Don Meredith

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Don Meredith, Howard Cosell, and Frank Gifford sit together in ABC blazers, with Cosell holding a microphone, as Monday Night Football announcers around 1971.

Don Meredith

American football player and broadcaster

Also known as: Joseph Donald Meredith

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…Keith Jackson and colour commentator Don Meredith, who had retired as the quarterback of the Dallas Cowboys in 1968. In the program’s second year, former New York Giant and future Pro Football Hall of Famer Frank Gifford replaced Jackson. According to The New York Times, this combination was “the most…
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…Keith Jackson and colour commentator Don Meredith, who had retired as the quarterback of the Dallas Cowboys in 1968. In the program’s second year, former New York Giant and future Pro Football Hall of Famer Frank Gifford replaced Jackson. According to The New York Times, this combination was “the most…
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