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RIP: Ed Sabol





It is a sad day in the National Football League as the founder of NFL Films and Pro Football Hall of Fame Inductee, Steve Sabol passed away in his home in Scottsdale, Arizona at the age of 98.


Sabol, along with his son Steve transformed the way that we watch the National Football League once he won the right to chronicle the game in 1962, and his vision gave us innovations that are still very much in use today.  With a multi-camera attack, players with microphones and locker room access, Sabol created what was akin to a Hollywood production.

NFL Films would give us the slow motion replay and reverse angles and set it to dramatic music and powerful narration.  There was nothing like it before, and it would become the standard bearer for how we watch sports films and documentaries and it was a large piece of what made the NFL grow as big as it has.

We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to extend our condolences to the friends and family of Ed Sabol at this time.






Last modified on Thursday, 19 March 2015 18:48
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