Steve Sabol Passes away

[becky10]

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RIP Steve Sabol on.nfl.com/OWZCvg

Very sad.............

[FredFan7]

He was a good friend to the officials.

[zebrablog]

He could have easily been a utilitarian documentary producer of a very unsophisticated sport. Instead, he elevated the sport into a work of art through unique cinematography, a bombastic soundtrack, and talented storytelling. His words for a Raiders yearbook film show the dedication to this ideal:

The Autumn wind is a pirate
Blustering in from sea
With a rollicking song he sweeps along
Swaggering boisterously.
His face is weatherbeaten
He wears a hooded sash
With a silver hat about his head
And a bristling black mustache
He growls as he storms the country
A villain big and bold
And the trees all shake and quiver and quake
As he robs them of their gold.
The Autumn wind is a Raider
Pillaging just for fun
He'll knock you 'round and upside down
And laugh when he's conquered and won.

[tuckerewell]

What an amazing, unique and incomparable NFL song. I had forgotten that he had written it. Steve Sabol put his visionary stamp on the NFL and showed us the game at its very best. His works from the 70's to the 90's are essential to the history of the NFL.

[FredFan7]

And Sabol took a Philadelphia news anchor whose career was on a severe wane and made him THE voice of the NFL.

John Facenda has been gone almost 30 years and they still haven't replaced him.

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Its sad he wasn't inducted in the Hall of Fame with his father, Ed.

[JAYJAYSTRIPES]

Ed Sabol, Steve Sabol, and John Facenda three gentlemen who put NFL films on the map, and consistently produced a product worth watching. Who can forget Facenda's deep baritone voice which just rhythetically resonated as he spoke.
There is none their equal and they WILL be missed.