ram29jackson
07-10-2012, 01:23 PM
http://www.nj.com/bergen/index.ssf/2012/07/fans_rejoice_in_electric_football_in_memory_of_lat e_inventor_alpines_norman_sas.html
ALPINE — The passing of a longtime New Jersey resident and toy inventor has inspired nostalgia across a couple generations of sports fans who fondly remember the rumble and buzz of Electric Football.
better article
http://boston.barstoolsports.com/random-thoughts/inventor-of-electric-football-dies/
Well before Madden NFL video games, there was a quirky tabletop toy called Electric Football… Norman Sas, a former longtime resident of Alpine, invented Electric Football in 1948 and introduced it a year later. But it wasn’t until 1967, when he signed a deal with NFL Properties, the National Football League’s product licensing division, that the plastic players represented actual NFL teams and Electric Football really took off. Mr. Sas, who died June 28 at age 87, was “one of the real innovators of toy land,” said Chris Byrne, content director of timetoplaymag.com, the toy review website.
ALPINE — The passing of a longtime New Jersey resident and toy inventor has inspired nostalgia across a couple generations of sports fans who fondly remember the rumble and buzz of Electric Football.
better article
http://boston.barstoolsports.com/random-thoughts/inventor-of-electric-football-dies/
Well before Madden NFL video games, there was a quirky tabletop toy called Electric Football… Norman Sas, a former longtime resident of Alpine, invented Electric Football in 1948 and introduced it a year later. But it wasn’t until 1967, when he signed a deal with NFL Properties, the National Football League’s product licensing division, that the plastic players represented actual NFL teams and Electric Football really took off. Mr. Sas, who died June 28 at age 87, was “one of the real innovators of toy land,” said Chris Byrne, content director of timetoplaymag.com, the toy review website.