American football player and sportscaster (born 1949)
American football player
Dan Dierdorf
No. 72
Position:
Offensive tackle
Personal information
Born:
(1949-06-29) June 29, 1949 (age 74) Canton, Ohio, U.S.
Height:
6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight:
275 lb (125 kg)
Career information
High school:
Canton Glenwood (Plain Township, Ohio)
College:
Michigan (1968–1970)
NFL draft:
1971 / Round: 2 / Pick: 43
Career history
St. Louis Cardinals (1971–1983)
Career highlights and awards
5× First-team All-Pro (1975–1978, 1980)
Second-team All-Pro (1974)
6× Pro Bowl (1974–1978, 1980)
NFL 1970s All-Decade Team
Arizona Cardinals Ring of Honor
Consensus All-American (1970)
Second-team All-America (1969)
2× First-team All-Big Ten (1969, 1970)
Second-team All-Big Ten (1968)
Career NFL statistics
Games played:
160
Games started:
150
Fumble recoveries:
7
Player stats at PFR
Pro Football Hall of Fame
College Football Hall of Fame
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Daniel Lee Dierdorf (born June 29, 1949) is an American sportscaster and former football player. He played 13 seasons (1971–1983) as an offensive tackle for the St. Louis Cardinals of the National Football League (NFL).
Dierdorf played college football for the Michigan Wolverines from 1968 to 1970 and was selected as a consensus All-American in 1970 and a first-team All-Big Ten Conference player in 1969 and 1970. He was inducted into the University of Michigan Athletic Hall of Honor in 1996 and the College Football Hall of Fame in 2000.
Playing in the NFL for St. Louis, he was selected by the National Football League Players Association as the Offensive Lineman of the Year for three consecutive years from 1976 to 1978. Between 1974 and 1980, he played in the Pro Bowl six times and was chosen as a first-team All-Pro five times. He was named to the NFL 1970s All-Decade Team and was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1996.
Since his playing career ended, Dierdorf has worked as a broadcaster. He worked for the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) from 1987 to 1999, including 12 seasons as color analyst on Monday Night Football. He was then part of the NFL on CBS team as an announcer for 15 years from 1999 to 2013. Since 2014, he has been the color analyst for Michigan Wolverines football radio broadcasts. In 2008, Dierdorf received the Pete Rozelle Radio-Television Award from the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Daniel Lee Dierdorf (born June 29, 1949) is an American sportscaster and former football player. He played 13 seasons (1971–1983) as an offensive tackle...
attendance: 63,843 Referee: Johnny Grier TV announcers (CBS): Verne Lundquist, DanDierdorf, and Bonnie Bernstein Recap At the Ravens first home game, Baltimore...
joined by Lynn Swann and O. J. Simpson on color commentary in 1986 and by DanDierdorf for the rest of his run on Monday Night Football) whenever Michaels was...
1977–1985 and later, his Monday Night Football colleagues Frank Gifford and DanDierdorf for the Sugar Bowl from 1989 to 1992), college basketball (normally teaming...
attendance: 71,444 Referee: Walt Coleman TV announcers (CBS): Greg Gumbel and DanDierdorf The Texans began their season at home against the AFC South division...
Referee: Bill Leavy TV announcers (CBS): Greg Gumbel (play-by-play) and DanDierdorf (color commentator) Box score After speculation about the games location...
Bill Raftery Terry Bradshaw John Madden Billy Packer Dan Fouts Randy Cross Jim Spanarkel DanDierdorf Pat Haden Lesley Visser Brad Sham Todd Blackledge Jill...
73,262 Referee: Jeff Triplette TV announcers (CBS): Verne Lundquist, DanDierdorf and Bonnie Bernstein Recap, Game Book Following the release of Lawyer...
play-by-play announcer Al Michaels and color commentators Frank Gifford and DanDierdorf. Lynn Swann reported from the Chargers sideline and Lesley Visser reported...
Michaels, Frank Gifford, and DanDierdorf in the booth (as the 1987 season was the first year the trio was together, with Dierdorf moving to ABC from CBS;...
attendance: 69,144 Referee: Robert Frazer TV announcers (CBS): Greg Gumbel and DanDierdorf For the first time in 5 years, head coach John Harbaugh made his first...
78,726 Referee: Larry Nemmers (20) TV announcers (CBS): Dick Enberg, DanDierdorf, and Bonnie Bernstein Recap, Game Book Week 3: New York Jets at Miami...
Referee: Walt Anderson TV announcers (CBS): Greg Gumbel (play-by-play), DanDierdorf (color commentator) and Tracy Wolfson (sideline reporter) Recap, Gamebook...
Fran Curci, Duffy Daugherty, Steve Davis, DanDierdorf, John Dockery, Forest Evashevski, Rick Forzano, Dan Fouts, Russ Francis, Mike Golic, Lee Grosscup...
offensive guard for the Cardinals from 1972 to 1977, next to hall-of-famer DanDierdorf at right tackle. In those years, the Cardinals had solid offensive lines...
Snyder, DanDierdorf, Terry Bradshaw, and Joe Theismann Brent Musburger XXII January 31, 1988 ABC Al Michaels Frank Gifford and DanDierdorf Jack Whitaker...
attendance: 73,004 Referee: Bernie Kukar TV announcers (CBS): Dick Enberg, DanDierdorf and Bonnie Bernstein Recap, Game Book Week 13: New England Patriots at...
Gordon McCarter TV announcers (ABC): Al Michaels, Frank Gifford and DanDierdorf Recap, Game Book Week 5: Los Angeles Raiders at Kansas City Chiefs –...
play-by-play announcer Al Michaels and color commentators Frank Gifford and DanDierdorf. Keith Jackson hosted the pregame, halftime, and postgame coverage for...
Referee: Dick Hantak TV announcers (ABC): Al Michaels, Frank Gifford, and DanDierdorf Week 2: Dallas Cowboys at New York Giants at Giants Stadium, East Rutherford...
71,154 Referee: Gene Steratore TV announcers (CBS): Greg Gumbel and DanDierdorf With stadium flags lowered to half-mast in remembrance of the passing...
play-by-play announcer Al Michaels and color commentators Frank Gifford and DanDierdorf. Brent Musburger hosted all the events with the help of then-ABC Sports...
October 6 Location: Mile High Stadium Game start: 7:00 pm MDT Referee: Jerry Markbreit TV announcers (ABC): Al Michaels, Frank Gifford and DanDierdorf...
attendance: 70,407 Referee: Ron Winter TV announcers (CBS): Dick Enberg, DanDierdorf and Bonnie Bernstein Recap, Game Book This edition of the rematch series...
Referee: Red Cashion TV announcers (ABC): Al Michaels (play-by-play), DanDierdorf and Frank Gifford (color commentators), Lynn Swann (sideline reporter)...
McElwee TV announcers: (ABC) Al Michaels (play by play), Frank Gifford & DanDierdorf (color commentators) Scoring drives: Pittsburgh – Foster 30 run (Anderson...
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