Just did a leadership presentation for one of my MBA courses on John Madden. I dressed like him and everything and used the whiteboard with X’s and O’s—lots of “Booms” and “Bams” of course—to discribe some of the leadership concepts he embodied. The whole room was into it because John’s energy was there through the impact he left on me. Afterword, an exchange student raised their hand and said they were never interested in American football, but now had to check it out! I responded, “That’s the power of John Madden.”

What an amazing man he was. The voice of many of our childhoods. Thanks JM, you’re missed greatly.