Pleasanton Honors Football Legend John Madden

Tributes are pouring successful for shot fable John Madden 1 time aft his abrupt passing.

The metropolis of Pleasanton flew its flags astatine half-staff Wednesday, and volition bash truthful again Thursday, to grant Madden who lived successful the country for overmuch of his life.

Madden passed distant Monday unexpectedly, astatine the property of 85.

His sanction is known astir the state from his clip arsenic a player, Raiders caput coach, a broadcaster, and of people the video crippled that bears his name.

He led the Raiders to their archetypal ever Super Bowl, earlier becoming the golden modular arsenic an NFL analyst.

Madden is survived by his wife, 2 sons and aggregate grandchildren.