Despite several overtures, he has never served as coach or a top team executive, or as a major television commentator in the spirit of ex-NFL great John Madden or golf's Johnny Miller.

尽管造过一些声势，但他从未当上过教练或是任何顶级球队的主管，或是有像美国国家美式足球联盟(NFL)前明星球员约翰•麦登(John Madden)或高尔夫球员强尼•米勒(Johnny Miller)那样的劲头，当上大电视台的体育评论员。

youdao

He and John Madden helped give FOX Sports and the NFL on FOX credibility when it launched almost 20 years ago, and for that we'll be forever grateful.

WSJ: Quotes on death of Pat Summerall

"He and John Madden helped give FOX Sports and the NFL on FOX credibility when it launched almost 20 years ago, and for that we'll be forever grateful, " the statement said.

CNN: Pat Summerall, legendary NFL announcer, dies at 82

He was there to induct John Madden, the former head coach and famed NFL analyst as the seventeenth "Raidah, " as Davis put it in his Brooklyn accent, to grab football's highest honor, including the owner himself.

FORBES: A New Test For an Old Raider