BRIAN BALDINGER

'Brian David Baldinger' (born January 7, 1960, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is a former professional football player and current National Football League television commentator for the Fox Television Network. He also covers Atlanta Falcons preseason games as an analysis on WXIA-TV with Randy Waters.
Baldinger, an offensive lineman, played college football at Nassau Community College and Duke University, and graduated from Duke in 1982. He went undrafted in the 1982 NFL Draft. Baldinger was offered a free agent contract by the Dallas Cowboys to come to training camp. He pleasantly surprised the Cowboys and earned a roster spot. Baldinger later played for the Indianapolis Colts and Philadelphia Eagles. Baldinger has a heavily mutilated right pinky finger that was injured when it became entangled in the facemask of an opposing player.
Baldinger began his broadcasting career at Fox in 1997 providing analysis for NFL Europe games. The network was impressed with his insight and style, and promoted him to a color commentary slot for NFL games. Baldinger has worked alongside play-by-play voices Ray Bentley, Curt Menefee, Joe Buck, and Pat Summerall; he currently teams with Kenny Albert in the broadcast booth. The New Jersey resident also co-hosts a radio show for One on One Sports and teaches seminars for Nadia Communications. He is the author of ''The Map to Clear Messages''.
Always big, strong and athletic for his age, Baldinger spent much of his youth playing a variety of sports in and around Cherry Hill, New Jersey. His family later moved to Massapequa, New York where he and his brothers became well-known locally as they continued to excel in sports. He lifeguarded at Tobay Beach during summers. He has an older brother, Rich Baldinger, and a younger brother, Gary Baldinger, who also played in the NFL.