Background
Sabol was born to a Jewish family in Atlantic City, New Jersey in 1916 and raised in Blairstown, New Jersey.
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Ohio State University.
Career
Early life, education, and career While attending Blair Academy, he excelled in several sports, and set a World Interscholastic Swimming record in the 100-yard freestyle race. He continued his noted swimming career at Ohio State University. He was selected for the 1936 Olympic team but refused to participate because of the games" connections to Nazi Germany.
He had some success in the theater as an actor, appearing on Broadway for the production of Where Do We Go from Here.
He served in World World War II, and upon returning to civilian life, worked as a clothing salesman out of his father-in-law"s factory. NFL Films Sabol founded Blair Motion Pictures in 1962.
Its first major contract was to film the 1962 NFL Championship Game between the New York Giants and the Green Bay Packers at Yankee Stadium in New New York In 1964, Blair Motion Pictures became NFL Films, with an exclusive deal to preserve NFL games on film.
In 1996, he was elected to the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.
On February 5, 2011, Sabol was elected to the Professional Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio. Death Sabol died on February 9, 2015, at his home in Arizona. 1935 World Interscholastic Record holder, 100-yard freestyle swimming.
Achievements
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1935 World Interscholastic Record holder, 100-yard freestyle swimming 1937 Big Ten championship, 400-yard freestyle relay swimming 1937 National Amateur Athletic Union championship, 400-yard freestyle relay swimming 91 Emmy Awards (to NFL Films) 1987 Order of the Leather Helmet (presented by the NFL Alumni Association) 1987 Bert Bell Memorial Award (presented by the NFL) 1991 Pete Rozelle Award (presented by the NFL) 1996 International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame 2003 Lifetime Achievement Emmy 2004 John Grierson International Gold Medal 2011 Pro Football Hall of Fame.
