The sport of football has lost two ‘old-timey’ legends over the last 24 hours.
Yesterday former Detroit Lions all-star turned Webster’s father, Alex Karras passed away.
Today we lost legendary media personality, Beano Cook. (Link)
Beano Cook, a longtime staple of the Pittsburgh sports scene and an ESPN college football studio commentator since 1986, has died. He was 81.
Cook, a 1954 University of Pittsburgh grad, began his career as a sports publicist for the school from 1956-66. He later worked with a number of organizations, including the Pittsburgh Civic Arena.
Beano Cook’s breadth of knowledge of the history of the college game earned him the moniker, the “Cardinal of College Football.” Cook was a studio commentator for ABC from 1982-85 before joining ESPN. He also worked as ABC’s press director from 1966-74, and for the St. Petersburg Times newspaper, as well as the Miami Dolphins. He also worked as a publicist for CBS Sports.
