Thomas Jefferson Brookshier was an American professional football player, coach, and sportscaster.
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10 Facts About Tom Brookshier
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Tom Brookshier was a starting defensive back for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League for seven seasons, from 1953 to 1961.
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Tom Brookshier later paired with Pat Summerall on the primary broadcast team for NFL games on CBS during the 1970s.
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Tom Brookshier was a relief pitcher on the CU baseball team, and played one season of minor league baseball in 1954 for the Roswell Rockets of the class-D Longhorn League.
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Tenth-round selection in the 1953 NFL Draft, Tom Brookshier played defensive back for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League from 1953 to 1961, missing both the 1954 and 1955 seasons to serve in the United States Air Force.
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Tom Brookshier began sportscasting for WCAU-AM-FM-TV in Philadelphia in 1962, and became the station's sports director the following He joined CBS in 1965 as a color commentator for Eagles telecasts, and continued to call regional action after the network moved away from dedicated team announcers in 1968.
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Tom Brookshier worked pre- and post-game shows for four other Super Bowls.
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Tom Brookshier was reinstated in CBS's announcing lineup for the 1984 season, continuing as a network commentator through 1987.
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Tom Brookshier left broadcasting and was last known to be working as a consultant for CB Richard Ellis, an international commercial real-estate firm.
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Tom Brookshier died of cancer at Lankenau Medical Center on January 29,2010.
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