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RIP Norman Sas, electric football inventor,

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Drip, Jul 13, 2012.

  1. Drip

    Drip Active Member

    dies at 87



    WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The inventor of electric football, the tabletop game that enthralled and frustrated generations of boys, has died in Florida.

    Norman Sas was 87.

    He was a mechanical engineer who brought the world electric football in 1949, with its vibrating metal field and unpredictable plastic players.

    Its popularity endured for decades, until the advent of electronic games in the 1980s.

    His daughter confirmed Friday that Sas died June 28 at his home in Vero Beach.
     
    Drip, Jul 13, 2012
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  2. workerB12

    workerB12 Member

    How was electric football supposed to be fun?
     
    workerB12, Jul 13, 2012
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  3. Mystery Meat II

    Mystery Meat II Well-Known Member

    By building a homoerotic backstory and waiting for the inevitable mass orgy. Duh.
     
    Mystery Meat II, Jul 13, 2012
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  4. da man

    da man Well-Known Member

    da man, Jul 13, 2012
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  5. Baron Scicluna

    Baron Scicluna Well-Known Member

    [​IMG]

    Finally gets his revenge.

    (since we're D_bing this anyways.)
     
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    Baron Scicluna, Jul 13, 2012
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