AFCA 1965 All American Bowl West Squad Team Photo 16X20 Gale Sayers Craig Morton

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You are bidding on a 16X20 photo that has the AFCA 1965 All American Bowl West Squad Team.
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The All-America Game wasn’t a college bowl – none of the players were college students and their classes had graduated before the June game. Nor was the All-America much of a pro game – the pay, a few hundred dollars, would be considered semipro by most standards. But during its sixteen years of operation, hundreds of college football’s star alumni played AFCA pro ball first. Like many college all-star games, the format was East v. West. Profits from ticket sales and television rights went to fund scholarships. By June, most of the players would already be signed to a pro contract, so the AFCA had to get approval for the game at the NFL’s March 1960 meeting, followed by the AFL and the CFL. By 1965, the AII-America Game was considered both the best of the college all-star games and the first pro outing for the new season’s rookies. Sports Illustrated described it as pro football in some years, college ball in others.
1965 Team Roster West Squad
#14
Craig Morton
#15
Bob Berry
#17
Jerry Rhome
#22
Claney Williams
#24
Jeff Jordan
#26
Larry Elkins
#28
Kraig Lofquist
#31
Mike Reid
#33
Floyd Hudlow
#34
Gus Otto
#35
Hal Philipp
#48
Gale Sayers
#50
Joe Buerkle
#52
Lyle Sitter
#55
Ronnie Caveness
#62
Ron Calegari
#64
Jack Chapple
#66
Rick Redman
#70
Jim Norton
#71
Rich Zecher
#72
Brian Schweda
#73
Larry Kramer
#75
Ray Gene Hinze
#76
Bob Svihus
#79
Al Dotson
#80
Rick McCurdy
#81
Fred Hill
#82
Garry Porterfield
#85
Len Frketich
#88
Jerry Smith