Football Scoreboards From The 60s?

Question

I need to know (if possible) what kind of scoreboards they used in small towns in high school football stadium. I have tried to look on Google but had no luck, so please if you remember from your old days or have any other kind of information feel free to share. This is for a play that is set in 1963.

Again, we are talking about small teams, not professional ones.

If you can back up your answers with websites, it will be much better.

Answer 1

I'm pretty sure that the score was in lights, but the clocks were huge analog things (dial clocks) that ran backward with one hand.  When the hand reached the 12 o'clock position the quarter was over.

Here's a picture that is something like it, but the clock looks different.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cameragirl/...

The last one I remember seeing was at Aztec Bowl on the campus of San Diego State.  They kept it there even after the football team moved off campus but they tore it town in the 1990's to build a new basketball arena.

Also, in those days the referee carried a track starter's pistol to signal the end of the quarter.

Answer 2

They were pretty much electronic except that the clock was a clock.

Answer 3

I think they would use the manual ones like baseball teams use