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Usa: former football manager John Madden has died

2021-12-29T10:45:32.536Z


The legendary former American football coach, and later TV commentator, John Madden, died yesterday in California at the age of 85: the National Football League (NFL) announced without revealing the cause of death, according to reports. Bbc. (HANDLE)


(ANSA) - ROME, DEC 29 - The legendary former American football coach, and then TV commentator, John Madden, died yesterday in California at the age of 85: the National Football League (NFL) made it known without revealing the cause of the death , according to reports from the BBC.


    Madden led the then Oakland Raiders to their first Super Bowl conquest in 1977 and became a hugely popular commentator and TV analyst following his retirement as manager when he was only 42. Subsequently, he became the face of Madden NFL Football, one of the most successful sports video games in United States history.


    "Nobody loved football more than Coach," NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said in a statement: "There will never be another John Madden and we will forever be indebted to him for everything he did to make football and the NFL that. which is today ".

Madden coached the Raiders for 10 seasons, from 1969 to 1978. (ANSA).


Source: ansa

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