Norman Sas, Creator Of Electric Football, Dies At Age 87
 

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Before the era of video games, there was another way to play football at home -- electric football. While the idea of a vibrating game board with plastic football players moving randomly sounds archaic now, it was once a sensation for NFL fans to enjoy at home. Sadly, the creator of such interesting memorabilia, Norman Sas, died recently at the age of 87.

Introduced to the public in 1949, Sas got NFL Properties to buy into the idea in 1967 and for well over a decade, until computer and video games came along, electric football ruled the football gaming world. For an idea of just how big, Sas himself commented on the phenomenon in a Washington Post story in '98:

more after the jump.

They should electrify his coffin and vibrate it into the grave site.

ROFLVery fitting for sure ! Those were the days !!:clap:

probably just tip over.

Or buzz off to the side and get stuck against some other tombstone, banging back and forth against it until they finally shut it off.

Electric football sucked ass.

On the to do list:

An electric football simulator for sandboxsimulations.com.












Just kidding, Rain Man.

heh, loved Electric football as a kid. I never could figure out how to pass? My RBs would always rack up like 70 carries for 350 yards.

ROFLROFLROFLROFL

Somewhere, WierdWolf weeps.

shocking.

Damn, everything from my youth is fading away!

Naturally, as a kid, I had to have the Super Bowl IV edition of electric football. It came with a bunch of Chiefs and Vikings players and a bag full of the green bases. I immediately tested all the bases in the bag to see which ones ran the straightest and fastest and put the Chiefs players on those...The Vikings got the leftovers...

Bwahaha, the Vikings never had a chance...

I can only assume he died of a seizure.

They did but it simply spun in circles.