By Associated Press PUBLISHED: 14:48 EST, 18 September 2012 | UPDATED: 14:48 EST, 18 September 2012 Pioneer: Steve Sabol, along with his father, have introduced a series of innovations now taken for granted NFL Films President Steve Sabol, half of the father-son team that revolutionized sports broadcasting and mythologized pro football into the country's favorite sport, has died from brain cancer. He was 69. In March 2011, Sabol was diagnosed with a tumor on the left side of his brain after being hospitalized for a seizure. His father, Ed, founded NFL Films, and Steve was there working beside him right from the start in 1964.
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Worked for NFL Films with his father, Ed, who founded the company back in 1964
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Won 35 Emmy awards for his work in writing, cinematography, editing, directing and producing
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