Frank Gifford Biography

Fast Facts

• Moved 47 times before entering high school, due to being the son of an itinerant oil worker
• Was All-American running back at USC
• Considered becoming an actor and did movie stunt work while in college and took bit film parts early in his NFL career
• Was first-round NFL draft pick (11th overall) of the New York Giants in 1952; received a $250 signing bonus
• Played in eight Pro Bowls and was the NFL's most valuable player in 1956, when the Giants won the NFL championship
• Retired from NFL for 18 months after suffering a concussion and two fractured vertebrae in 1960; came out of retirement in 1962 and was named NFL's Comeback Player of the Year
• Retired for second time after the 1964 NFL season and entered broadcasting; was play-by-play announcer on Monday Night Football from 1971-98; covered Summer and Winter Olympics from 1972-84
• Enshrined into Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1977
• New York Giants retired his No
• 16 jersey in 2000