On Thursday, which is Thanksgiving, the NFL will honour John Madden, a former player, coach, and commentator, know about his turkey leg award and its winners list
The league’s social media logo was changed to a picture of the late Philadelphia Eagles player.
John Madden NFL Turkey Leg Thanksgiving Award Winners List And Meaning
Since 1989, instead of a trophy, the MVP of each Thanksgiving game has been given a turkey leg. A game between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Dallas Cowboys was the start of the tradition. Madden decided that a turkey leg should be given to the MVP.
The top 5 winners can be found here.
The list of Turkey Leg winners is impressive. In 1990, Madden gave the award to @EmmittSmith22, but had wished he had five more legs to recognize the Cowboys o-line.
In 1992, Madden introduced the six-legged turkey, which was then awarded to Smith and all his linemen. 😤🙌 pic.twitter.com/rWixZFrLPg
— NFL (@NFL) November 24, 2022
Reggie White, a linebacker, was the first person to get the Turkey Leg Award. The following year, it went to running back Emmitt Smith. Madden said he wished he could give Smith and each of Dallas’ offensive linemen a turkey leg. In 1998, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram wrote that Joe Pat Fieseler, the owner of Harvey’s Barbecue Pit, made a turkey with six legs.
Who Was Legendary Footballer John Madden? About His Life, Career And Much More!
John Madden died on December 28, 2021, at 85. At that time, there was no news about what caused his death. John Madden was the youngest coach in the history of professional football. He was first hired to coach the Raiders, and they ended up beating the Minnesota Vikings in Super Bowl XI in an amazing way. During his time as a coach, he wore many hats and had the best winning percentage of all coaches who had won at least 100 games.
John Madden moved into broadcasting after he stopped being a coach. He did a weekly soundtrack about NFL games. He worked in radio and TV for more than thirty years. John Madden did a lot of things, but he also worked in the video game business. Madden NFL, a popular video game series, pays tribute to the legend.
Family Of John Madden
Virginia Fields was John Madden’s wife for more than fifty years. They met for the first time in a bar on Pismo Beach. During those years, they were both at Polytechnic University getting their Master’s degrees. Soon after that, they got married. They had two sons, Joseph and Michael, and raised them in Pleasanton, California.
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