Frank Gifford, who died Sunday of natural causes a week before his 85th birthday, did as much as anyone to transform professional football into today’s passionate pastime. You’d have never guessed that the cool, dignified, gifted, photogenic Gifford came from the most humble beginnings imaginable. Born during the Great Depression in 1930, Gifford’s father, a wildcatter, moved the family 47 times as he searched for work.