Four-time Super Bowl champ, Penn State radio analyst Jack Ham rushed to hospital before game

Penn State radio analyst and Hall of Fame linebacker Jack Ham was taken to hospital in Washington state after a medical emergency on Saturday, before he was due to call Penn State’s game against the University of Washington. Penn State said he was being treated at the University of Washington Medical Center and that it had no further information. The incident prompted messages of support from both universities.

Ham was an All-American at Penn State before spending his entire 12-year NFL career with the Pittsburgh Steelers, retiring in 1982. He won four Super Bowls, made eight Pro Bowls and was named All-Pro six times as part of the team’s “Steel Curtain” defence. He entered the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1988 and the College Football Hall of Fame in 1990, and has worked as a Penn State football analyst since 2000.