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| Date | January 4, 1942 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Stadium | Polo Grounds New York City | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | none selected | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 17,725 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Network | not televised | ||||||||||||||||||
The1942National Football League All-star Game (January) was the professionalfootball league's fourthall-star game. The game pitted theChicago Bears, the league'schampion for the1941 season, against a team of all-stars. The game was played on Sunday, January 4, 1942, at thePolo Grounds inNew York City. The Bears defeated the all-stars by a score of 35–24.[1]
TheGeorge Halas' Bears entered the game as 4–1favorites over the All-Stars led byNew York Giants head coachSteve Owen.[2] Although as many as 40,000 fans were expected,[2] cold and snowy weather kept the crowd down to 17,725.[1]
The game was originally planned to be played in Los Angeles where the first three All-Star games had been held, but it was moved to New York due to travel restrictions brought on byWorld War II.[2] To support the war effort, half of the game's proceeds went to the Naval Relief Society, a sum that amounted to $25,529.84.[3] It was the first January football game ever held in New York.[2]
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