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• The Pro Bowl is the National Football League's all-star game, played at Aloha Stadium at the end of the season after the Super Bowl. The game matches American Football Conference (AFC) players against National Football Conference (NFC) players.

  Despite previously voting against allowing the 2011 and 2012 Pro Bowl games to be held in Hawaii, on March 6, 2009, the Hawaii Tourism Authority voted to allow the game to return to the island.CBSSports.com: Pro Bowl Returning to Hawaii After Tourism Board Changes Decision

• Fast Facts

  1. First held in 1939
  2. NFL's equivalent of an all-star game
  3. Played after the Super Bowl
  4. Location: Aloha Stadium, Hawaii
  5. AFC players against NFC players
  6. Formerly called the Pro All-Star Game
  7. Players selected by voting from fans, coaches and fellow players
  8. Peyton and Eli Manning were both selected to play in the 2009 game, becoming the first quarterback playing brothers to be selected for the same Pro BowlESPN.com: Mannings first QB playing brothers to make same Pro Bowl

• Change of Scenery

  On December 29, 2008, a source close to the Associated Press stated that the NFL had decided to move the 2010 Pro Bowl to Miami, Florida, the site of the 2010 Super Bowl. The game will reportedly also be played one week before the Super Bowl.SI.com: Source: '10 Pro Bowl To Be in Miami

  NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell announced on February 5, 2009, that he was hopeful that the Pro Bowl could return to Hawaii on a rotating basis. NFL players agreed with the choice of playing the Pro Bowl in Hawaii, stating the tropical vacation was part of the reward of being selected.CBSSports.com: Goodell Hopeful of Pro Bowl's Return to Hawaii

• Early History

  Originally called the Pro All-Star Game, the first game was held on January 15, 1939, in Los Angeles. The game was moved to New York City for one game in 1942, then was discontinued during World War II.

• Revival

  In 1951, the NFL brought the game back, changing its name to the Pro Bowl. The game continued under that name until the NFL-AFL merger of 1970, after which it was renamed the AFC-NFC Pro Bowl.

  In 1980, the game was moved to its current location, the Aloha Bowl in Hawaii.

• Selection Process

  Players are selected to the Pro Bowl through voting by the fans, coaches and players themselves. Each group of votes counts equally as one third of the total.

• Records

  Merlin Olsen and Bruce Matthews hold the record for most Pro Bowl selections with 14 each. Current player Junior Seau is just behind them with 13. Quarterbacks have won the Pro Bowl MVP the most times, with 13.

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