To me, football is very personal. Even as a kid, I looked at football in dramaturgical terms. It wasn't the score that interested me, it was the struggle.

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While NFL Films has won over 100 Emmys Sabol himself has received 35 of those Emmys for writing cinematography editing directing and producing. Sabol and his father Ed were inducted into the Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame in November 2011 which was followed by Sabol’s induction into the Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame in December. Sabol was the recipient of the 2010 Sports Leadership Award presented to him at the March of Dimes 27th Annual Sports Luncheon which is one of the highest profile events of the year for the sports and sports media business in New York.

He began working at NFL Films as a cameraman alongside his father Ed Sabol after graduation. He was also a widely exhibited visual artist. This company eventually grew into NFL Films with Sabol serving mainly as a cameraman editor and writer in the 1960s and 1970s.