John Madden

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American football coach human sports commentator television personality video game namesake

John Madden was a legendary American football coach and broadcaster renowned for his colorful commentary, larger-than-life personality, and influential role in popularizing the sport on television and through the Madden NFL video game series.

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John Earl Madden 1

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instanceOf American football coach ⓘ
human ⓘ
sports commentator ⓘ
television personality ⓘ
video game namesake ⓘ
almaMater California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo ⓘ
broadcastNetwork ABC ⓘ
Columbia Broadcasting System ⓘ
surface form: CBS

Fox ⓘ
NBC ⓘ
causeOfDeath undisclosed natural causes ⓘ
championshipWon Super Bowl XI ⓘ
child Joseph Madden ⓘ
Michael Madden ⓘ
coachOf Las Vegas Raiders ⓘ
surface form: Oakland Raiders
collaboratedWith Electronic Arts ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1936-04-10 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2021-12-28 ⓘ
employer ABC Sports ⓘ
CBS Sports ⓘ
Fox Sports ⓘ
NBC Sports ⓘ
Las Vegas Raiders ⓘ
surface form: Oakland Raiders
endTime 1978 (head coach of the Oakland Raiders) ⓘ
familyName Madden ⓘ
fullName John Madden self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: John Earl Madden
gamesLostAsHeadCoach 32 (regular season) ⓘ
gamesTiedAsHeadCoach 7 (regular season) ⓘ
gamesWonAsHeadCoach 103 (regular season) ⓘ
givenName John ⓘ
hallOfFameInduction Pro Football Hall of Fame ⓘ
hallOfFameInductionYear 2006 ⓘ
knownFor Madden NFL video game series ⓘ
coaching the Oakland Raiders ⓘ
color commentary on NFL broadcasts ⓘ
language English ⓘ
leagueCoachedIn National Football League ⓘ
namesakeOf Madden NFL video game series ⓘ
nickname Coach ⓘ
notableWork Madden NFL video game series ⓘ
surface form: Madden NFL

Monday Night Football ⓘ
Sunday Night Football ⓘ
numberOfChildren 2 ⓘ
occupation American football coach ⓘ
author ⓘ
television sportscaster ⓘ
video game consultant ⓘ
opponentInSuperBowlXI Minnesota Vikings ⓘ
placeOfBirth Austin, Minnesota ⓘ
surface form: Austin, Minnesota, United States
placeOfDeath Pleasanton, California ⓘ
surface form: Pleasanton, California, United States
playedCollegeFootballFor California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo ⓘ
surface form: Cal Poly Mustangs
positionHeld head coach of the Oakland Raiders ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
residence Pleasanton, California ⓘ
surface form: Pleasanton, California, United States
sportCommentated American football ⓘ
spouse Virginia Fields ⓘ
startTime 1969 (head coach of the Oakland Raiders) ⓘ
styleOfCommentary colorful and enthusiastic ⓘ
SuperBowlWinAsHeadCoach Super Bowl XI ⓘ
teamCoachedInSuperBowlXI Las Vegas Raiders ⓘ
surface form: Oakland Raiders
trademarkFeature use of telestrator during broadcasts ⓘ
travelPreference traveling by bus instead of flying ⓘ
winningPercentageAsHeadCoach .759 (regular season) ⓘ
yearOfSuperBowlXIWin 1977 ⓘ

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Super Bowl XL → announcer → John Madden ⓘ
Super Bowl XXVI → announcer → John Madden ⓘ
Super Bowl XXXVII → announcer → John Madden ⓘ
John Madden → fullName → John Madden self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: John Earl Madden
John Madden → name → John Madden ⓘ