John Madden

John Earl Madden April 10 1936 December 28 2021 was an American football coach and sportscaster He won Super Bowl XI as head coach of the Oakland Raiders and after retiring from coaching became a wellknown color commentator for NFL telecasts In 2006 he was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in recognition of his coaching career He is also widely known for the longrunning Madden NFL video game series he has endorsed and fronted since 1988 Madden worked as a color analyst for all four major networks CBS 19791993 Fox 19942001 ABC 20022005 and NBC 20062008 Madden retired from broadcasting after the 2008 NFL season He also wrote several books and served as a commercial pitchman for various products and retailers Description above from the Wikipedia article John Madden licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia