On January 15, 1939 the National Football League held its first All-Star Game. The game pitted the league champion New York Giants against an All-Star teaam made up of the members of the other teams in the league. Joining the All-Star team were three members of the Los Angeles Bulldogs. The Bulldogs were for the 1938 season a top independent team that spent the year between leagues. Although the NFL did not have any teams playing West of Chicago, the game was played at Wrigley Field in Los Angeles. The Giants still were able to pull off a 13-10 victory over the Pro All-Stars.
A full 28 years later, the NFL put yet an spotlight on the City of the Angels when the Green Bay Packers met the Kansas City Chiefs of the American Football League for what later became known as Super Bowl I. The Packers overwhelmed the Chiefs by a score of 35-10 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum before almost 62,000 fans.
Tomorrow we will take a look at a very early hockey game.
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