7. John Madden
He is a broadcaster, an athlete and a spokesperson. After endorsing Tinactin (a popular athlete’s foot spray) he got affected with Athlete’s foot. We don’t know the reason behind the ending of his career. Madden retired from coaching after the 1978 season, citing a stomach ulcer and fatigue. In his 1984 best-selling book Hey, Wait a Minute (I wrote a book!), Madden noted that he had been so focused on football that he’d become estranged from his family, at one point thinking his 16-year-old son was twelve. But he didn’t stay out of the limelight for long: in the early 1980s he became an iconic pitchman for Miller Lite, appearing in the beer’s famous “tastes great, less filling” ad campaign. Madden’s barely restrained enthusiasm made him a natural salesman and he showed a knack for making anything — even foot fungus treatment — seem exciting: (“Boom! Tough-Actin’ Tinactin!”)