1940 Pro Bowl
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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. The game was originally scheduled to be played on the previous Sunday, but it was delayed due to rain.
The players on the all-star squad were selected by a national poll of fans. Wilbur Crowell was the referee for the game.
The players involved in this game were:
Roster Notes:
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