Overview
- The team announced Trumpy died at home surrounded by family and did not disclose a cause of death.
- Cincinnati held a moment of silence before its game against the Chicago Bears as president Mike Brown praised Trumpy’s excellence on the field and in the booth.
- An original 1968 draft pick, he scored the first touchdown in franchise history and finished with 298 receptions, 4,600 yards and 35 touchdowns with four Pro Bowl selections.
- After retiring, he became a national voice with NBC and Westwood One, calling four Super Bowls and contributing to Olympics and Ryder Cups coverage.
- The Pro Football Hall of Fame honored his media career with the 2014 Pete Rozelle Radio-Television Award, and he was widely remembered for a 1983 radio call in which he helped keep a suicidal listener on the line until police arrived.