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Date | January 14, 1940 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Stadium | Gilmore Stadium, Los Angeles, California | ||||||||||||||||||
MVP | none selected | ||||||||||||||||||
Referee | Wilbur G. Crowell | ||||||||||||||||||
Attendance | 18,000 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Network | not televised | ||||||||||||||||||
The 1940 National Football League All-star Game was the professional football league's second all-star game. The game pitted the Green Bay Packers, the league's champion for the 1939 season, against a team of all-stars. The game was played on Sunday, January 14, 1940, at Gilmore Stadium in Los Angeles, California in front of 18,000 fans. The Packers defeated the all-stars by a score of 16–7. [1] The game was originally scheduled to be played on the previous Sunday, but it was delayed due to rain. [2]
The players on the all-star squad were selected by a national poll of fans. [3] Wilbur Crowell was the referee for the game. [4]
The players involved in this game were: [1] [5] [6]
Position: | Starters: | Reserves: |
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Quarterback | Dick Weisgerber | Arnie Herber Clarke Hinkle Cecil Isbell Eddie Jankowski Andy Uram |
Left Halfback | Jimmy Lawrence | |
Right Halfback | Joe Laws | |
Fullback | Frank Balasz | |
Left End | Milt Gantenbein | Don Hutson Harry Jacunski Carl Mulleneaux |
Right End | Allen Moore | |
Left Tackle | Ernie Smith | Baby Ray |
Right Tackle | Charlie Schultz | |
Left Guard | Gust Zarnas | Tiny Engebretsen Buckets Goldenberg |
Right Guard | Pete Tinsley | |
Center | Tom Greenfield | Bud Svendsen |
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