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Cross was a seventh-round defensive back pick out of Northwestern by Philadelphia in 1961 and went to two Pro Bowls as an Eagle. Also played for the Rams. But of course he's most well known for being the first African American commentator in NFL history and had an outstanding 14-year run on the greatest pregame show of all time: https://youtu.be/4vMA22xJEcQ
For Irv Cross, the eighth of 15 children in an impoverished family in Hammond, Ind., football was a lifeline, a gateway to a Northwestern degree, a pro career and the first full-time sports analyst job on network television for a Black man.
For Irv Cross, the eighth of 15 children in an impoverished family in Hammond, Ind., football was a lifeline, a gateway to a Northwestern degree, a pro career and the first full-time sports analyst job on network television for a Black man. But Cross — whose death at 81 on Sunday near his home in Roseville, Minn., was announced by the Philadelphia Eagles — paid a price too. No cause of death ...
Paul J. Maher, political and community leader, 87, of Wilkes-Barre, passed away peacefully on Friday, Feb. 19, 2021.
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