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The Spectacle Blog
Steve Sabol, one half of the father-son duo which founded NFL Films, passed away today after an 18 month battle with brain cancer. He was two weeks shy of his 70th birthday.
Sabol and his father Ed changed the way Americans watch football with their use of slow motion, montages and wiring players and coaches for sound. They gave football a third dimension which could be understood by the casual fan.
I leave you with “The Autumn Wind”, a poem composed Sabol which is the unofficial theme song of the Oakland Raiders.
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Paul McGrath| 9.18.12 @ 10:49PM
One could argue that Steve Sabol and his father are as responsible as anyone for the incredible popularity of professional football today. God, did I thrill to those films as a boy: the stirring music; the superb narration; and, of course, the spectacular camera work. (Was Steve Sabol also the narrator? Man, that guy--whoever it was--was great.) All of it done in an unironic, straightforward, peculiarly reverent way.
These guys were a couple of geniuses. Football owes them big-time.
Bob Grant| 9.18.12 @ 11:13PM
Well said.
R.I.P.
spike59| 9.19.12 @ 6:37AM
my favorite was "Dial M for Moron"
RIP, Steve
Paul McGrath| 9.18.12 @ 10:55PM
John Facenda was the announcer.
spike59| 9.19.12 @ 6:39AM
If there was any justice in the world, Facenda would have been interred beneath the "frozen tundra of Lambeau Field"
Occam's Tool| 9.18.12 @ 11:27PM
I love NFL films. Makes every game MONUMENTAL. Awesome. RIP.