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Tom Brookshier
American football player, coach and sportscaster (1931–2010)
American football player
Thomas Jefferson Brookshier (; December 16, 1931 – January 29, 2010) was an American football player, coach, and sportscaster. He played as a cornerback with the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League (NFL) for seven seasons, from 1953 to 1961. He later paired with Pat Summerall on the primary broadcast team for NFL games on CBS during the 1970s.
Early life
[edit]Born and raised in Roswell, New Mexico, Brookshier graduated from Roswell High School in 1949. At RHS, he received all-state honors in football, basketball, and baseball.
As a three-year letterman in football at the University of Colorado (1950–52), he was a defensive back, fullback, and return specialist.[1] One of his gridiron teammates was astronaut Jack Swigert, a crew member of the ill-fated Apollo 13 mission in 1970, and a congressman-elect in 1982.[2]
Brookshier was also a relief pitcher on the CU baseball team,[1] and played one season of minor league baseball in 1954 for the Roswell Rockets of the class-D Longhorn League.
NFL career
[edit]A tenth-round selection (117th overall) in the 1953 NFL draft, Brookshier played defensive back for the Ph
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Legends of the Sun Bowl
Tom Brookshier 1997
CBS Sports Broadcaster
1973, 1977-1981
Tom Brookshier is a 1953 graduate of the University of Colorado. He was a backfield coach for two years at the Air Force Academy while serving as a lieutenant in the USAF and later starred for nine years (1953-1961) in the NFL with the Philadelphia Eagles as a defensive back. The Eagles honored him by having his number 40 retired. In 1962 he began his broadcasting career at WCAU radio and television in Philadelphia and subsequently became a football analyst with CBS Sports, working NFL regular season games, Super Bowls VI and XVII, and numerous Blue-Gray, Cotton, Sun, and Pro Bowl games. In 1977 he teamed with Pat Summerall to form the most illustrious Sun Bowl broadcast team ever. Like his celebrated broadcast partner of that era, Brookshier has received numerous athletic, broadcasting, and civic awards. He is enshrined in the University of Colorado Hall of Fame, Pennsylvania’s Hall of Fame, and the Philadelphia Eagles All-Time Honor Role. His awards include the Washington Touchdown Club Outstanding Broadcaster, the Bert Bell Award, Emmy awards for outstanding live sports series and CBS commentator, and the Philadelphia Sportswriters Association.
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