Chicago College Football All-Star Charity Game Programs Collection

Collection

Identifier: FBG 622

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This collection contains programs for the annual Chicago College Football All-Star Charity game. The game pitted a group of recently graduated college football All-Stars against the previous season’s championship team of the professional National Football League.

Formats include programs.

Dates

Creation: 1934-1976

Conditions Governing Access

There are no access restrictions on this collection.

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright status for collection materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.

Biographical / Historical

The Chicago College Football All-Star Charity game was founded in 1934 by the Chicago Tribune and sportswriter Arch Ward. The game was contested every season between a group of recently graduated college football All-Stars and the previous season’s championship team of the professional National Football League. The 1974 game was not held due to a strike by NFL Players. The game was discontinued after 1976 due to the NFL’s concerns about injuries to recently drafted players, waning fan interest, and increasingly uncompetitive games.