1966 Pro Bowl

National Football League all-star game August 2023 March 2026 pb 1966 LA Coliseum gate.jpg 230px The front of the L.A. Memorial Coliseum Eastern Conference Western Conference 10 0 13 0 3 0 10 7 January 16, 1966 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, California Blanton Collier Cleveland Browns Vince Lombardi Green Bay Packers Jim Brown Cleveland Browns, FB Dale Meinert St. Louis Cardinals, LB West by 7 pointshttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=oBwrAAAAIBAJ&sjid=u50FAAAAIBAJ&pg=2377%2C619807 Reading Eagle Pennsylvania Associated Press West stars picked by 7 over East January 16, 1966 54 60,124 CBS Jack Drees, Frank Gifford The 1966 Pro Bowl was the National Football League's sixteenth annual all-star game which featured the outstanding performers from the 1965 season. The game was played on January 16, 1966, at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, California, with an attendance of 60,124.Brown, East bop West in Pro Bowl, 36–7 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=fJ5RAAAAIBAJ&sjid=imwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6934%2C2319560 January 20, 2012 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette January 17, 1966 AP The West was favored by a touchdown, but the East won in a rout, 36–7.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=2KlVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_uADAAAAIBAJ&pg=6637%2C3363862 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Associated Press East whips West All-Stars, 36-7 January 17, 1966 3B The Western Conference stars were led by Vince Lombardi, head coach of the league champion Green Bay Packers. The coach of the Eastern Conference, Blanton Collier of the Cleveland Browns, used the domination of the West that year as a rallying cry for the Eastern team as they prepared to take the field.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=2KlVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_uADAAAAIBAJ&pg=5833%2C3363565 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Associated Press East wanted win badly, says coach January 17, 1966 3B During the 1965 season, the Western Conference had dominated the Eastern Conference — Western teams were 13–1 in regular season inter-conference games and had won the league championship two weeks earlier, the third-place Playoff Bowl, and the previous two editions in this series. The domination extended to the college ranks as well, with the West team winning the Rose Bowl and the East–West Shrine Game (college all-star game).The 1966 Pro Bowl http://www.mmbolding.com/BSR/The_1966_Pro_Bowl.htm Bolding Sports Research January 20, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120501171123/http://www.mmbolding.com/BSR/The_1966_Pro_Bowl.htm May 1, 2012 dead At the same time, Lombardi felt his West squad was at an unfair disadvantage in the game due to a denial by the league of a last minute appeal to use his own team's quarterback, Bart Starr, in the game. Starr had previously been scratched due to injury, but had recovered sufficiently to play. In his place, San Francisco 49ers quarterback John Brodie threw a record six interceptions, offset with one touchdown pass late in the game to Tommy McDonald of the Los Angeles Rams to avoid a shutout. Linebacker Dale Meinert of the St. Louis Cardinals was named the "lineman of the game" while the Cleveland Browns' fullback Jim Brown was awarded "back of the game" honors for the third time in his career. Brown carried 21 times for 65 yards, rushing for three touchdowns in the first half. One story line entering the game never materialized, the anticipated showdown between Brown and halfback Gale Sayers of the Chicago Bears, the season's consensus Rookie of the Year; Lombardi surprisingly called only a single play for Sayers, a handoff which gained fifteen yards. This was Brown's final NFL game; he left at the top of his game (league MVP for third time in nine seasons) to pursue an acting career in Hollywood. A month shy of thirty years old, he had a year remaining (1966) on a three-year contract, estimated at $60,000 per year ($US 60000 1966 -2 in USUS),https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=7cNOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=bwEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3841%2C1351783 Toledo Blade Ohio Brown backs off January 3, 1966 14 and officially announced his retirement six months later in July from England, on the set of the 1967 film The Dirty Dozen.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=LQJJAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-oIMAAAAIBAJ&pg=493%2C4145279 Youngstown Vindicator Ohio Associated Press Jim Brown announces retirement; Collier plans to readjust offense July 14, 1966 31https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=EflNAAAAIBAJ&sjid=bIsDAAAAIBAJ&pg=927%2C8234115 Free Lance-Star Fredericksburg, Virginia Associated Press Jim Brown retires from pro football July 14, 1966 16https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=4TQgAAAAIBAJ&sjid=I1AEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7179%2C4410770 Pittsburgh Press UPI Jim Brown gives up football July 14, 1966 34 References 2 External links 1966 Pro Bowl players https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1965/probowl.htm Pro-Football-Reference.com January 31, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120121081647/http://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1965/probowl.htm January 21, 2012 live Category:Pro Bowl Pro Bowl Pro Bowl Pro Bowl Pro Bowl Category:NFL in Los Angeles Category:January 1966 sports events in the United States