Dan Dierdorf Net Worth


After his retirement from playing, Dierdorf made the transition to the broadcast booth, becoming one of the first former offensive linemen to become a broadcaster. He also worked as a color analyst for Cardinals and Missouri Tigers games on KMOX radio in 1984 before moving to CBS, where he called play-by-play of NFL games in 1985 before returning to the analyst role in 1986. In 1987 he moved to ABC, where he was added to the Monday Night Football team with Al Michaels and Frank Gifford. He was also named as ABC’s blow-by-blow boxing commentator in 1989. Dierdorf was the 2008 recipient of the Pete Rozelle Radio-Television Award from the Pro Football Hall of Fame and received the award on August 1 of that year during the Enshrinees Dinner in Canton, Ohio. On November 20, 2013, Dierdorf announced that the 2013 NFL season would be his last season as an analyst and on April 17, 2014, Dierdorf was introduced as the new color analyst for Michigan Wolverines football radio broadcasts where he would join former teammate Jim Brandstatter, who will handle play-by-play, on Michigan games. Brandstatter was Dierdorf’s backup on the offensive line, at strong tackle.