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RIP Steve Sabol: Last Word on 19/9/12 | Tipped by Quickish |
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As much as anyone in NFL history, Steve Sabol believed in the sport. He believed that if he could get people to see football through his eyes -- with his encyclopedic knowledge of the game's history, his insider knowledge of the characters, and most of all his innate sense for a great story -- it would be the biggest thing going. People would love football the way he loved it. Joe Posnanski(via SportsOnEarth.com) , adding: "He really did help create today’s NFL essence. Much of it was subtle. The brilliant coach. The intense linebacker. The audacious quarterback. The indomitable runner. These are NFL Films themes. And it’s likely when you think back to a favorite NFL moment, you are really thinking back to how NFL Films framed that moment."
RIP Steve Sabol, Cont'd on 18/9/12 | Tipped by Quickish |
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To do the things NFL Films has done over the years -- wiring coaches and players in Super Bowls, allowing cameras in meetings that coaches wouldn't allow their closest friends in the world to attend -- gave NFL Films a genuineness that was unsurpassed not just in sports, but also in the world. Peter King(via SI.com) , adding: "Where else were the inner workings of a business so intimately documented by filmmakers and shown to an adoring public? That began with Steve Sabol's dad, Ed, a Hall of Fame filmmaker in his own right. But it flowered and became the institution it is today because of Steve's storytelling brilliance, and his ability to get people to let him into their world."
More Praise for Steve Sabol on 18/9/12 | Tipped by Quickish |
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NFL Films is a rare example of cinematographers placing style over substance and actually making the product infinitely more substantial. Sabol did this effortlessly, for 50 years. Chuck Klosterman(via Grantland)
RIP Steve Sabol, Cont'd on 18/9/12 | Tipped by Quickish |
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If you've ever watched slow-motion replay of an NFL play, laughed at a ridiculous NFL blooper, listened to a coach miked up on a sideline, sat enthralled as a player does his thing on the field and gives voice to his exploits, enjoyed the game or season review of your favorite NFL team, or watched an NFL broadcast at all, you have Steve Sabol to thank for that. Doug Farrar(via Yahoo Sports) , adding: "And if you've ever cashed a seven-figure check from the NFL, you really have Steve Sabol and NFL Films to thank for that."
RIP Steve Sabol: "The Autumn Wind" on 18/9/12 | Tipped by Quickish |
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One of the classic NFL Films features, on the Oakland Raiders.

MORE: Check out this photo gallery of classic Sabol photos, via USA TODAY Sports.
RIP NFL Films' Steve Sabol on 18/9/12 | Tipped by Quickish |
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*The football world says goodbye to a legend of the sport on Tuesday. Steve Sabol, President of NFL Films, has died at the age of 69 years old after an 18 month battle with brain cancer. (NFL.com's Gregg Rosenthal)

*The game had no greater ambassador. (CBSSports.com's Jason La Canfora)

*He did not play or coach or own a team but few have impacted the NFL like Steve Sabol. So sad to lose this legend. (ESPN's Mike Tirico)

*Steve Sabol deserves as much credit for making the NFL "America's Game" as anyone who has ever lived. (NFL Net's Andrew Siciliano)

*You know what one of the great things about Steve Sabol was? He had a sense of humor about himself, and football. So rare in NFL today. RIP.
(SportsOnEarth.com's Will Leitch)

*God bless you, Steve Sabol. Not only one of the most transcendent people in league history, but a great and generous gentleman. (Yahoo Sports' Doug Farrar)

*What an impact on the game we love. You cannot see the history of the NFL without the Sabol family. (NFL Red Zone's Scott Hanson)

*Name one person in the NFL that hasn't been impacted in some way by Steve Sabol. You can't. He will be missed. Memory Eternal. (NFLPA's George Atallah)

*Goodbye, Steve Sabol. A true American, and NFL, original. (SI's Peter King) (via Twitter)
More from H.O.F.: Sabol Tribute on 7/8/11 | Tipped by Quickish |
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Watch the fantastic (and appropriate) tribute to Hall of Fame inductee and founder of NFL Films, Ed Sabol. (via NFL.com)
Football Hall of Famer Ed Sabol on 5/8/11 | Tipped by Quickish |
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By 1962, his cinematic oeuvre included "The Sabols at the Seashore," "All About Ice Cream," "Bahama Bound," "To Catch a Whale" and clips of Steve playing football at prep school. Richard Sandomir(via New York Times) , on the long-overdue Pro Football Hall of Fame induction of the creator of NFL Films, Ed Sabol.

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