1963: The college football game between Army and Navy marks the first use of video instant replay during a sports telecast. Many fans find it confusing. The annual matchup between these two ...

Happy birthday instant replay! On this day in 1963, this television technique made its debut during the annual Army-Navy football game. On a fourth quarter run by Rollie Stichweh, TV viewers were ...

Instant replay made its debut 52 years ago on this day Dec. 7, 1963 during the CBS telecast of the Army-Navy game in Philadelphia. CBS director Tony Verna was the genius behind the idea but wasn't ...

When Tony Verna was a young CBS News director, he created instant replay during the 1963 Army-Navy football game. His new visual effect changed the way we watch live sports. Verna died Sunday at 81.

By the next fall, CBS used instant replay for most of its NFL games, turning an innovation from December 7, 1963, into the future of live television coverage. You Might Also Like ...

When Instant Replay Debuted During the Broadcast of a College Football ... By the next fall, CBS used instant replay for most of its NFL games, turning an innovation from December 7, 1963, ...

Less-than-instant replay had been used in sports broadcasting a few years via videotape and the most notable use to that point came just a few days prior to the 1963 Army-Navy game, a contest ...

It was on this day in 1963 that CBS first aired an instant replay of a football game. It came during the annual Army-Navy game, which was postponed due to the assassination of John F. Kennedy.

Verna used instant replay again at the Cotton Bowl between No. 1 Texas and No. 2 Navy on Jan. 1 — Navy lost and didn’t play in another bowl game until 1978 — and it was used during the ...

In 1963, Tony Verna changed the way we watch sports forever when he created "instant replay." He died this week at the age of 81. Robert Siegel talks to freelance writer Anna Clark about his legacy.

To cue up the very first instant replay, rewind to 1963, the year CBS director Tony Verna trucked a half-ton tape machine to the Army-Navy game.

In 1963, Tony Verna changed the way we watch sports forever when he created "instant replay." He died this week at the age of 81. Robert Siegel talks to freelance writer Anna Clark about his legacy.