Pat Summerall

As the top play-by-play announcer of his generation, sportscaster and NFL placekicker Pat Summerall worked a record 16 Super Bowls. His deep, understated voice with a twinge of southern drawl was also the backdrop for 26 Masters Tournaments and 21 U.S. Opens, but he is most remembered as the smooth straight man to long-time partner John Madden's booming color commentary. Summerall, called the "voice of football" by Madden, received a number of awards for his broadcast work, including 1977 National Sportscaster of the Year and the 1994 Pete Rozelle Radio-Television Award. In 1999 he was inducted into the American Sportscasters Association Hall of Fame. While Summerall was lesser known as an athlete, he spent 10 seasons in the National Football League and in 1958, participated in what would become known as the "Greatest Game Ever Played." After an illustrious career as a broadcaster and football player, Summerall died on April 16, 2013 at 82 years old.