years, New York captured the NFL's Eastern Division championship, a third consecutive in 1963, but fell in each of the title games. Sportscasting career While in the NFL, Rote spent the offseasons as the sports director for radio station WNEW. In the 1960s and early 1970s, like his former Giant teammates Frank Gifford, Pat Summerall, and Thomas Conlin, he enjoyed a second career as a sportscaster, working at NBC and WNBC New York on radio and television. Rote is generally believed to be the first athlete to use the popular slogan, "You cannot stop a great player like (ex. Jim Brown), you can only hope to contain him." The phrase is now used commonly to describe different players, and was made popular by former ESPN Sportscaster Dan Patrick, albeit jokingly, using the line to describe marginal competitors. Personal life Rote and his first wife, Elizabeth Jeanette Jamison, married in 1949 and had four children – Kyle, Gary, Chris, and Elizabeth. His oldest son, Kyle Rote, Jr., was one of the first notable soccer stars from the United States. He said of his father, "To me the most remarkable thing about him from a football standpoint was that he had fourteen teammates who named their sons after him." In 1965, Rote married Sharon Ritchie (Miss America 1956); they were divorced in 1973. Rote married Betty-Nina Langmack in 1976. Rote was the cousin of Tobin Rote, a multi-championship winning and record holding AFL and NFL quarterback. Rote authored the books, Pro Football for the Fans and The Language of Pro Football, and wrote the Giants Fight Song. He also published two volumes of poetry, was an ASCAP songwriter, accomplished pianist, and oil painter having a number of his works shown at museums throughout the United States. See also History of the New York Giants (1925–1978) References External links Kyle Rote Facebook page, maintained by the Rote family Texas State Historical Association, The History of Texas Online, William Kyle Rote, Sr. Kyle Rote's Short Sweet Minor League Career Kyle Rote: Greatest Moments in SMU Mustang's History Popular Giant Rote Dies at 73, ESPN Giants' reactions to Rote's death, Sports Illustrated NY Giants All-Time Teams by era 1928 births 2002 deaths Jefferson High School (San Antonio, Texas) alumni All-American college football players American Football League announcers American football running backs Methodists from Texas College football announcers College Football Hall of Fame inductees Eastern Conference