John Madden taught a class at Cal -- boom, it's true

By Jake Curtis, Cal Sports Report: Did you ever wonder how John Madden learned to operate a Telestrator so efficiently, skillfully manipulating X’s and O’s while integrating a well placed “Boom” or Doink” to teach TV viewers the subtleties of pro football?

Well, folks, he learned it at Cal. Yep, John Madden, who died Tuesday at the age of 85, was an instructor at UC Berkeley at one time.

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John Madden Taught a Class at Cal -- Boom, It's True

He also was the Raiders coach in a significant NFL game played at Cal's stadium. Ex-Golden Bears great Joe Kapp is part of the Madden story too

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