NFL star John Madden, who reached the top of his profession in coaching, announcing and video games, died unexpectedly Tuesday morning at age 85
He was “Coach” to the people who followed his Super Bowl-winning Oakland Raiders, “John” to the millions who remembered him best as a broadcaster and “Madden” to the legions of video-game devotees.
Put simply by producer Fred Gaudelli, who worked with him on both Sunday and Monday Night Football: “He was a treasure, man. America lost a treasure.” Madden returned to Cal Poly to earn his master’s degree in education. There, he met his future wife, Virginia Fields, who also was studying for her master’s degree. They married and had two sons, Joe and Mike.
In his 10 seasons as coach of the Raiders, Madden led the club to seven Western Division titles, seven seasons with double-digit victories, and eight playoff appearances. In the 1976 season, his Raiders punctuated their 13-1 season by beating the Minnesota Vikings in Super Bowl XI. “John’s strong suit as a coach was how he handled players,” the late Raiders quarterback Ken Stabler told the San Francisco Chronicle in 2006. “He knew football, of course, but we had such a group of free spirits, with different egos and different lifestyles. He acknowledged the fact it was a diverse group.
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