1940_National_Football_League_All-Star_Game_(January)

1940 National Football League All-Star Game (January)

1940 National Football League All-Star Game (January)

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This article is about the NFL All-Star Game that followed the 1939 season, played on January 14, 1940. For the game that followed the 1940 season, played on December 29, 1940, see 1940 National Football League All-Star Game (December).

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]

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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]

Rosters

The players involved in this game were:[1][5][6]

NFL All-Stars Roster

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Green Bay Packers roster

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Roster Notes:

a Injured player; selected but did not play

References

  1. [1]
    "Packers Beat Stars, 16 to 7". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. AP. January 15, 1940. p. 14. Retrieved February 7, 2012.
  2. [2]
    McLemore, Henry (January 15, 1940). "Green Bay Packers Upset Stars, 16–7". St. Petersburg Times. UP. p. 11. Retrieved February 7, 2012.
  3. [3]
    McLemore, Henry (January 7, 1940). "Pro Football Players in Game Today". Sunday Morning Star (Wilmington, Delaware). United Press. p. 23. Retrieved February 7, 2012.
  4. [4]
    "Pro Bowl Battle Scheduled Today". The Palm Beach Post. AP. January 7, 1940. p. 13. Retrieved February 7, 2012.
  5. [5]
    "1939 NFL Pro Bowlers". Pro-football-reference.com. Archived from the original on March 4, 2012. Retrieved February 7, 2012.
  6. [6]
    "1939 Green Bay Packers roster". Pro-football-reference.com. Archived from the original on December 27, 2011. Retrieved February 7, 2012.
  7. [7]
    "Stars Picked to Meet Bays in 'Pro Bowl'". Milwaukee Journal. AP. December 19, 1939. p. L-6. Retrieved February 14, 2012.
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