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Gifford drafted by the national football league's new york giants that same year, and named most valuable player in 1956. throughout gifford's career, teammates resented him for celebrity status especially after their championship win. >> i just never could figure out some of the animosity that i got from players. once i got over the hurt really of that, i just said hell with it and i played my game. >> reporter: in 1960, severe concussion sidelined gifford for the rest of the season. he retired the next year. >> i quit after that year when i did get the blow, because i thought i had three kid...

And don meredith. >> of course, he married kathie lee gifford. >> frank gifford was a football legend and an award winning broadcaster. born in santa monica, california on august 16th, 1930, he went to the university of southern california on a football scholarship where he was named an all-american. he was drafted by the national football league new york giants that same year and named most valuable player in 1956. throughout his career, teammates often resentd him for his celebrity status. >> i never could figure out some of the animosity that i got from players. once i got over the hurt rea...