Awards & Winners

Steve Sabol

Date of Birth 02-October-1942
Place of Birth Moorestown
(Burlington County, New Jersey)
Nationality United States of America
Also know as Stephen Douglas Sabol, Stephen J. Sabol
Profession Television Producer, Businessperson, Filmmaker
Stephen Douglas "Steve" Sabol was an American filmmaker. He was the president and one of the founders of NFL Films, along with his father Ed. He was also a widely exhibited visual artist. Sabol was born in Moorestown Township, New Jersey and attended Colorado College, where he played football and was a member of the Kappa Sigma Fraternity. He was the subject of a humorous article about his self-promotion exploits in the November 22, 1965, issue of Sports Illustrated. He began working at NFL Films as a cameraman alongside his father Ed Sabol after graduation. He started in the filming industry when his father got the rights to the 1962 NFL Championship Game, played in Yankee Stadium on December 30. This company eventually grew into NFL Films, with Sabol serving mainly as a cameraman, editor and writer in the 1960s and 1970s. When ESPN was founded 1979, they soon signed NFL Films as a production company and Sabol became an on-air personality in the 1980s. He won 35 Emmy Awards and had a documentary about him air on 60 Minutes. Sabol played a part in founding the NFL Network. He is the author of the poem "The Autumn Wind", later adopted by the Oakland Raiders as an unofficial anthem.

Awards by Steve Sabol

Check all the awards nominated and won by Steve Sabol.

2013


Sports Emmy Award for Outstanding Studio Show - Weekly
Honored for : Inside the NFL
Sports Emmy Award for Outstanding Sports Documentary
Honored for : Namath
Sports Emmy Award for Outstanding Sports Promotional Announcement - Episodic
Honored for : A Football Life
(Life Story)

Nominations 2013 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Sports Emmy Award for Outstanding Studio Show - Weekly Inside the NFL
Sports Emmy Award for Outstanding Sports Documentary Namath
Sports Emmy Award for Outstanding Edited Sports Special Still Standing: The Earl Campbell Story
Sports Emmy Award for Outstanding Edited Sports Special NFL Films Presents
Tecmo Super Bowl
Sports Emmy Award for Outstanding Short Feature Inside the NFL
One Last Wish: The Danny Webber Story
Sports Emmy Award for Outstanding Short Feature NFL Films Presents
Slackliner
Sports Emmy Award for Outstanding Editing Hard Knocks
Training Camp with the Miami Dolphins
Sports Emmy Award for Outstanding Edited Sports Series/Anthology A Football Life
Sports Emmy Award for Outstanding Sports Promotional Announcement - Episodic A Football Life
Life Story
Sports Emmy Award for Outstanding Edited Sports Series/Anthology Hard Knocks
Training Camp with the Miami Dolphins
Sports Emmy Award for Outstanding New Approaches Sports Programming Everything to Prove

2012


Nominations 2012 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Sports Emmy Award for Outstanding Edited Sports Series/Anthology A Football Life
Sports Emmy Award for Outstanding Edited Sports Series/Anthology NFL Turning Point

2011


Sports Emmy Award for Outstanding Edited Sports Series/Anthology
Honored for : Hard Knocks
(Training Camp with the New York Jets)
Sports Emmy Award for Outstanding Sports Documentary
Honored for : Lombardi
Sports Emmy Award for Outstanding Live Event Turnaround
Honored for : Sound FX
(Cincinnati Bengals at New York Jets)

Nominations 2011 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Sports Emmy Award for Outstanding Live Event Turnaround Sound FX
Cincinnati Bengals at New York Jets
Sports Emmy Award for Outstanding Edited Sports Special A Football Life
Bill Parcells: Reflections on a Life in Football
Sports Emmy Award for Outstanding Sports Documentary Lombardi
Sports Emmy Award for Outstanding Edited Sports Series/Anthology Hard Knocks
Training Camp with the New York Jets

2010


Sports Emmy Award for Outstanding Short Feature
Honored for : Inside the NFL
(Fighting for #62 - The Nick Reardon Story)
Sports Emmy Award for Outstanding Edited Sports Series/Anthology
Honored for : Hard Knocks
(Training Camp With The Cincinnati Bengals)

Nominations 2010 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Sports Emmy Award for Outstanding Edited Sports Special America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions
The 2008 Pittsburgh Steelers
Sports Emmy Award for Outstanding Edited Sports Series/Anthology Hard Knocks
Training Camp With The Cincinnati Bengals
Sports Emmy Award for Outstanding Edited Sports Series/Anthology NFL Films Presents
Sports Emmy Award for Outstanding Studio Show - Weekly Inside the NFL
Sports Emmy Award for Outstanding Short Feature Inside the NFL
Fighting for #62 - The Nick Reardon Story
Sports Emmy Award for Outstanding Short Feature NFL Films Presents
One Shot
Sports Emmy Award for Outstanding New Approaches Sports Programming NFL Weekly Countdown
Sports Emmy Award for Outstanding Sports Promotional Announcement - Institutional Full Color Football: The History of the American Football League
Sports Emmy Award for Outstanding Short Feature Inside the NFL
Sounds of the Year

2009


Sports Emmy Award for Outstanding Studio Show - Weekly
Honored for : Inside the NFL

Nominations 2009 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Sports Emmy Award for Outstanding Edited Sports Series/Anthology America's Game: The Missing Rings
Sports Emmy Award for Outstanding Edited Sports Special Varsity Rivals
Sports Emmy Award for Outstanding Studio Show - Weekly Inside the NFL
Sports Emmy Award for Outstanding New Approaches Sports Programming Short Format NFL Ultimate Audio on NFL.com

2008


Sports Emmy Award for Outstanding Long Feature
Honored for : NFL Films Presents
(Finding Your Butkus)
Sports Emmy Award for Outstanding Edited Sports Series/Anthology
Honored for : America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions

Nominations 2008 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Sports Emmy Award for Outstanding Live Event Turnaround Sound FX
NFL Mic'd Up: Ravens vs. 49ers
Sports Emmy Award for Outstanding Edited Sports Special Super Bowl 360
Sports Emmy Award for Outstanding Edited Sports Series/Anthology America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions
Sports Emmy Award for Outstanding Edited Sports Series/Anthology Greatest High School Football Rivalries
Sports Emmy Award for Outstanding Edited Sports Series/Anthology Hard Knocks
Training Camp with the Kansas City Chiefs
Sports Emmy Award for Outstanding Long Feature NFL Films Presents
Finding Your Butkus

2006


Sports Emmy Award for Outstanding Studio Show - Weekly
Honored for : Inside the NFL

Nominations 2006 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Sports Emmy Award for Outstanding Live Event Turnaround NFL Films Game of the Week
Special Edition: Lions vs. Bucs
Sports Emmy Award for Outstanding Studio Show - Weekly Inside the NFL

2005


Sports Emmy Award for Outstanding Studio Show - Weekly
Honored for : Inside the NFL

Nominations 2005 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Sports Emmy Award for Outstanding Live Event Turnaround NFL Network Game of the Week
Special Edition: Sounds of the Game (Ravens v. Jets)
Sports Emmy Award for Outstanding Edited Sports Special 6 Days To Sunday
Sports Emmy Award for Outstanding Sports Documentary Favre 4-Ever
Sports Emmy Award for Outstanding Studio Show - Weekly Inside the NFL
Sports Emmy Award for Outstanding Long Feature NFL Films Presents
Derek Dewitt

2004


Sports Emmy Award for Outstanding Long Feature
Honored for : NFL Films Presents
(Big Charlie's)

Nominations 2004 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Sports Emmy Award for Outstanding Edited Sports Series/Anthology NFL Films Presents
Sports Emmy Award for Outstanding Short Feature Monday Night Football
Brett Favre Dropping Back
Sports Emmy Award for Outstanding Short Feature NFL Films Presents
The Family Jewels
Sports Emmy Award for Outstanding Long Feature NFL Films Presents
Big Charlie's

2003


Sports Lifetime Achievement Award

Nominations 2003 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Sports Emmy Award for Outstanding Edited Sports Special NFL Films Presents
Emmitt Smith: Run with History
Sports Emmy Award for Outstanding Sports Documentary The Bravest Team: The Rebuilding of the FDNY Football Club
Sports Emmy Award for Outstanding Edited Sports Series/Anthology Hard Knocks
Training Camp with The Dallas Cowboys
Sports Emmy Award for Outstanding Edited Sports Series/Anthology NFL Films Presents
Sports Emmy Award for Outstanding Long Feature NFL Films Presents
Pat Lyons