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He paved the way for base stealers to come in the 1960s and 70s, and to say he did it by accident is not true. Maury was a gifted speed burner and what he did in 1962 was kind of special in baseball. In high school he excelled in 3 sports, Football, Basketball and Baseball. In that MVP year of '62 he stole 104 bases to set a new Major League Baseball record, 5 more than any Major League Baseball team that year. Maury Wills, a legend for all times, and a good case for him to go to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
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While his dad Ed founded NFL Films, Steve was a cameraman, editor and writer for many of the NFL Films productions including the famed Super Bowl Highlights including Super Bowl III in which Steve was heavily on the Baltimore Colts because he was a fan of the team. But Steve will forever be as the host of many great shows including the exciting Lost Treasures of NFL Films, but most importantly he founded the NFL Network. His untimely death in 2012 shocked the pro football world. In 2020 he was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Steve once said "Life is good, Football is better."
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