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If pro football had a voice, it would sound an awful like lot john madden. he was one of the most recognizable and influential people in the game madden died yesterday at 85, and leaves a legacy that stretches from the field to the broadcast booth and beyond harry smith takes a look back at his remarkable life. >> okay. come on, defense let's start off -- >> reporter: john madden was bigger than the game of football he had the unrivalled ability to translate the arcane intricacies of xs and os and turn them into fun. >> they had a baby bucket so this is the baby bucket. >> i guess that clears ...

Roger staubach, terry bradshaw. at the end i think yeah, jim gray is right. can you think of another name more associated with the nfl than john madden, jim? >> hey, will, yeah. i would say he was the most popular figure in the national football league and he earned that did he it as coach, assistant coach, then, of course, broadcaster. retired the emmy, won 16 emmys and madden game kids today become familiar with professional football and love the game. some of them even go on to play the game because of the game madden, which he created. so, he just did it at all levels. he was a raider. he ...

Supervisor at joint base andrews credits those skills with his success. >> you have to pay attention to the map. you're constantly scanning and watching what is going on. you're memorizing maps and locations, like they do in certain games. >> reporter: to be an air traffic controller, you have to be offered a job before the age of 31, and you have to retire from that position at the age of 56. so the faa is trying to hire 4,300 new air traffic controllers to get younger people working in places like this. danielle sheffield is a supervisor at la guardia's air traffic control tower. >> i used t...