Daniel Lee Dierdorf was born on June 29,1949 and is an American sportscaster and former professional football player.
43 Facts About Dan Dierdorf
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Dan Dierdorf played 13 seasons as an offensive tackle for the St Louis Cardinals of the National Football League.
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Dan Dierdorf was inducted into the University of Michigan Athletic Hall of Honor in 1996 and the College Football Hall of Fame in 2000.
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Dan Dierdorf was named to the NFL 1970s All-Decade Team and was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1996.
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Dan Dierdorf worked for the American Broadcasting Company from 1987 to 1999, including 12 seasons as color analyst on Monday Night Football.
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Dan Dierdorf was then part of the NFL on CBS team as an announcer for 15 years from 1999 to 2013.
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In 2008, Dan Dierdorf received the Pete Rozelle Radio-Television Award from the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
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Dan Dierdorf was born in 1949 in Canton, Ohio, the son of John and Evelyn Dan Dierdorf.
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Dan Dierdorf grew up near the site of the Pro Football Hall of Fame and watched as a boy as the museum was under construction.
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Dan Dierdorf's father worked much of his life for the Hoover Vacuum Company, which was headquartered in North Canton.
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Dan Dierdorf attended Glenwood High School in Canton.
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Dan Dierdorf played football and competed in the discus throw and shot put while in high school.
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Dan Dierdorf enrolled at the University of Michigan in 1967, having been recruited by Michigan Wolverines football coach Bump Elliott.
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Dan Dierdorf played on both offense and defense for Michigan's all-freshman football team in 1967.
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In Michigan's victory over Wisconsin, Dan Dierdorf played a key role blocking for Ron Johnson as Johnson set an NCAA record with 347 rushing yards and a Big Ten record with five rushing touchdowns.
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Dan Dierdorf was credited with opening gaping holes on three of Johnson's touchdown runs.
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Dan Dierdorf started seven games at right offensive tackle and one at left offensive tackle.
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Dan Dierdorf was selected by both the Associated Press and United Press International as a first-team player on the 1969 All-Big Ten Conference football team.
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Dan Dierdorf received second-team All-American honors from the Central Press.
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Dan Dierdorf was selected by the St Louis Cardinals in the second round of the 1971 NFL Draft.
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Dan Dierdorf played at the offensive guard and offensive tackle positions in 1971 and 1972 before settling in at the offensive tackle in 1973.
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In 1978, Dan Dierdorf started all 16 games at right tackle for the Cardinals.
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Dan Dierdorf was selected by the National Football League Players Association as the Offensive Lineman of the Year for three consecutive years from 1976 to 1978.
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Dan Dierdorf did not allow a sack during the entire 1976 and 1977 seasons.
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Dan Dierdorf's streak ended in the first game of the 1978 season when Chicago Bears defensive end Tommy Hart tallied two sacks against Dierdorf.
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Dan Dierdorf had not given up a sack since the 1975 NFC Divisional playoff game when Jack Youngblood sacked Jim Hart.
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Dan Dierdorf was selected to play in the Pro Bowl for five consecutive years from 1974 to 1978.
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Dan Dierdorf received first-team All-NFL honors as follows: in 1975 from the Pro Football Writers Association ; in 1976 from the Associated Press, PFWA, Newspaper Enterprise Association, and Pro Football Weekly ; in 1977 from AP, PFWA, NEA, and PFW; and in 1978 from AP, PFWA, NEA, PFW.
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Dan Dierdorf won the Forrest Gregg Award for NFL Offensive Lineman of the Year in 1975.
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On September 9,1979, Dan Dierdorf sustained torn ligaments in his left knee during an extra point attempt in the second quarter of the second game of the season against the New York Giants.
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Dan Dierdorf returned to the Cardinals in 1980, starting all 16 games for the team at right tackle in both the 1980 and 1981 seasons.
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In 1982, Dan Dierdorf moved to center and was the starter at that position for all nine games in a strike-shortened season.
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In 1983, Dan Dierdorf returned to his right tackle position and appeared in seven games, only four as a starter.
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In January 1984, after retiring as a player, Dan Dierdorf was hired as an afternoon talk show host by KMOX radio in St Louis.
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Dan Dierdorf worked on CBS broadcasts of NFL games in 1985 and 1986.
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Dan Dierdorf spent 12 seasons on Monday Night Football before resigning the post in early 1999.
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Dan Dierdorf partnered up with Kevin Harlan in week 1 of 2001, Ian Eagle in week 1 of 2002, and Todd Blackledge in week 1 of 2004 while Enberg was covering the US Open tennis on CBS.
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Dan Dierdorf remained paired with Gumbel for eight seasons from 2006 to 2013.
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On November 20,2013, Dan Dierdorf announced that the 2013 NFL season would be his last as an analyst.
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Dan Dierdorf was paired with former college teammate Jim Brandstatter, who did play-by-play, on Michigan games.
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In 1994 and 1995, Dan Dierdorf was a finalist for election to the Pro Football Hall of Fame, but he narrowly missed the required 29 votes on both occasions.
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Dan Dierdorf was the co-proprietor, along with former Cardinals quarterback Jim Hart, of Dan Dierdorf and Hart's, a St Louis steakhouse which closed in 2013 after almost 30 years in business.
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Dan Dierdorf is one of the investors of KTRS radio in St Louis.