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Tony Verna was born on 26 November, 1933, is an An american television director. Discover Tony Verna's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 82 years old?

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1933

Anthony F. Verna (November 26, 1933 – January 18, 2015) was a producer of television sports and entertainment blockbusters.

Verna was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

He died in Palm Desert, California at the age of 81.

1955

1955 - Baseball Game of the Week with Dizzy Dean

1960

1960 - Rome Olympics

1962

1962 - Marshal Titoski jumping---Yugoslavia

1963

Verna is credited with having invented instant replay, first used by CBS Sports during the Army-Navy game on December 7, 1963.

Verna's broadcast hallmark was an ability to continually come up with advances in the use of cameras, program content and creative interplay.

It was this skill that prompted him to use a trick left over from radio days in order to outwit the technology of the times and allow for a play on the field to be re-broadcast "instantly."

Verna's varied career includes creating, producing and directing Pope John Paul II's billion-viewer television special "A Prayer for World Peace" and the historic music spectacular "Live Aid."

As President of Caesar's Palace Productions, Verna was involved in all their spectacular entertainment projects.

Verna worked with and or and was friends with such notables as Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush, Grace Kelly, Mother Teresa, Edward R. Murrow, Larry King, Rod Stewart, Burt Reynolds, Dizzy Dean, Milton Berle, Duke Ellington, Ray Charles, Mick Jagger, Christopher Reeve, Tom Selleck, Mickey Mantle, Joe DiMaggio, Rocky Marciano, Kirk Douglas, Chevy Chase, Johnny Cash and John Denver.

Tony Verna produced and/or directed the following major television events:

1963 - (Dec-7) Invented the Instant Replay during the Army–Navy Game

1964

1964 - Directed Kentucky Derby (first of 12)

1967

1967 - Las Vegas ---Liberace Special

1967 - Johnny Unitas-Instant Quarterback

1968

1968 - Rocky Marciano, Jonathan Winters Jogging

1968 - Directed Super Bowl (first of 5)

1968 - Harlem Globetrotters-Soupy Sales

1968 - Roy Rogers, Dale Evans Special

1969

1969 - Rocky Marciano Tribute

1970

1970 - Created The Battle of the NFL Cheerleaders CBS

1970 - Created Instant Quarterback-John Unitas

1970 - Produced and directed Pro Bowlers Tour

1972

1972 - Directed Mike Douglas Show- Moscow

1974

1974 - Directed Canadian Stanley Cup

1974 - Directed 12th Kentucky Derby

1974 - Directed bios Jesse Owen, Mickey Mantle and Joe DiMaggio

1975

1975 - Mexican soccer championships

1975 - Directed Le Mans Grand Prix, France

1976

1976 - Hired by Saudi Arabia for Montreal Olympics

1977

1977 - Created $50,000 Challenge Winner Take All - Telly Savalas

1978

1978 - Soupy Sales - Harlem Globetrotters

1978 - London World Circus ---Karl Wallenda

1978 - Celebrity Daredevils, Christopher Reeve

1978 - Battle of the NFL Cheerleaders

1978 - NBC Rock n Roll Classic - Rod Stewart

1978 - Created Pete Rose Roast with Milton Berle--

1979

1979 - Billiards Mosconi-Minnesota Fats-Omar Sharif