# Steve Sabol 1942-2012 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [September 18, 2012, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-sabol-1942-2012/635108 "2012-09-18T21:16:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Laggard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de053/32.png) [@Laggard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laggard)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2012, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-sabol-1942-2012/635108/1 "2012-09-18T21:16:17Z")
Steve Sabol passed away today. So much about what I enjoy about the NFL is a result of innovations he and his dad introduced. He is survived by his father Ed. ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2012, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-sabol-1942-2012/635108/2 "2012-09-18T21:53:16Z")
Steve was in line for succession after his dad retired. Did Steve have a son? Who takes over NFL Films now? ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2012, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-sabol-1942-2012/635108/3 "2012-09-18T21:57:17Z")
> [@EllisDee](#): > > Steve was in line for succession after his dad retired. Did Steve have a son? Who takes over NFL Films now? Ed actually retired from the day-to-day operations in 1995; Steve had been president of the company since then. NFL Films is actually owned by the NFL itself, and has been for some years now. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2012, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-sabol-1942-2012/635108/4 "2012-09-18T23:46:02Z")
According to [Sabol’s obituary](http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-steve-sabol-20120919,0,4884245.story), he’s survived by his wife and a son, Casey (as well as his parents, and a sister). I have no idea if Casey has had any involvement with NFL Films. When I google Casey Sabol, the hits focus on a musician in Los Angeles. His [Facebook page](https://www.facebook.com/casey.sabol?ref=ts) says that he’s from suburban Philadelphia; as NFL Films is based in Mount Laurel, NJ (just east of Philadelphia), it _could_ be the same person. ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2012, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-sabol-1942-2012/635108/5 "2012-09-19T01:59:25Z")
I say this with the utmost respect. Some of Sabol’s NFL Films products were the finest propaganda pieces since “Triumph of the Will.” His annual team highlight 30 minutes shows could make a 2-14 team seem like the Team of the Century. RIP Mr. Sabol. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2012, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-sabol-1942-2012/635108/6 "2012-09-23T03:50:59Z")
> [@zamboniracer](#): > > I say this with the utmost respect. Some of Sabol’s NFL Films products were the finest propaganda pieces since “Triumph of the Will.” His annual team highlight 30 minutes shows could make a 2-14 team seem like the Team of the Century. > > RIP Mr. Sabol. Totally agree with you there, _zamboniracer_. Although I’m no Raider fan, this one is a classic. (Cue John Facenda’s baritone voice; see & listen to it **[here](http://o-o---preferred---sn-a5m7lne6---v3---lscache6.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id=a2a419ab21e4a0d4&itag=7&source=uploaded_content&begin=0&ratebypass=yes&title=THE+AUTUMN+WIND&ip=0.0.0.0&ipbits=0&expire=1348393315&sparams=ip,ipbits,expire,id,itag,source,ratebypass,title&signature=20758F6810F6C0DEC01997C69E0F12D5463DECDC.69AE3C94212E98A18E90F57E24681817F1E9A893&key=ck1&ms=au&mv=m&mt=1348371670&cms_redirect=yes)**.) \*\*\*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.\*\*\* RIP, Steve Sabol