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Play-by-play broadcaster Mike Patrick has passed away. He was 80.
An official cause of death has not been announced yet. However, it allegedly died of natural causes.
According to ESPN, Patrick passed away on Sunday. However, it wasn’t until Tuesday that his death was announced.
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“Mike Patrick called countless significant events over decades at ESPN and is one of the most influential on-air voices in our history,” Burke Magnus, president of content for ESPN, said. “In addition to calling ESPN’s first-ever regular season NFL game and voicing the ‘Sunday Night Football’ franchise for 18 seasons, Mike’s work on college sports was exceptional.
“For 36 years, he called football and men’s and women’s basketball, including the Women’s Final Four and so many historic matchups between ACC rivals Duke and UNC. Our deepest condolences to Mike’s family and his many friends throughout the industry.”
His broadcasting career dates back to 1966. However, he is mostly remembered for his time at ESPN.
He worked for ESPN for nearly four decades, as he worked in a variety of sporting events. He also served as the Sunday Night Football host for 18 seasons.
Patrick retired from ESPN on February 21st, 2018, after working for the company for 35 years. Outside of covering the NFL, he also worked on men’s and women’s basketball games, the College World Series, and also worked for the Monday Night Football package.
He worked as a Saturday college football play-by-play broadcaster for ESPN/ABC from 2009 through 2017.
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“I’m so sorry to learn about the passing of Mike Patrick,” ESPN’s college basketball legendary voice Dick Vitale said. “I called him Mr. ACC as he had a great love for doing the big ACC games. Mike had great energy and a keen knowledge of ACC basketball, and I truly enjoyed sitting next to him calling so many special games over the years.”
With Sunday Night Football, he was their play-by-play host with Paul Maguire and Joe Theismann from 1987 through 2005. In 2004, Patrick was not able to call games due to surgery and was replaced by the legendary voice Paul Summerall.
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