death_date death_place birth_place name birth_date article_title birth_name occupation alma_mater
28 june 2012 vero beach , florida new york , new york norman sas 29 march 1925 norman sas
 norman anders sas toy maker and inventor massachusetts management institute of technology , mit sloan school of
norman sas

norman anders sas -lrb- march 29 , 1925 -- june 28 , 2012 -rrb- , was an american toy inventor , mechanical engineer and manufacturer who is best known for inventing electric football , a tabletop game popular from the late 1940s until the development of video football games in the 1980s .
