Today the National Football League lost commentator Dick Lynch. The Notre Dame alum became a defensive back for the Washington Redskins and the New York Giants, becoming a Pro Bowler in 1963, leading the league with 251 return yards and three touchdowns.

Bloomberg reports:

Former New York Giants defensive back and color commentator Dick Lynch died this morning, the National Football League team said. He was 72.
Lynch played nine seasons with the Giants and Washington Redskins between 1958 and 1966, appearing in four championship games and earning one Pro Bowl selection while playing with teammates including Sam Huff, Andy Robustelli, Dick Nolan and Frank Gifford.
In both 1961 and 1963, he led the NFL with nine interceptions…
``I had a great career,'' he said during a 2005 ceremony naming him ``Giants Alumni Man of the Year.'' ``I played with the best group of men you could play with. We hung together.''

Lynch will be sadly missed. He died at 72 of leukemia and is survived by his six children and eleven grandchildren.