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| 1940 Original College All-Star Team Photo 11x19 |
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| Nile Kinnick front & center. Eddie Anderson behind |
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| Original Chicago Tribune Color Picture |
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On the night of August 29, 1940, a throng of 84,567 fans jammed Chicago's Soldier Field to watch
the reigning NFL champion Green Bay Packers meet the players that they and over six million other fans had chosen to be College
All-Americans. This All-American team won their starting positions in a nation-wide poll sponsored by The Chicago Tribune
and 391 affiliated newspapers and radio stations.
Nile Kinnick, winner of the Heisman Tropy, Walter Camp Award, and Maxwell Award in 1939, polled 1,189,076
votes to lead the 1940 poll. Green Bay won the seventh annual game beating the collegians 45-28.
This was Nile Kinnick's LAST football game. He said in an interview before he was chosen to
be on the team that "he was appreciative of the various trophies he is receiving as football's outstanding player, but the
gift I want the most of all, is a starting position in Chicago's 1940 All-Star Game."
Below are
some items I own from that historical game!
| Replica Kinnick All-Stars Jersey |
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| All-star Game Program with 2 Stubs Glued on Cover |
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| Ticket stub to game - Yellow for certain section |
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| 1940 All-Stars Game Press Pass |
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| All-stars Wire Photo |
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| All-Stars Wire Photo |
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