNumber 16
league National Football League
memberOfSportsTeam New York Giants
mostValuablePlayerAward NFL Most Valuable Player Award
MVPSeason 1956
notableWork Monday Night Football
occupation sportscaster
television personality
placeOfBirth Santa Monica, California, United States
placeOfDeath Greenwich, Connecticut, United States
playedIn NFL Championship Game 1956
positionPlayed defensive back
flanker
halfback
proBowlSelectionCount 8
religion Christianity
role play-by-play announcer
spouse Astrid Lindley
Kathie Lee Gifford
Maxine Avis Ewart
won NFL Championship 1956


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