I ended up with a degree in teaching and my love for football meshed with teaching." While I was rehabbing, Norm Van Brocklin would be watching films and would explain what was happening. "I got hurt in my rookie year with the Philadelphia Eagles – a knee injury – and I couldn't play. Madden recounted how he became involved with coaching: Madden was drafted in the 21st round (244th overall) by the NFL's Philadelphia Eagles in 1958, but suffered an injury on his other knee in his first training camp, ending his playing career without having had an opportunity to play professionally. He won all-conference honors at offensive tackle, and was a catcher on Cal Poly's baseball team. Then he attended the College of San Mateo in 1955, then Grays Harbor College playing in the fall of 1956, before transferring to Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo, where he played both offense and defense for the Mustangs in 1957 while earning a Bachelor of Science in education in 1959 and a Master of Arts in education in 1961. He was redshirted because of a knee injury and had a knee operation. Playing career Ī football star in high school, Madden played one season at the College of San Mateo, in 1954, before he was given a football scholarship to the University of Oregon, studying pre-law, and playing football with childhood friend John Robinson. John attended Catholic parochial school with John Robinson at Our Lady of Perpetual Help, graduating in 1950, and then Jefferson High School, graduating in 1954.
His father, an auto mechanic, moved the Madden family to Daly City, California, located south of San Francisco, when John was young. John Earl Madden was born in Austin, Minnesota on April 10, 1936, the son of Earl Russell Madden (1905-1961) and Mary (née Flaherty) Madden (1917-2011). 6.3 John Madden Football / Madden NFL video games.
John Earl Madden (Ap– December 28, 2021) was an American football player, coach and sports commentator in the National Football League (NFL).
0 kommentar(er)
