The most popular sports video game of all time is named after which former professional coach?
John Madden
Joe Torre
Phil Jackson
Tom Landry
John Madden
John Madden, in full John Earl Madden, (born April 10, 1936, Austin, Minnesota, U.S.), American gridiron football coach and television commentator who was one of the best-known personalities in National Football League (NFL) history. In addition to his accomplishments in the NFL, Madden lent his name to a series of video games, Madden NFL, that became a cultural sensation.
Madden’s outsized personality made him an ideal pitchman for a vast number of products, from beer to hardware stores. In 1989 he gave his name to the computer game John Madden Football. The subsequent Madden NFL series expanded onto multiple gaming consoles and grew into the most popular sports title on the market by the early 2000s, with the annual release of an increasingly detailed and realistic new edition becoming a highly anticipated event among both football fans and NFL players. As a result of its massive popularity, the video game helped to increase football’s global audience and, in turn, Madden’s fame.