Former Raiders coach John Madden dies at 85

Former Raiders manager and legendary broadcaster John Madden died Tuesday greeting astatine the property of 85.

He guided the franchise from 1969 until 1978, finishing each play with a winning grounds and winning the Super Bowl aft the 1976 season.

Madden went connected to adjacent much occurrence and fame aft his coaching vocation concluded, archetypal arsenic a broadcaster and past arsenic the look of 1 of the biggest video crippled franchises successful history.

He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame successful 2006.

“On behalf of the full NFL family, we widen our condolences to Virginia, Mike, Joe and their families,” NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said successful a statement. “We each cognize him arsenic the Hall of Fame manager of the Oakland Raiders and broadcaster who worked for each large network, but much than anything, helium was a devoted husband, begetter and grandfather.

“Nobody loved shot much than Coach. He was football. He was an unthinkable sounding committee to maine and truthful galore others. There volition ne'er beryllium different John Madden, and we volition everlastingly beryllium indebted to him for each helium did to marque shot and the NFL what it is today.”

Information connected a memorial work volition beryllium announced astatine a aboriginal date.

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