The late NFL Films president Steve Sabol will be honored at every NFL stadium this week with a video tribute to his life and work.
Sabol, who died of brain cancer on Tuesday at the age of 69, will be memorialized on the video boards of every stadium before kickoff of each game this week, according to Ian Rapoport of NFL Network.
Steve and his father, Ed Sabol, had an enormous influence on the NFL over the last half century, starting by convincing the league to let them be the official videographers of the 1962 NFL championship game and eventually growing NFL Films into a huge fan favorite and a major reason for the NFL’s surge in popularity.
If the video tribute to be shown Sunday is produced by NFL Films, we’re sure it will be a fitting tribute to the man who dedicated his life to chronicling the sport he loved.