Bob Trumpy , a pro football player-turned-Hall of Fame announcer who did color commentary on four Super Bowls, three Olympics and other events for NBC during a 30-year career in the booth, has died. He was 80. His former NFL team The Cincinnati Bengals said he died peacefully at his home surrounded by his family.

Trumpy was a member of the 1968 expansion Bengals and would play his entire 10-year NFL career with the club. He went to four Pro Bowls as a pass-catching tight end, including each of his first three seasons. But it was his second career that punched his ticket for the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

After his NFL retirement, Trumpy became a sports talk host on WCKY-AM in Cincinnati. He joined NBC Sports as a color analyst in 1978, partnering on TV first with Sam Nover, then B

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