NFL Films president Steve Sabol died Tuesday (September 18) of brain cancer. He was 69 years old.
According to ESPN.com, Sabol was diagnosed in March 2011 with a tumor on the left side of his brain after being hospitalized for a seizure.
Sabol started working with his father, Ed (NFL Films' founder) in 1964, and they introduced a series of innovations that are now taken for granted, from slow-motion replays to sticking microphones on coaches and players. He and his father revolutionized sports broadcasting pro football and helped make it the country's favorite sport.
"Steve Sabol was the creative genius behind the remarkable work of NFL Films," NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said in a statement. "Steve's passion for football was matched by his incredible talent and energy. Steve's legacy will be part of the NFL forever. He was a major contributor to the success of the NFL, a man who changed the way we look at football and sports, and a great friend."
Ed Sabol was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame last year. The two received the Lifetime Achievement Emmy from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in 2003; and Steve has received 35 Emmys throughout his career for categories such as writing, cinematography, editing, directing and producing. No one else had ever earned that many Emmys in as many different categories.
He began his career as a cinematographer under his father.
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