ESPN's "Monday Night Football" crew honored late pro football Hall of Famer Frank Gifford Monday night by donning the gold jackets he wore in the booth with Howard Cosell and Don Meredith in the 1970s.
Commentators Jon Gruden and Mike Tirico donned gold jacket for Monday night's broadcast of a game between the Philadelphia Eagles and the San Francisco 49ers in honor of Gifford, who died at 84 last month.
Gruden and Tirico wearing gold jackets in honor of Frank Gifford. pic.twitter.com/R6Ad8EfoeT — ESPN Monday Night (@ESPNMondayNight) September 14, 2015
The Giants, where Gifford spent his entire NFL career, honored him with a black helmet decal for their game against the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday.
Gifford played his entire career in the NFL with the Giants and was a centerpiece of the team in the 1950s and 1960s. He was named the league's Most Valuable Player in 1956 as he led the team to an NFL championship.
After he retired, he began a long broadcasting career. He spent nearly 30 years working in the booth with "Monday Night Football" and was also the host of ABC's "Wide World of Sports."
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Gifford is one of a handful of men who have been honored by the NFL Hall of Fame twice. He was inducted as a player with the Class of 1977 (along with Gale Sayers, Bart Starr, Forrest Gregg and Bill Willis).
He was later honored with the Pete Rozelle Radio-TV Award for his work on ABC's "Monday Night Football," putting him on a short list (with John Madden and Dan Dierdorf) of men who have been recognized by the Hall of Fame twice.
Gifford, who was born in California in 1930, spent his retirement in Connecticut. He was the husband of Kathy Lee Gifford, a host for NBC's "Today."
