The NFL Pro Bowl has been played for decades, and it’s a staple of the football season. But what is the history behind this all-star game?

Introduction

On January 15, 1939, the first NFL Pro Bowl was held at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. The game was played between a team of all-stars from the rest of the league and members of the champion conference. It continued to be played every year until 1970 when AFL and NFL were consolidated into one league with two conferences.

The first Pro Bowl was played in the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on January 15, 1939. The game was played between the National Football League’s stars and a team of all-stars from the rest of the league.

The first Pro Bowl was played in the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on January 15, 1939. The game was played between the National Football League’s stars and a team of all-stars from the rest of the league.

The game was not originally called “the Pro Bowl”, but it became popularly known by that name throughout media reports as early as November 1939. It is also sometimes referred to as “the East-West All Star Game”, depending on which conference sent more players to it, although this is not technically accurate; under current NFL rules, teams are assigned to one or another conference regardless of their geographic location or home city (in contrast with baseball).

From 1951 to 1955, there were six All-Star Games; in 1951, the teams consisted of players from the champion conference playing against an all-star team from the non-champion conference; 1952 saw members of the NFL’s West Division play against members of its East Division; 1953 and 1954 saw East versus West teams again; and in 1955 it was back to a team of all-stars from the non-champion conference playing a team consisting of players from the champion conference.

As you may know, the NFL Pro Bowl is an annual all-star game held every January at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, Hawaii. While its origin dates back to 1939, the event didn’t become official until 1950 when it was played during Super Bowl weekend.

The first Pro Bowl was actually played on January 15th of that year at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in front of over 25,000 fans. It featured players from the Los Angeles Rams against members of the NFL’s West Division (which consisted of teams from San Francisco 49ers and Chicago Bears). The game ended up being a blowout with Rams winning 35-14 despite having three players exit early due to injury.

In 1957, under the new AFL-NFL merger agreement, it was decided that there would be only one “Pro Bowl” with players selected from both conferences regardless of which league their teams were members; thus making it an interconference game until 1970 when AFL and NFL were consolidated into one league with two conferences.

The NFL Pro Bowl is an annual all-star game of the National Football League (NFL), played at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, Hawaii since 1980. The game was created as part of the merger agreement between the NFL and its then-rival league, the American Football League (AFL).

Since its inception, the game has been held on a Sunday after it was originally played on Tuesday. It was originally broadcast by NBC from 1950 to 1959, and then again from 1966 to 2009 when CBS got exclusive rights to televise it. Since 2010, it has been broadcast by NBC with ESPN radio broadcasting it every year since 2012; Fox also televises a limited number of games due to flexible scheduling rules in place for their Thursday Night Football broadcasts during weeks 15 through 17 each season when there are more than 16 games being played that week such as Christmas Eve or New Year’s Day where no team plays two home games on those days due to travel constraints so one team will play one road game while another gets eliminated from playoff contention early enough so they can fly back home safely before Christmas Day or New Year’s Eve begins respectively which ever comes first depending if both teams stay close enough together throughout regular season play until December 31st/January 2nd rolls around

There have also been four years where two Pro Bowls have been played, 1960 (one for each conference), 1974 (AFL vs. NFC), 1975 (NFC vs. AFC) and 1976 (AFC vs. NFC).

  • 1960 – Pro Bowl, Los Angeles
  • 1974 – AFC vs. NFC at Honolulu Stadium, Hawaii
  • 1975 – AFC vs. NFC in New Orleans Superdome with the NFC winning 16-0 on January 12. This game was played after the regular season and is not counted as official league standings for the season (however it was counted as a NFL All-Star Game).
  • 1976 – AFC vs. NFC in New Orleans Superdome with the AFC winning 24-3 on January 19.

Conclusion

The Pro Bowl is a great way to keep fans interested in the NFL at a time when the regular season is over and teams are preparing for training camps. This game has been around since 1939, but it wasn’t until recently that it became what it is today: an all-star game where players from each conference compete against one another.