Sacco Sez: Bob Smith and the history of Mic'd Up features

Jim Saccomano

Denver Broncos fans love all things Broncos, and one of the things that has brought them closer to the action is the wiring of players and coaches.

But it was not always so, and it began even before NFL Films was founded in 1962.

The concept began with the 1960 TV production of "The Violent World of Sam Huff," a CBS program narrated by Walter Cronkite.

"We wired him for sound with