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The video game with his name and likeness that kept generations of gamers glued to their screens. the nfl today mourning a once in a lifetime figure with many players including tom brady paying tribute to a legend of the game. the raiders writing, few individuals meant as much to the growth and popularity of professional football as coach madden whose impact on the game on and off the field was immeasurable. >> and he loved the game like nobody has ever loved the game of football. and you knew it. and i don't think they'll be anybody like that in the history of broadcasting as far as i'm conce...

Madden is. the iconic nfl coach and emmy award winning broadcaster died on tuesday at the age of 85. nbc's sam brock has more on the life of a legend. sam? >> reporter: good afternoon and good to be with you. if john madden's life was a book, there could be three distinct chapters, coaching, broadcasting and then pop culture icon and his impact on all of those things was his big as his personality. he never played as a professional football player because of a bad injury which was a incredible gift to the world. on the side lines as an nfl head coach. and for decades as a broadcaster. >> it is...

Sale for the first time ever only when ralph wilson died in 2014 after owning it for 54 years. that team was for sale in 2014 and a motley crew lined up to try and buy the team. not motley crew the band, but rather a motley crew. a food service mogul. a natural gas billionaire. a bond investor from santa monica. the person who owned pabst blue ribbon and jon bon jovi who is jon bon jovi and also donald trump, who you know from other contexts. all of these folks were lining up to try to buy the bills. it was never on the market before. nfl teams never come on the market. it was owned by one guy...

Reported in the new york times is that apparently deutsch bank didn't mind. at least they didn't mind that much. according to this reporting, deutsch bank knew what he was doing in this buffalo bills scam and they were cool with it. in early 2014, mr. trump and his lawyer michael cohen approached executive rosemary -- about more potential loans. the owner of the buffalo bills had died and the nfl franchise was up for sale. mr. trump was interested and needed to show the nfl that he had the financial wherewithal to pull off a transaction that could top a billion dollars. mr. trump asked deutsch...

Broadcast for this monday night as we start a new week. thank you so much for being here with us and good night from nbc news headquarters here in new york. thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. it's nice to have you with us. happy monday. we start tonight with ralph wilson. who? ralph wils on on grew up and detroit. if you know ralph wilson, you do not associate with the city of detroit. ralph wilson is famous for having founded the buffalo bills. players like jim kellyy and o.j. simpson played on his watch and when ralph wilson died at the age of 95 in 2014, he owned that team fo...