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1939 NFL All-Star Game

National Football League all-star game

Field	Value
type	pb
name	1939
visitor	New York Giants
home	All-America All-Stars
visitor_qtr1	0
home_qtr1	0
visitor_qtr2	3
home_qtr2	3
visitor_qtr3	0
home_qtr3	0
visitor_qtr4	10
home_qtr4	7
date	January 15, 1939
stadium	Wrigley Field
city	Los Angeles, California
visitor_coach	Steve Owen
visitor_coach_team	[New York Giants](1938-new-york-giants-season)
home_coach	Gus Henderson
home_coach_team	[Detroit Lions](1938-detroit-lions-season)
MVP	none selected
attendance	15,000
network	not televised
next	[1940 (Jan)](1940-nfl-all-star-game-january)

The 1939 National Football League All-star Game was the professional football league's first-ever all-star game, sponsored by the Los Angeles Times as a charity game to benefit the Salvation Army. It pitted the New York Giants, the league's champion for the 1938 season, against a team of all-stars. The game was played on Sunday, January 15, 1939, at Wrigley Field in Los Angeles, California in front of 15,000 fans; although 30,000 spectators were expected, bad weather led to the poor attendance. The Giants defeated the all-stars by a score of 13–10.

The players on the all-star squad were selected by fan balloting. For the only time in the game's history, players from teams outside the NFL were invited; five players from the Los Angeles Bulldogs and Hollywood Stars, two local teams in what would eventually become the Pacific Coast Professional Football League, were among the members of the All-Star team.

Rosters

The players involved in this game were:

All-American All-Stars roster

Position:	Starters:	Reserves:
Quarterback	Erny Pinckert, [Washington Redskins](1938-washington-redskins-season)	Stu Smith, [Pittsburgh Pirates](1938-pittsburgh-pirates-nfl-season)
Ed Goddard, [Cleveland Rams](1938-cleveland-rams-season)
Gordon Gore, Los Angeles Bulldogs
Johnny Drake, Cleveland Rams
Cecil Isbell, [Green Bay Packers](1938-green-bay-packers-season)
Left Halfback	Sammy Baugh, Washington Redskins
Right Halfback	Lloyd Cardwell, [Detroit Lions](1938-detroit-lions-season)
Fullback	Clarke Hinkle, Green Bay Packers
Left End	Gaynell Tinsley, [Chicago Cardinals](1938-chicago-cardinals-season)	Bob McChesney, Washington Redskins
Joe Carter, [Philadelphia Eagles](1938-philadelphia-eagles-season)
Bill Moore, Los Angeles Bulldogs
Right End	Perry Schwartz, [Brooklyn Dodgers](1938-brooklyn-dodgers-nfl-season)
Left Tackle	Joe Stydahar, [Chicago Bears](1938-chicago-bears-season)	Ernie Smith, Hollywood Stars
Right Tackle	Frank Kinard, Brooklyn Dodgers
Left Guard	Byron Gentry, Pittsburgh Pirates	Owen Hansen, Hollywood Stars
Bill Radovich, Detroit Lions
Russ Letlow, Green Bay Packers
Right Guard	Pete Mehringer, Los Angeles Bulldogs
Center	John Wiatrak, Cleveland Rams	Phil Dougherty, Chicago Cardinals

New York Giants roster

Position:	Starters:	Reserves:
Quarterback	Nello Falaschi	Tuffy Leemans
Len Barnum
John Karcis
Kink Richards
Johnny Gildea
Dale Burnett
Leland Shaffer
Left Halfback	Hank Soar
Right Halfback	Ward Cuff
Fullback	Ed Danowski
Left End	Jim Lee Howell	Hap Barnard
Chuck Gelatka
Jack Haden
Right End	Jim Poole
Left Tackle	Ed Widseth	Frank Cope
John Mellus
Right Tackle	Ox Parry
Left Guard	Orville Tuttle	Pete Cole
Right Guard	Kayo Lunday
Center	Mel Hein	Stan Galazin

References

(January 8, 1939). "Facts, Figures Regarding First Annual Pro Game". [[Los Angeles Times]].
United Press. (January 16, 1939). "Giants Defeat Pro All-Stars". [[Republican Herald]].
Crawford, Fred R.. "The First Pro Bowl Game". The Coffin Corner.
(January 16, 1939). "Giants Beat Stars; Ward Cuff Is Hero". [[Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel.
(January 15, 1939). "Giants Meet All-Stars in Last of Bowl Games". [[Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel.
Guenther, Jack. (January 16, 1939). "N.Y. Giants Winners of Pro Title". [[Berkeley Daily Gazette]].
Crawford, Fred R.. (1990). "The First Pro Bowl Game". The Coffin Corner.

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