Swift was an American sportscaster who was the play-play-play announcer for the Philadelphia Eagles from 1969 to 1977.
[2][3][4] He then worked for WFIL and WFIL-TV, where he hosted Motor Racing Review and calling Temple Owls football games on the radio and hosted Meet The Phillies and Baseball Wrap-Up on television.
[1] On December 6, 1977, Swift was in an automobile accident in Springfield Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania and suffered minor injuries.
He sat down at the dining-room table, lit a cigarette, read the paper, and he wrote a brief note to his wife.
At 12:50 AM his wife heard a gunshot and found him slumped over the table with a handgun near his hand.