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| Dan Dierdorf |
CBS Sports' Dan Dierdorf, the longest-tenured NFL analyst in
television, will retire after the 2013 season. Dierdorf, a Hall-of-Fame player
and broadcaster, has been around the NFL for the last 43 years.
After a 13-year career as an offensive lineman with the St.
Louis Cardinals, Dierdorf stepped into the booth and has been there for the
last 30 years.
“I have been blessed to spend my entire life in the game I
love," Dierdorf said. “I had an opportunity to go from the field directly
to the broadcast booth where I have had the privilege of working with the
giants of our business including Ray Scott, Lindsey Nelson, Jack Buck, Dick
Stockton, Al Michaels, Frank Gifford, Verne Lundquist, Dick Enberg and lastly,
my partner, Greg Gumbel. It has become a challenge for me to travel to a
different NFL city every week, so it's time to step aside. This has been a
wonderful ride as I really have lived the dream."
"For 43 NFL seasons Dan Dierdorf has been a consummate
professional both on the field and in the broadcast booth,” said Sean McManus,
Chairman, CBS Sports. “Very few people in any profession can boast a Hall of
Fame playing career and Hall of Fame broadcasting career. Dan, without
question, is one of them. His CBS Sports family will miss him on Sundays, but
we wish him all the best in his retirement."
Dierdorf was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in
1996 and is the recipient of the 2008 HOF Pete Rozelle Radio-Television Award
for excellence in broadcasting. Dierdorf, John Madden, Frank Gifford and Len
Dawson are the only Hall of Fame members to also receive the Rozelle award.
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