[2] He grew up in Bound Brook, New Jersey, and attended Phillipsburg Catholic High School.

[3] Lynch played college football at the University of Notre Dame and is in their Hall of Fame.

[5] Lynch worked as a color commentator for the New York Giants' radio broadcasts from 1967 to 2008.

[6] He was paired with several notable play-by-play announcers, including Marty Glickman, Marv Albert, Jim Gordon and Bob Papa.

Lynch died from leukemia on September 24, 2008, aged 72, at his home in Douglaston, Queens.