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John Madden

1936 - 2021

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John Earl Madden (April 10, 1936 – December 28, 2021) was an American football coach and sports commentator in the National Football League (NFL). He served as the head coach of the Oakland Raiders from 1969 to 1978, leading them to eight playoff appearances, seven division titles, seven AFL/AFC Championship Game appearances, and the franchise's first Super Bowl title in Super Bowl XI. Madden, who never had a losing season, holds the highest winning percentage among NFL head coaches. After retiring from coaching, Madden was a color commentator for NFL telecasts from 1979 to 2009, which earned him 16 Sports Emmy Awards. Madden appeared on all four major American television networks, providing commentary for games broadcast by CBS, Fox, ABC, and NBC. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Madden has received more than 12,363,049 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. John Madden is the 271st most popular coach (down from 145th in 2019), the 8,630th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,818th in 2019) and the 4th most popular American Coach.

Memorability Metrics

  • 12M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.42

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.39

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.77

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of John Maddens by language

Over the past year John Madden has had the most page views in the with 991,723 views, followed by German (16,636), and Spanish (16,262). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (80.09%), Swedish (31.91%), and Armenian (6.80%)

Among COACHES

Among coaches, John Madden ranks 271 out of 471. Before him are Giampaolo Mazza, Roland Nilsson, Károly Dietz, Yoo Sang-chul, Tomás Boy, and Andrea Mandorlini. After him are Han Berger, Betinho, Valmir Louruz, Choi Soon-ho, Wolfgang Sidka, and Bill Belichick.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, John Madden ranks 457. Before him are Ben Pon, Žarko Nikolić, Krystyna Chojnowska-Liskiewicz, Barbara Sobotta, David Hess, and Nikolay Rubtsov. After him are David Jenkins, Kjell Grede, Cynthia McLeod, Owen Roizman, Dmitri Anosov, and Robert May, Baron May of Oxford. Among people deceased in 2021, John Madden ranks 494. Before him are Yoo Sang-chul, Antal Kiss, Olha Ilkiv, Walter Graf, Paddy Moloney, and Giacomo Capuzzi. After him are Karl-Friedrich Haas, Marco Maciel, Buddy Van Horn, G. Gordon Liddy, Ignacio Achúcarro, and Al Unser.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Madden ranks 8,630 out of 20,380. Before him are Ruth Chatterton (1892), RZA (1969), Pinto Colvig (1892), Boyd Holbrook (1981), Stephanie McMahon (1976), and Satchel Paige (1906). After him are Jim Elliot (1927), Michael Steele (1955), Forrest Tucker (1919), Jerry O'Connell (1974), Arto Lindsay (1953), and Milton H. Greene (1922).

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Among COACHES In United States

Among coaches born in United States, John Madden ranks 4. Before him are Phil Jackson (1945), Gregg Popovich (1949), and Richard Williams (1942). After him are Bill Belichick (1952), Bob Knight (1940), Bob Bradley (1958), Flip Saunders (1955), Michael Malone (1971), Steve Sampson (1957), Billy Donovan (1965), and Quin Snyder (1966).

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