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1952 Pro Bowl

National Football League all-star game

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMar 3, 2026
Entity authorityQ4567524
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The 1952 Pro Bowl was the NFL's second annual all-star game which featured the league's outstanding performers from the 1951 season. The game was played on January 12, 1952, at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, California in front of 19,400 fans. The National Conference squad defeated the American Conference by a score of 30–13.

The National team was led by the Los Angeles Rams' Joe Stydahar while Paul Brown of the Cleveland Browns coached the American stars. Los Angeles Rams running back Dan Towler was named the game's outstanding player.

Each player on the victorious National roster received $600, while the losing American players took away $500 each.

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External links

"1952 Pro Bowl players". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Archived from the original on January 4, 2012. Retrieved January 31, 2012.

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