Tony Verna


Anthony F. Verna was a producer of television sports and entertainment broadcasting. He is best known as the first producer to use instant replay in his broadcasts.

Biography

Verna was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
At the age of 30, Verna directed the Army-Navy game for CBS Sports on December 7, 1963. In the fourth quarter of the game, he was the first director to utilize instant replay, showing quarterback Rollie Stichweh's touchdown run from a different camera angle, immediately after it had been broadcast live.
He died in Palm Desert, California of acute lymphoblastic leukemia at the age of 81. What kinds of jobs did Tony verna have before and after television production?

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