By Bob Berry

What an extraordinary life!

College All-American, in Los Angeles for the USC Trojans. An All-Pro, MVP, Hall of Fame career with the New York Football Giants.

A King of New York, when he retired in 1964

What an extraordinary life Frank Gifford led, and he was only getting started.

Broadcasting, first for CBS Sports, part of the “Tiffany Network. And then the legendary years at ABC Sports, the Tiffany of Network  Sports. Monday Night Football, Evel Knievel at Wembley Stadium, the Olympics, Summer and Winter, downhill skiing with Bob Beattie. And yes, some off the wall stuff for Wide World Of Sports, because Roone Arledge expected his boys to cover it all. And, oh by the way, Frank Gifford filled-in as host for Good Morning America.

Call it King of New York, Volume 2.

Frank Gifford passed away this morning, a week shy of his 85 birthday. What an extraordinary life. And the damndest thing was, he made it all look so easy.

R.I.P., Giff.