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1980-81 Sports Emmy Award for achievement with the electronic camera in coverage of NFL football on ABC. Camera man Jack Savoy was recognized with the honor for outstanding individual achievement. The first Sports Emmy Award was issued in 1950 as part of a regular Emmy ceremony, though the field of sports coverage earned a ceremony all its own in 1979. The iconic winged woman holding an atom stands on the slightly convex, grid-lined surface of a round metal base, plated in 18-karat gold. The base's flat perimeter reads ''The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences''. Front section is engraved with 6 lines naming the award, its category and recipient: ''1980-1981 Sports Emmy Award / Outstanding Individual Achievement / Jack Savoy - Electronic Camera / and his colleagues / NFL Football - Sunday Night 10/26/80 / ABC''. Measures 15.25'' in total height with a 7.5'' diameter base. Weighs 4 lbs., 9 oz. Fine condition.
Sports Emmy From 1980-1981 for ABC's Coverage of NFL Sunday Night Football
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