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Bob Trumpy, who parlayed a 10-year career in the NFL as a tight end with the Cincinnati Bengals into a Hall of Fame broadcasting career, has died. He was 80. Trumpy caught the first touchdown pass in the history of the Bengals franchise in 1968, when the team was a member of the American Football League. Over the next decade, Trumpy would make two AFL All-Star teams and two NFL Pro Bowls. He retired as a player after the 1977 season. More news: Super Bowl Champion, Two-Time All-Star, Dies Trumpy began his long national broadcasting career in 1978 as an NFL color analyst for NBC Sports. He held the role until 1997, paired with Dick Enberg on NBC's top announcing crew. The duo called Super Bowls XXVII and XXVIII. Trumpy received the Pro Football Hall of Fame's Pete Rozelle Radio & Television Award in 2014 for "longtime exceptional contributions to radio and television in professional football." More to come on this story from Newsweek Sports.
