BREAKING: NFL legend John Madden dies at 85
John Madden, the legendary football coach and broadcaster, died unexpectedly on Tuesday morning,Madden was a Super Bowl-winning coach, renowned football analyst for CBS, FOX, ABC and NBC and the face of Madden NFL, a video game which he endorsed and helped create.Madden was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2006 for his coaching career.Madden, who was named the Raiders' head coach in 1969, has one of the best winning percentages in NFL coaching history.
He had a 103-32-7 record with the team for a .759 winning percentage. Under Madden, the Raiders made it to the postseason eight times in 10 seasons. Madden also won 16 Emmy Awards and covered 11 Super Bowls as a broadcaster but always considered himself first and foremost a coach."People always ask, are you a coach or a broadcaster or a video game guy?" Madden said when was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame."Nobody loved football more than Coach. He was football," NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said in a statement.
"There will never be another John Madden, and we will forever be indebted to him for all he did to make football and the NFL what it is today." "Few individuals meant as much to the growth and popularity of professional football as Coach Madden, whose impact on the game both on and off the field was immeasurable,"
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