1940 NFL 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 NFL 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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Date | January 14, 1940 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Stadium | Gilmore Stadium, Los Angeles, CA | ||||||||||||||||||
MVP | none selected | ||||||||||||||||||
Referee | Wilbur G. Crowell | ||||||||||||||||||
Attendance | 18,000 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Network | not televised | ||||||||||||||||||
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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.