The Inventor of Electric Football Has Died...

[MichaelWinicki]

Norman Sas, inventor of Electric Football, dies at 87

Posted by Michael David Smith on July 8, 2012, 3:04 PM EDT


The generation that grew up on video games may find this hard to believe, but there was once a time when football fans could entertain themselves for hours by playing a low-tech game featuring inch-tall plastic players moving around chaotically on a vibrating metal football field. The game was Electric Football, and it grew so popular that more than 40 million copies of the game have been sold.

Electric Football was the brainchild of Norman Sas, who, according to the Hackensack Record, died on June 28 at the age of 87.

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http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/07/08/norman-sas-inventor-of-electric-football-dies-at-87/

 

[trickblue]

He's a big part of my childhood... RIP, and thank you, sir...

 

[jobberone]

I played it some when a kid but never liked it. Guess enough liked it to be a great success. Hopefully he made a lot of money with it.

 

[RastaRocket]

I've never played it or seen it. Just tried watching some youtube videos on it, looks cool. I have no idea what's going on though.