Frank Gifford, a Hall of Fame running back and receiver who personified the Giants’ glory years of the late 1950s and early ’60s and then became the low-key play-by-play voice of ABC’s “Monday Night Football,” teaming with the contentious Howard Cosell and the country-boy presence of Don Meredith in a broadcasting team that became must-see programming for much of America, died at his home in Connecticut on Sunday. He was 84.
His family confirmed his death in a statement.
When Mr. Gifford, an all-American from the University of Southern California, joined the Giants in 1952, professional football was overshadowed by the college game and Major League Baseball.