Gilmore Stadium
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Gilmore Stadium was a multi-use stadium in Los Angeles, California. It was used mostly for American football matches. The stadium held 18,000. The stadium was the site of two 1940 National Football League (NFL) Pro Bowls. It was built in 1934 and demolished in 1952, when CBS Television City replaced it. It was located next to Gilmore Field.
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[edit] 1940 NFL All-Star Game (1939 season)
On January 14, 1940, the 1939 NFL champion Green Bay Packers met an All-Star team consisting of players from the nine other NFL clubs in the second NFL All-Star game in history. The Packers won 16 to 7. [1]
[edit] 1940 NFL All-Star Game (1940 season)
Extra seating was added to accommodate 21,000 fans for the Pro Bowl for the 1940 NFL season. The crowd set a record as the largest to view a Los Angeles pro game. [2] The event was held on December 29, 1940. The game pitted the 1940 NFL Champion Chicago Bears against an All-Star team from the other NFL clubs in the third NFL All-Star game. The Bears won 28 to 14. [2]
[edit] Midget car venue
The stadium was a major midget car racing site in the 1940s. The 1939 Turkey Night Grand Prix was held at the track. [3] Rodger Ward drove Vic Edelbrock's midget car in a famous August 10, 1950 event at Gilmore Stadium. Ward shocked the racing world by breaking Offenhauser engine's winning streak by sweeping the events at Gilmore Stadium that night. [4]
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| Preceded by Wrigley Field 1938 |
Home of the NFL All-Star Game 1939 and 1940 |
Succeeded by Polo Grounds 1941 |
