( CNN ) -- Pat Summerall , the football player turned legendary play-by-play announcer , died Tuesday . He was 82 . He was best known as a broadcaster for teaming with former NFL coach John Madden for 22 years . Summerall also worked for years alongside former player Tom Brookshier and became the voice of the NFL in the 1970s and 1980s , calling most of the league 's signature games . Summerall called games for CBS , Fox and ESPN and worked more than 10 Super Bowls . As a player , he was a placekicker and played 10 seasons for the Chicago Cardinals and New York Giants from 1952 to 1961 . He scored more than 500 points as an NFL player . Summerall died Tuesday of cardiac arrest , said Jeff Carlton , a spokesman for the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center . His powerful and eloquent voice was well-known to thousands of football fans , Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said . `` For a man who could dramatically capture a moment with very few words , '' Jones said , `` there simply are n't enough words to adequately describe what he meant to sports and broadcasting in this country . '' Jones described Summerall as `` royalty in the broadcast booth . '' `` He was respected and admired by players , coaches , commissioners and presidents of our country -- and always a gentleman -- someone who had time for the fans in the parking lot after the game , '' he said in a written statement . Fox Sports described Summerall as `` an icon in his profession '' and `` the voice that defined the NFL on television for generations of fans . '' `` He and John Madden helped give FOX Sports and the NFL on FOX credibility when it launched almost 20 years ago , and for that we 'll be forever grateful , '' the statement said . Madden called Summerall a longtime friend . `` We never had one argument , and that was because of Pat . He was a great broadcaster and a great man . He always had a joke . Pat never complained , and we never had an unhappy moment . He was something very special , '' Madden said . `` Pat Summerall is the voice of football and always will be . '' CNN 's Janet DiGiacomo contributed to this report .
Hospital spokesman : Pat Summerall dies of cardiac arrest at age 82 . Fans , friends mourn the football player turned legendary play-by-play announcer . Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones says Summerall was `` royalty in the broadcast booth '' John Madden : `` Pat Summerall is the voice of football and always will be ''