John Madden, football legend, dies at 85

Summary

The NFL announced Madden’s passing today.
Madden’s influence on the sport of football is impossible to overstate.
But as great a coach as he was, he did more for the sport after he retired from coaching.
The youngest generation of football fans that can’t even remember him as a broadcaster, let alone as a coach, is still influenced by Madden’s giant presence in the sport.
John Madden may have been the single most influential person in the history of the sport of football.