John Madden Documentary

hey hey whether you know John Madden as a coach let's start off a commentator you know the great thing about being football players you don't have to take a shower to go to work or a video game pioneer [Music] John Madden is beloved by so many he entertained us with his personality [Music] they're like an old baloney sandwich or something you know you let it sit around there sit around there you get hungry enough pretty soon you eat it he led a group of outcasts to football's highest pinnacle an

d he paved the way for the game of football to be adored by generations to come he's a father a teacher a Hall of Famer he's forever immortalized in the game of football and an American culture this is the incredible life of John Madden foreign [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] on their job and and stay focused [Music] [Applause] just win baby [Applause] [Music] John Earl Madden was born in Austin Minnesota on April 10 1936. his father Earl was an auto mechanic and in 1943 when John

was just seven years old Earl and John's mother Mary decided to move to Daly City California located south of San Francisco he attended Middle School at Our Lady of Perpetual Help a Catholic school where he met his lifelong friend John Robinson who would also become an NFL coach it was at this time that the two grew to love the game of football the pair would go their separate ways when attending High School John went on to become a star player at Jefferson High School at six foot four inches ta

ll he was a dominant offensive lineman and the Ultimate Team player After High School graduation still longing to play the game he became enamored with John attended College of San Mateo where he finally earned a football scholarship to University of Oregon reuniting with childhood friend John Robinson while playing for the Ducks and studying pre-law he believed this would be his opportunity to succeed in football unfortunately John had a knee injury that required surgery leading to him leaving

Oregon he attended Grays Harbor College in 1956 then transferred to Cal Poly where John was a standout on both sides of the ball becoming an all-conference player at offensive tackle he earned a Bachelor's of Science in education in 1959 and a Masters in Education in 1961. in this time he would also become the catcher for Cal poly's baseball team Madden was back on track towards achieving his dreams of becoming a professional athlete despite his injury Madden was thriving on the field and he was

drafted into the NFL in 1958 by the Philadelphia Eagles John Madden had finally made it but his playing career would once again be short-lived it was his first training camp where the future Hall of Famer would suffer another injury this time ending his playing career forever but his legendary teammate would pave the way for his next chapter it was Hall of Fame quarterback Norm van Brooklyn that took Madden under his wing that was when he knew that coaching would be his calling he didn't know i

t at the time but the next few weeks that he would spend with Van brocklin would change football history forever after being released by The Eagles John Madden had his first stint as a football coach returning to California to join the coaching staff at Hancock Junior College from 1960 to 1963. John found his calling in 1962 he was promoted to head coach and in 1964 he received an offer to be the defensive coordinator at San Diego State University under future Chargers head coach Don Coryell it

was here that he was recognized by another NFL franchise one not too far from where he grew up in Northern California the Oakland Raiders foreign proved to be the right man for the job he took over a team of Misfits and led an attack on the NFL that had never been seen before [Music] the Raiders dominated the 70s with their new coach John Madden being the youngest head coach that the league ever seen the Raiders defense intimidated opponents as Madden compiled the best winning percentage in fran

chise history a milestone that still stands today as the team grew fond of Madden the Raiders kept winning and eventually etched Madden's name in NFL lore forever going to the Super Bowl during the 1976 season it was Madden's opportunity to show that he was now the best coach in all of football it would be the Minnesota Vikings and their famous defense named the purple people eaters that would stand in the way of John Madden in the Raiders the Raiders offensive line dominated under Madden Raider

s tackle Art Shell held star defensive lineman Jim Marshall to zero tackles in the most important game of both men's careers John Madden had finally brought the Raiders to a Super Bowl victory and their dominance was on full display for the world to see [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] with this Victory there was nothing else for Madden to prove he chose to close this chapter of hi

s career forever [Music] [Applause] I've been here for 12 years with the Oakland Raiders in 10 years as a head coach and those 10 years have been the happiest years of my life I gave it everything I had I don't have anymore I'm not resigning I'm not quitting I'm not doing anything I'm retiring from football coaching and I'm never going to coach again he kept his word now it was time for Madden to find his new calling in something that didn't come as natural to him like labor along with ex-oaklan

d Raiders coach John Madden and looking ahead to the second half now what do you think well I really think what we thought before the game that it's still going to be secondary and coverage I really didn't respect broadcasting man I mean I wasn't a big fan of broadcasting CBS offered me a job I don't know four or five games and I said no my agent at that time he said if you don't do it they may not want you I had to try it so I tried it and and I really liked it I mean I really I really did like

it he would soon adapt to his new role and eventually became the most well-known sports broadcaster in America boom We cross him the left goes to the right the right goes to the left this guy crosses here he crosses here they have no idea where we are who we are where we're coming from or who we're throwing to very interesting Aikman's trying to grow a beer and he just can't do it I mean you know the blonde-haired guys a lot of them have trouble but I can't even I'm looking as close as I can an

d I can't see any beer but he's been that's a four day beard isn't it it's a passive attempt it's very very passive there it is you know here it is but see I mean I mean he got a little in here and a little up there here but he doesn't have anything here at all watch when you take it off he doesn't have anything going up in there Belichick is a defensive coordinator of the Giants and one thing you learn as a defensive coach you'll learn to draw upside down there's we see the the buckets now ther

e's a third bucket this week I think what happened there's always been yeah there's always been like a mother and father like this is a father bucket this is a mother bucket and since the last game they had a baby bucket so this is a baby bucket so they got three now they've always been two One's Gonna Go to Parcels one's gonna go to another assist and one will go to a player later in the game see see how heat does come out of the top of your head look at it just coming off of Nate's head there

that's where it escapes if you have heat in your body and you want to let it out you take your hat off yeah you know what you could do is you could have a barbecue on that head Nate's got a lot of room to let it out yeah I mean you look like some burgers on there oh Montana looks more like Barry Manilow doesn't it whatever he looks like he's a marvelous athletes he makes a little basketball twist there and pivot and boom the ball's there those booms smell all my life boom that is a great stiff a

rm Madden became so popular as a broadcaster that he earned 16 Emmys throughout his career and commercials would come next and you scramble around like a crazy the fake meeting you can blow your whole career so I've probably in my lifetime broken through more paper than anyone in the world the world record for that night beer taste spray Madden became the NFL's link to mainstream America well John what did you think of tonight's episode I loved it the last minute edition of Wally Cogan to the li

neup was a bit of a gamble he was a household name by the late 80s but in 1988 the Madden video game franchise will make him synonymous with football forever again that was luck you know I mean there was no way we sat down or I sat down and said I'm going to make a video I didn't even know what a video game was the game was a hit making millions of dollars every year and continues to do so till this day [Music] as an analyst John Madden's final broadcast was during the Steelers Super Bowl victor

y in 2009. just three months later John would retire the success that John had along with his contribution to football didn't go unnoticed more than 25 years after retiring John Madden was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame [Applause] a time in my that I'm being carried off the shoulders of others yet instead of off the field it's into the Hall of Fame on December 28 2021 the world would mourn as the legendary Hall of Fame coach and broadcaster died at the age of 85 leaving behind a wif

e two kids five grandchildren and fans all over the world John Madden's passion for football led him to have one of the best careers the sport has ever seen reaching far more fans than the game has ever reached before John Madden will be missed by fans everywhere and his mark on football will be felt everywhere forever [Music] foreign foreign