lot of things for charity. Now my own network is bailing out on me and taking me off the air. After 20 years at CBS, I deserve better than this." The apology was accepted by the university and university president Donald Swain invited Brookshier to be the featured speaker at the school's annual football kickoff luncheon in Clarksville, Indiana on August 2, 1984. Brookshier was reinstated in CBS's announcing lineup for the 1984 season, continuing as a network commentator through 1987. Later life In 1989, he hosted the morning show of the then-nascent 610 WIP sports format; the program was called Breakfast with Brookshier, before he was paired with Angelo Cataldi and the program re-dubbed Brookie and the Rookie, and then finally simply Brookshier and Cataldi. He left broadcasting and was last known to be working as a consultant for CB Richard Ellis, an international commercial real-estate firm. Brookshier died of cancer at Lankenau Medical Center on January 29, 2010. The Broadcast Pioneers of Philadelphia inducted Brookshier into their Hall of Fame in 2007. References External links 1931 births 2010 deaths Air Force Falcons football coaches American football defensive backs American television reporters and correspondents American television sports announcers Baseball players from New Mexico Boxing commentators Deaths from cancer in Pennsylvania College football announcers Colorado Buffaloes football players Eastern Conference Pro Bowl players National Football League announcers NFL Films people People from Roswell, New Mexico Players of American football from New Mexico Philadelphia Eagles announcers Philadelphia Eagles players Roswell Rockets players National Football League players with retired numbers