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Steve Sabol (1942-2012)

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For those who don't know about him, he was the president and co-founder of NFL Films, alongside his father, Ed. This morning, he lost his battle with brain cancer, just about two weeks shy of what would have been his 70th birthday. His father was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame last year, and Steve was his presenter.

For many (me included), the Sabols' vision and style of filming NFL games practically made the league what it is today. Steve also hosted much of NFL Films' TV shows and specials throughout the years, appearing on ESPN and NFL Network.

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Steve Sabol was a talented, creative man who unfortunately will also be remembered for a mistake.

When Super Bowl III was played on Jan. 12, 1969, the then-Baltimore Colts were still in what today would be known as the NFC.

It was still a couple of years before the pro football merger fully kicked in, and there were two separate leagues, the NFL and the AFL.

As everyone knows, the 18-point underdog New York Jets from the AFL beat the supposedly invincible Colts 16-7. It still rates as one of sports' biggest shockers of all time.

Sabol would later explain on the NFL Network's Super Bowl Highlights film show that not only did he work for NFL Films (AFL Films was a separate entity at the time), but that he was a fanatical Baltimore Colts fan.

As a result, the NFL Films highlight movie of Super Bowl III is nothing more than a PR film for Johnny Unitas and the Colts. The film focused on Colt highlights (there were some) and Unitas' late entry into the game.

It made objective viewers wonder just who actually won the game.

Sabol said on the show, his exact quote, "I blew it!"

When a talented man makes a mistake, it's bound to be a b-yoot. His errors were very few.
 
Too bad there are not equivalents like "MLB Films" or "NBA Films". The quality is impeccable, the slo-mo (especially the football spinning in the air), made NFL Films what it is today. And....that music!!

I happen to have one of the last NFL Films shows that the late John Facenda narrated (to be precise, "The Cinderella Seahawks," their 1983 season). NFL Films + Facenda = Masterpiece :)

Sorry that Mr. Sabol left us.

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