The 1940 National Football League All-star Game was the professional

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league's second

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. The game pitted the

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, the league's

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for the 1939 season, against a team of all-stars. The game was played on Sunday, January 14, 1940, at

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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.

Rosters

The players involved in this game were:

NFL All-Stars Roster

Green Bay Packers roster

Roster Notes: :Injured player; selected but did not play

References

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