MADDEN, John 1936–

PERSONAL

Full name, John Earl Madden; born April 10, 1936, in Austin, MN; raised in Daly City, CA; son of Earl (a mechanic) and Mary (maiden name, O'Flaherty) Madden; married Virginia Fields (a teacher and business owner), c. 1960; children: Michael, Joseph. Education: California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, B.S., education, 1959, M.A., education, 1961; also attended the University of Oregon, the College of San Mateo, and Grays Harbor College.

Addresses: Manager—IMG, 1360 East Ninth St., Suite 100, Cleveland, OH 44114.

Career: Actor, announcer, commentator, and sports analyst on television and radio. Appeared in commercials, print advertisements, and public service announcements. Philadelphia Eagles, Philadelphia, PA, football player in the team's system, late 1950s; Allen Hancock College, Santa Maria, CA, assistant football coach, beginning c. 1960, then head football coach, c. 1962–64; San Diego State University, assistant football coach, c. 1964–66; Oakland Raiders professional football team, linebacker coach, c. 1967–69, head coach, c. 1969–79. Worked as a physical education teacher, golf caddy, and bat boy.

Awards, Honors: Named coach of the year, American Football League; Named coach of the year, Washington Touchdown Club, 1977; Vince Lombardi Dedication Award, 1979; Golden Mike Award, Touchdown Club of America, 1982; TV Guide Award nominations, favorite sportscaster, 1999 and 2000; Pete Rozelle Radio and Television Award, Pro Football Hall of Fame, 2002; several Emmy awards and Emmy Award nominations, outstanding sports personality or analyst; named sports analyst of the year multiple times by the American Sportscasters Association; named to a list of powerful celebrities, Forbes magazine; elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame, 2006.

CREDITS

Television Appearances; Series:

Anchor, Fox NFL Sunday, Fox, beginning 1994.

NFL Monday Night Football, ABC, beginning 2002.

Commentator for CBS's coverage of NFL football, beginning c. 1980; and for NBC's coverage of NFL football, beginning 2006.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Announcer, Super Bowl XVIII, CBS, 1984.

Announcer, Super Bowl XXI, CBS, 1987.

Super Night at the Super Bowl, CBS, 1987.

Host and reporter, The NFL Pre-Season Special, CBS, 1988.

Host, John Madden's Super Bowl Special, syndicated, 1989.

Announcer, Super Bowl XXIV, CBS, 1990.

Host, John Madden's Super Bowl Special, syndicated, 1990.

Overtime … with Pat O'Brien, CBS, 1990.

Announcer, Super Bowl XXVI, CBS, 1992.

Share a Moment with the World, CBS, 1992.

Host, NFL All-Access, Fox, 1994.

Fox Sports NFL '94 Football Preview, Fox, 1994.

Cohost, Little Caesar's 11th Annual All-Madden Team, Fox, 1995.

Himself, Rebels with a Cause: The Story of the American Football League (documentary), HBO, 1995.

Himself, The Super Bowl at 30: Big Game America (documentary), TNT, 1996.

Oops! The World's Funniest Outtakes 4, Fox, 1996.

Announcer, Super Bowl XXXI (also known as The Fox Sports Special: XXXI Superbowl Green Bay vs. New England), Fox, 1997.

Cohost, Little Caesar's 14th Annual All-Madden Team, Fox, 1997.

The Funniest of the World's Funniest Outtakes, Fox, 1997.

Outback Steakhouse All-Time All-Madden Super Bowl Team, Fox, 1997.

Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel, HBO, 1998.

Super Bowl XXXIII, Fox, 1999.

Announcer, Big Game XXVIII: Road Runner vs. Coyote (animated), Cartoon Network, 2000.

Himself, The Sportscasters: Behind the Mike (documentary), History Channel, 2000.

Announcer, Big Game XXIX: Bugs vs. Daffy (animated), Cartoon Network, 2001.

Announcer, Super Bowl XXXVI, Fox, 2002.

Host, 19th Annual Blockbuster All-Madden Team, Fox, 2002.

Commentator, Super Bowl XXXVII, ABC, 2003.

Presenter, ABC 50th Anniversary Celebration, ABC, 2003.

Rebels of Oakland: The As, the Raiders, the '70s (documentary), HBO, 2003.

Television Appearances; Awards Presentations:

Presenter, The 2003 ESPY Awards, ESPN, 2003.

G-Phoria, G4techTV, 2003.

Presenter, The 2004 ESPY Awards, ESPN, 2004.

Video Game Awards 2004, Spike TV, 2004.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Saturday Night Live (also known as NBC's "Saturday Night," Saturday Night, and SNL), NBC, 1982 and 1984.

"Sunday, Cruddy Sunday," The Simpsons (animated), Fox, 1999.

"Bo Jackson," ESPN Sports Century, ESPN, 2000.

"Deion Sanders," ESPN Sports Century, ESPN, 2000.

"Jim Plunkett," ESPN Sports Century, ESPN, 2000.

"Lawrence Taylor," ESPN Sports Century, ESPN, 2000.

"Vince Lombardi," ESPN Sports Century, ESPN, 2000.

"Walter Payton," ESPN Sports Century, ESPN, 2001.

Himself, "Broadway Joe: the Joe Namath Story," Biography (documentary; also known as A&E Biography: Joe Namath), Arts and Entertainment, 2002.

"Dan Marino," ESPN Sports Century, ESPN, 2003.

"Terry Bradshaw," ESPN Sports Century, ESPN, 2003.

Ride with Funkmaster Flex, Spike TV, 2003.

"Peyton Manning," ESPN Sports Century, ESPN, 2004.

"Tom Landry," ESPN Sports Century, ESPN, 2004.

"Don Shula," ESPN Sports Century, ESPN, 2005.

Film Appearances:

Himself, P. K. and the Kid, Castle Hill, 1982.

Himself, Little Giants, Warner Bros., 1994.

Himself, The Replacements, Warner Bros., 2000.

Complete Guide to Guys (also known as Dave Barry's "Complete Guide to Guys"), Labrador Pictures, 2005.

RECORDINGS

Video Games:

John Madden Football, Electronic Arts, 1989, 1990.

John Madden Football II, Electronic Arts, 1991.

John Madden Football '92, Electronic Arts, 1991.

John Madden Football '93, Electronic Arts, 1992.

Madden NFL 94, Electronic Arts, 1993.

Madden NFL 95, Electronic Arts, 1994.

Madden NFL 96, Electronic Arts, 1995.

Madden NFL 97, Electronic Arts, 1996.

Madden NFL 98, Electronic Arts, 1997.

Madden NFL 99, Electronic Arts, 1998.

Madden NFL 2000, Electronic Arts, 1999.

Madden NFL 2001, Electronic Arts, 2000.

Madden NFL 2002, Electronic Arts, 2001.

Madden NFL 2003, Electronic Arts, 2002.

Madden NFL 2004, Electronic Arts, 2003.

Madden NFL 2005, Electronic Arts, 2004.

Madden NFL 2006, Electronic Arts, 2005.

Videos:

Himself, U2: The Best of 1999–2000, 2002.

WRITINGS

Nonfiction:

(With Dave Anderson) Hey, Wait a Minute (I Wrote a Book!), Villard, 1984.

(With Anderson) One Size Doesn't Fit All (and Other Thoughts for the Road), Villard, 1985.

(With Anderson) One Knee Equals Two Feet (and Everything Else You Wanted to Know about Football), Villard, 1986.

(With Anderson) First Book of Football (for children), Crown Publishers, 1988.

John Madden's Pro Football Annual, Villard, 1989.

(With Corey Sandler) Inside Madden NFL 94, Brady, 1994.

(With Anderson) All Madden: Hey, I'm Talking Pro Football!, HarperCollins, 1996.

(With Peter Kaminsky) John Madden's "Ultimate Tailgating," Viking, 1998.

OTHER SOURCES

Books:

Chadwick, Bruce and Chuck Noll, John Madden, Chelsea House Publishers, 1997.

St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture, five volumes, St. James Press, 2000.

Periodicals:

Sports Illustrated, January 19, 1998, p. 20; January 28, 2002, p. 17.

Time, January 11, 1988, p. 82.