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The game was the idea of Arch Ward, the sports editor of the Chicago Tribune and the driving force behind 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.
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 ...
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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 ...
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).
Due to relaxed regulations during World War II, Trippi holds the unusual distinction of participating in the Chicago College All-Star Game a record five times: twice with Georgia, twice in the military, and once with the Cardinals. [16] He was named the Most Valuable Player of the game in 1945. [17]
The Phoenix-area native had a game-high 16 points and earned MVP honors in leading his West team to an 87-75 victory in the Reese's-NABC College All-Star Game played State Farm Stadium in Glendale ...
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.”