Expert: Thom Brooks - 12/23/2007

Question
My father has a football autographed by the 1963 college all star team that
beat the Packers on Aug. 2, 1963, but some names are hard to figure
out...soooo, I am wanting a list of that all star team, both offense, and
defense, and special teams. Can you help?

Answer
Blain, Good Morning!

I will research again today, but have attached the websites where I will search.  If you and I go to those sites, we probably will not find the roster for the Defense and Special Teams.  I would suggest that you take the names on the football that are legible and contact each of them.  They will have the exact data you seek.  

Have a great day!

Thom Brooks

InfoPlease.com

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NCAA Football Coaching Records

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http://www.ncaa.org/library/rules/2006/2006_football_rules.pdf

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College Football Data Warehouse


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http://www.ncaa.org/library/records/football/football_records_book/2007/2007_d


HickokSports.com - History - Index to Football


These sites will get you started.  If I find the answer, I will contact you again.  Take care.














Dadgumit, I found it!

Go to InfoPlease.com

and find the following:

Consensus All-America Team
(By position, in alphabetical order)

Ends Vern Burke, Oregon St.
Lawrence Elkins, Baylor
Tackles Scott Appleton, Texas
Carl Eller, Minnesota
Guards Bob Brown, Nebraska
Rick Redman, Washington
Center Dick Butkus, Illinois
Backs Jim Grisham, Oklahoma
Sherman Lewis, Michigan St.
Paul Martha, Pittsburgh
Gale Sayers, Kansas
Roger Staubach, Navy


Thom Brooks
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I also found the following on the 1963 game:

1963 Ron VanderKelen Quarterback Wisconsin, was the MVP




Take care,  Thom Brooks
Savannah, Georgia



College All-Star Game
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The Chicago Charities College All-Star Game was a preseason American football game played annually (except in 1974) from 1934 to 1976 between the National Football League champions and a team of star college seniors from the previous year. After the Super Bowl began, including the two seasons prior to the NFL/AFL merger, the Super Bowl winner was the professional team involved, regardless of which league the team represented. Thus, the New York Jets played in the 1969 event, although still an AFL team.

The game was the idea of Arch Ward, the sports editor of the Chicago Tribune and the driving force behind the Major League Baseball All-Star Game. The game originally was a benefit for Chicago-area charities and was always played at Soldier Field in Chicago or at Northwestern University's Dyche Stadium in Evanston, Illinois.

The first game, played before a crowd of 79,432 on August 31, 1934, was a scoreless tie between the all-stars and the Chicago Bears. The following year, a game that included University of Michigan graduate and future president Gerald Ford, the Bears won, 5-0. The first all-star team to win was the 1937 squad, coached by Gus Dorais, which won on a 47-yard touchdown pass from future Hall of Famer Sammy Baugh to Gaynell Tinsley.

In the 1940s, the games were competitive affairs that attracted large crowds to Soldier Field. But as the talent level of pro football improved, the all-stars had diminishing success. The last all-star win came in 1963, when a team coached by legendary quarterback Otto Graham beat Vince Lombardi's Green Bay Packers, 20-17.

By the 1970s, crowds for the event were dwindling. In addition, NFL coaches were reluctant to part with their new draftees (who would miss part of training camp) for a meaningless exhibition at which the players might be injured.

A player's strike forced the cancellation of the 1974 game. The last game took place during a downpour at Soldier Field on July 23, 1976. Despite featuring stars such as Chuck Muncie, Mike Pruitt, Lee Roy Selmon and Jackie Slater, the rookies were hopelessly outmatched by the Pittsburgh Steelers, winners of Super Bowl X. Pittsburgh was leading 24-0 late in the third quarter when weather conditions made play impossible and the officials called for a delay. The players left the field and were replaced by unruly fans who tore down the goal posts. NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle decided the game would not be restarted. Chicago Tribune Charities Inc., the sponsor of the game, elected not to bring it back for 1977.

The Steelers' win was the 31st for NFL champions in the 43 College All-Star Games. The all-stars won nine, and two ended in ties.

Contents [hide]
1 Game results
2 MVP's
3 See also
4 External links



[edit] Game results






I have attached the game scores of the game but do not have the individual statistics.  I would suggest googling any of the players that you do have the record.  They will be able to advise of all the team's players.  You can also write the Packers and Bears to see if they have records in their Archives.

08-02-1963
College All-Stars
20
Green Bay Packers
17
Chicago, IL



Game 31
08-07-1964
Chicago Bears
28
College All-Stars
17
Chicago, IL

32
08-06-1965
Cleveland Browns
24
College All-Stars
16
Chicago, IL

33
08-05-1966
Green Bay Packers
38
College All-Stars
0
Chicago, IL

34
08-04-1967
Green Bay Packers
27
College All-Stars
0
Chicago, IL


Merry Christmas!

Thom Brooks