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John Madden (II)

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Recent Role:: Himself on The Rich Eisen Podcast

Gender:: Male

Born:: 4-10-1936

Birthplace:: Austin, Minnesota

Having played football in college, John was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles in 1958, but a training camp injury ended his career before he ever played a game. John shifted to coaching, and rapidly rose to become a defensive assistant at San Diego State, helping build one of the best small college defenses in the country in 1966.
The following year he joined the Oakland Raiders as the linebackers coach, and became head coach in 1969, at the time the youngest head coach in the NFL. There he won over ¾ of his regular season games, but playoff success eluded him, and he only won a
… More single Super Bowl before retiring after the 1978 season.
Shifting to broadcasting for CBS in 1979, he was soon paired with Pat Summerall to become half of the premiere duo in football broadcasting. When FOX acquired the NFC broadcast rights in 1994, he (and Pat) moved there to continue what would be a two decade partnership. Following Pat's retirement, John moved to ABC's Monday Night Football in 2002. John will be joining NBC's Sunday night football broadcasts for the 2006 season.
A winner of 13 Emmy awards, the Pete Rozelle Radio-Television Award for lifetime football broadcast contributions, and numerous critical praise, John has authored several books on football. He is also the name behind EA Sports' top-selling Madden NFL series of videogames, which he contributes his extensive knowledge to, as well as lending his name.

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Continuing games when no hope of winning

For the past few years that I have been watching games where the score difference has been large John Madden has asked "why do they keep playing?" My answer to that is that I'm pleased that they do. Currently with the time difference between my country (New Zealand) and the US I am lucky to see… More the last quarter. I would feel cheated if the full 15 minutes wasn't played as if they could still win. As it is I am always sorry when quarter backs take a "knee" as wile I understand the reason, I still feel I have been robbed.

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John Madden touches down at NBC
Legendary sportscaster will join the Peacock network as it launches new Sunday Night Football.
- 06/16/05 3:07 PM
- Colin Mahan

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informative, NFL icon, hall of famer, expert in his field hide show

I didn't know he played baseball in school until I read about him on this site. I guess it is expected for John to have a Masters degree. I simply thought of him as a (brilliant) jock that made it as a coach. This man does grow on you. Either you love him or don't. If it is possible, he can be too informative. He is known to draw all over the screen telling us what is happening on the football field. He knows the game inside and out. Even if you dislike the guy, he is the man on knowing what is going on in the NFL. He isn't an armchair QB either, he has lived it.

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