{"id":1539502,"date":"2022-11-23T12:58:31","date_gmt":"2022-11-23T17:58:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/?p=1539502"},"modified":"2022-11-23T12:58:32","modified_gmt":"2022-11-23T17:58:32","slug":"did-john-madden-ever-play-nfl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/did-john-madden-ever-play-nfl\/","title":{"rendered":"Did John Madden Ever Play in the NFL?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
One could easily argue that not a single person is more synonymous with the NFL<\/a> than John Madden. I mean, would anybody outside of Green Bay really be upset if the Super Bowl winner was awarded the John Madden Trophy instead of the Vince Lombardi Trophy?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Okay, perhaps that's a little much, but I think you get the gist, as the Minnesota native made his mark on the game of football in so many ways. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Madden spent a decade as the head coach of the Oakland Raiders<\/a> from 1969 to 1978 and owns the highest winning percentage of anyone who coached at least 100 games, going 103-32-7 in 142 regular-season contests. He also won nine of 16 postseason games and led the Raiders to a Super Bowl<\/a> title following the 1976 season. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Upon leaving the sidelines, he immediately went into broadcasting and worked for all four major networks (CBS, Fox, ABC, NBC) over the course of three decades. Madden called his final game on February 1, 2009, the Super Bowl 43 matchup between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Arizona Cardinals, his eighth Super Bowl as a broadcaster. During his 30-year career in the booth, he won 16 Sports Emmy Awards. <\/p>\n\n\n\n