On Wednesday the football world learned the passing of iconic football coach, television broadcaster, and video game inspiration John Madden at the age of 85.
Madden first rose to prominence as the head coach of the Oakland Raiders from 1969-1978, winning Super Bowl XI in 1977.
Over the course of his ten seasons in Oakland, Madden’s teams went 103-32-7 in the regular season for a winning percentage of .759%, the best to this day among NFL coaches with more than 100 games. Additionally, the Raiders appeared in seven AFC Championship games over that ten-year span. In 2006, Madden was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.