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Ed Sabol, whose obsessive approach to covering the NFL meant there were more cameras chronicling the Cleveland Browns’ 7-0 win over the San Francisco 49ers on Dec. 1, 1974 than documented the Allies’ invasion of Normandy, has died at the age of 98. With Sabol at the helm of the company he founded, every angle of every game got the NFL Films touch, with the omnipotent intonations of John Facenda giving untold import to every 3-yard gain. In his 31 years running the show, NFL Films won 52 Emmys, while putting microphones on players, coaches and referees so fans could hear every illegal procedure penalty and groin pull in Sensurround. In 2011, Sabol was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, which is sort of like sending your wedding videographer on the honeymoon.
Ed Sabol, whose obsessive approach to covering the NFL meant there were more cameras chronicling the Cleveland Browns’ 7-0 win over the San Francisco 49ers on Dec. 1, 1974 than documented the Allies’ invasion of Normandy, has died at the age of 98. With Sabol at the helm of the company he founded, every angle of every game got the NFL Films touch, with the omnipotent intonations of John Facenda giving untold import to every 3-yard gain. In his 31 years running the show, NFL Films won 52 Emmys, while putting microphones on players, coaches and referees so fans could hear every illegal procedure penalty and groin pull in Sensurround. In 2011, Sabol was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, which is sort of like sending your wedding videographer on the honeymoon.
Labels: Hall of Fame, NFL
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