1940 NFL All-Star Game (January)
Gilmore Stadium (c. 1951) was the site of the game | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | January 14, 1940 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Kickoff time | 2:00 p.m. PST | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Gilmore Stadium Los Angeles, CA | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 18,000 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Announcers | Russ Winnie | ||||||||||||||||||
The 1940 National Football League (NFL) All-Star Game was an exhibition contest that the NFL organized after the 1939 season. The game was played between the Green Bay Packers, the league's champion that season, and a team of All-Stars made up of players from the remaining NFL teams. The players on the All-Star team were selected by a national poll of fans. The game, which was delayed a week due to rain, was played on Sunday, January 14, 1940, at Gilmore Stadium in Los Angeles, California, United States, in front of approximately 18,000 fans. The Packers defeated the All-Stars by a score of 16–7 on three field goals and a 92-yard touchdown pass from Cecil Isbell to Don Hutson. The all-star game format was continued for another three seasons before ending due to World War II. A new all-star format, branded as the Pro Bowl, began after the 1950 NFL season, with these all-star games retroactively considered the first Pro Bowls.