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The game was the idea of Arch Ward, the sports editor of the Chicago Tribune and the driving force behind Major League Baseball's All-Star Game. [1] The game originally was a benefit for Chicago-area charities and was played at Soldier Field except for two years during World War II, in 1943 and 1944, when it was held at Northwestern University's Dyche Stadium in Evanston.
August 10: Chicago College All-Star Game, in which 75,000 saw the Cleveland Browns defeat the College All-Stars 26–0. 1956 Chicagoland Music Festival featured 8,000 performers, including Al G. Wright, Richard Tucker,the Skokie American Indians drum and bugle corps (the national champions).
Chicago Charities College All-Star Game; Coaches All-America Game; College All-Star Bowl; College Gridiron Showcase; D. Dixie Gridiron Classic; Dream Bowl; E. East ...
The annual tradition was created by the Tribune’s sports editor. “This is an announcement of the greatest baseball game ever scheduled,” Arch Ward wrote in the May 19, 1933, edition of the ...
The 1944 Chicago College All-Star Game between the Bears and All-Stars was presented in a similar method to the 1943 game. The selection of coaches and players for the College All-Star team was based on the classic games of the previous years and was not dictated by votes from supporters.
From 2014 to 2016 it followed a draft format, similar to the 2011–2015 format of the NHL All-Star Game (see above). Note: In professional American football, the term "all-star game" can also refer to the American Football League All-Star game, played from 1961 to 1969; or the College All-Star Game, played from 1934 to 1976.
The all-star contest plans to invite over 100 college athletes from historically black colleges and universities for a showcase game and “a week-long celebration of Black culture and history.”
The game that means everything: Army and Navy get ready to clash for the 125th time in college football’s most unique rivalry Kyle Feldscher, CNN December 13, 2024 at 4:36 PM