As president of the most honored filmmaker in sports; Sabol continued to be the artistic vision behind the studio that revolutionized the way America watches football. Sabol and his father, who was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame on February 5, 2011, were honored in 2003 with the Lifetime Achievement Emmy from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for “revolutionizing the way America watches football and setting the standard in sports filmmaking.” While NFL Films has won over 100 Emmys, Sabol himself has received 35 of those Emmys for writing, cinematography, editing, directing and producing. No one else in all of television has earned as many Emmys in as many different categories to date. Sabol is the author of the poem The Autumn Wind, later adopted by the Oakland Raiders as an unofficial anthem. On September 18, 2012, Steve Sabol died of brain cancer in Moorestown, New Jersey, 18 months after being diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor in March of 2011. He died two weeks before his 70th birthday and a week after his father’s (Ed Sabol) 96th. He was honored before every NFL game in Week 3 with a video tribute. The NFL paid tribute to his life and contributions to the league, at a ceremony on February 12, 2013, in Philadelphia.