On September 6th, 1946, the Los Angeles Times hosted the 1st Annual All Charity Football Game. The game drew in over 68,000 attendees and raised a sum of nearly $100,000. The game took place at the Los Angeles Coliseum, where the Los Angeles Rams (World Champions) played the Washington Redskins (Eastern Champions). This was the first Rams home game played in L.A., as the team had just moved from Cleveland after winning the 1945 NFL Championship game. The team was well known for its inclusion of two African American players, Kenny Washington and Woody Strode, who were the first AFrican American players since the 1933 season.
Regular tickets for the Los Angeles Times Charity Game were being sold for around three dollars. The Charity Game was a preseason game against the LA Rams rival team, the Redskins, which would be followed by five home games at the Los Angeles Coliseum that season.