In total, Summerall has worked 16 Super Bowls on network television, the first five as a game analyst and the rest as the play-by-play man. To further Summerall's astonishing Super Bowl statistics, he also worked on 10 Super Bowl radio broadcasts and has attended all but one since the game was first played in 1967(did not attend Super Bowl VI, January 1972). Summerall and Madden worked eight Super Bowl broadcasts together-more than any other network broadcast team. Their broadcast of Super Bowl XVI in 1982 is still the highest-rated sports program of all time(49!).
The winner of many prestigious awards in recognition of his contribution to professional football, include the Lifetime Achievement Award for Sports by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, the Pro Football Hall of Fame's Pete Rozelle Radio-Television Award, and the NFL Alumni's prestigious Order of the Leather Helmet. In 2002, he received the coveted George Halas Award, which has only been awarded three other times to the founders of the League-Pete Rozelle, George Halas and Art Rooney. Summerall's also earned Sportscaster of the Year honors from the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association, the Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Quarterback Club, the Golden Mike Award from the Touchdown Club of America (1977) and the Association of Tennis Professionals' JAKS Award as Tennis Broadcaster of the Year (1983). He has also received an honorary doctorate degree.
He is Founder of Summerall Sports Ltd and Contributing Partner.of Pat Summerall Productions. He is host of cable television's Champions of Industry and Summerall Success Stories. Pat and wife, Cheri reside in Southlake, Texas with their black lab, Amazing Grace.
The winner of many prestigious awards in recognition of his contribution to professional football, include the Lifetime Achievement Award for Sports by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, the Pro Football Hall of Fame's Pete Rozelle Radio-Television Award, and the NFL Alumni's prestigious Order of the Leather Helmet. In 2002, he received the coveted George Halas Award, which has only been awarded three other times to the founders of the League-Pete Rozelle, George Halas and Art Rooney. Summerall's also earned Sportscaster of the Year honors from the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association, the Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Quarterback Club, the Golden Mike Award from the Touchdown Club of America (1977) and the Association of Tennis Professionals' JAKS Award as Tennis Broadcaster of the Year (1983). He has also received an honorary doctorate degree.
He is Founder of Summerall Sports Ltd and Contributing Partner.of Pat Summerall Productions. He is host of cable television's Champions of Industry and Summerall Success Stories. Pat and wife, Cheri reside in Southlake, Texas with their black lab, Amazing Grace.
