Some interesting aspects on the 50th anniversary of this great innovation:
- Nelson did not even learn about this innovation until the morning of the game.
- CBS had trouble getting the technology to work properly and only used one such replay during the entire telecast.
- The replay was shown at actual speed. Slow-motion instant replay would be developed in the future.
- CBS did not refer to it as "instant replay" on the telecast. That terminology would come later.
and more reflections from Verna on the historic first use.
The initial use of instant replay is also mentioned in the tremendous CBS Sports Network documentary on that game Marching On: 1963 Army-Navy Remembered which will be replayed several more times.
I just found an article from November 23, 1961 in the Cleveland Plain Dealer.It said a game between Texas and Texas A&M that day will use slow motion for video on close plays.It said it was proven by ABC engineers the week of November 23 1961 that it would work.It also claimed in the article that it had been used in a boxing match between Floyd Patterson and Ingemar Johansson the previous March.It was used after Patterson knocked down Johansson in the sixth round.They wanted to see on tv if Johansson had beaten the 10 count.The article was written by Jack Clancy
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