“Tell me a fact, and I’ll learn. Tell me a truth, and I’ll believe. But tell me a story, and it will live in my heart forever.” -Steve Sabol, 1942-2012.
- An American filmmaker.
- President and one of the founders of NFL Films.
- Was the first to use slow motion and montage editing in sports.
- When ESPN was founded, Sabol became an on-air personality.
- Won 35 Emmy Awards
- Had a documentary about him air on 60 Minutes.
- Sabol played a part in founding the NFL Network.
- 2002 Sports Executive of the Year by Sporting News magazine.
- He was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor.
- On September 18, 2012, Sabol died of brain cancer in Moorestown, New Jersey.
