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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, who he led 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 145th most popular coach, the 4,830th most popular biography from United States and the 3rd most popular American Coach.

Memorability Metrics

  • 12M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.72

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.31

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.56

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COACHES

Among coaches, John Madden ranks 145 out of 328Before him are Slavoljub Muslin, Anatoliy Byshovets, Sergio Bertoni, Christian Gross, Revaz Dzodzuashvili, and Alfred Riedl. After him are Mattia Binotto, Robert Waseige, Mano Menezes, Albert Shesternyov, Brendan Rodgers, and Claude Puel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, John Madden ranks 270Before him are Paul Shenar, José Policarpo, Feliciano Rivilla, Klaus Doldinger, Jozef Vengloš, and Edward Feigenbaum. After him are Alejandro Maldonado, Ernest Shonekan, Ennio Antonelli, Ong Teng Cheong, Touria Chaoui, and Natalya Gorbanevskaya. Among people deceased in 2021, John Madden ranks 356Before him are Robert Marchand, Jean-Pierre Bacri, Sanpei Shirato, Giuseppe Rotunno, Jozef Vengloš, and József Csatári. After him are Virgil Abloh, Colin Bell, Henry Darrow, Barry Harris, Lester Bird, and Walter Taibo.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Madden ranks 4,830 out of 18,182Before him are Rebbie Jackson (1950), Edward Feigenbaum (1936), Charles Demuth (1883), Angelica Singleton Van Buren (1818), Virginia E. Johnson (1925), and Ernest B. Schoedsack (1893). After him are Mary Daly (1928), Mike Connors (1925), Doug Jones (1960), Lara Flynn Boyle (1970), Jeralean Talley (1899), and Chris Carter (1956).

Among COACHES In United States

Among coaches born in United States, John Madden ranks 3Before him are Phil Jackson (1945) and Gregg Popovich (1949). After him are Bob Bradley (1958), Bill Belichick (1952), Bob Knight (1940), Billy Donovan (1965), Flip Saunders (1955), Steve Sampson (1957), and Fred Hoiberg (1972).