Madden was drafted by the NFL’s Philadelphia Eagles in the 21st round (244th overall) in 1958, but suffered an injury to his other knee in his first training camp, ending his playing career before he ever got an opportunity to play professionally. While completing a BS in Education and an MA in Education in 19, respectively, and also received the all-conferencial award. Then he went to the College of San Mateo in 1955, Grays Harbor College in the fall of 1956, and Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo in 19, where he played attack and defence for the Mustangs. Due to a knee injury, he was redshirted and underwent surgery.
Madden was a high school football hero who went on to play one season at the College of San Mateo in 1954 before being offered a football scholarship to the University of Oregon, where he studied pre-law and played football with boyhood friend John Robinson. Later he enrolled in Jefferson High School from where he graduated in 1954. Along with John Robinson, he finished graduation from Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic parochial school in 1950. When John was a child, his father, an auto technician, relocated the Madden family to Daly Community, California, a city just south of San Francisco. Earl Madden and Mary Madden raised John in Austin, Minnesota.
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He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2006 for his coaching achievements.
He was the head coach of the Oakland Raiders when they won the Super Bowl, and after resigning from coaching, he became a well-known color commentator for NFL broadcasts. John Earl Madden is a former football coach and sportscaster from the United States.