John Madden, Hall Of Fame Coach And Broadcaster, Dies At 85

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OAKLAND (AP) – Hall of Fame manager turned broadcaster John Madden, whose exuberant calls combined with elemental explanations provided a play soundtrack to NFL games for 3 decades, died Tuesday morning, the NFL said. He was 85.

Coaching the renegade Oakland Raiders, Madden compiled a stellar 103-32-7 regular-season grounds and led his squad to triumph successful the Super Bowl aft the 1976 season. But a fearfulness of flying helped lend to an aboriginal status from coaching.

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He became an adjacent much impactful fig aft helium stopped coaching astatine property 42, entertaining millions who tuned successful to NFL football. He besides was the sanction down the hugely fashionable sports video game, “Madden NFL Football.”