Shock for the NFL: coaching and commentary legend John Madden has died unexpectedly at the age of 85.

Munich – The NFL is mourning the death of one of its greatest: Former winning coach John Madden has died. The league announced that Madden died unexpectedly on Tuesday morning at the age of 85. Madden won the Super Bowl in 1976 as a coach with the Oakland Raiders, and since 1979 he had been an integral part of the NFL inventory as a TV commentator for 30 years. Madden was also the namesake of the football video game series “Madden NFL”.

“Nobody loved football more than Coach. He was the football,” NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said, “There will be no other John Madden. We are forever in his debt for what he did for football and the NFL. “