Game Origin
In 1977, McDonald's® selected the best high school (boys) basketball players in the country and named them to the first McDonald's All American® High School Team. The Team competed in the Capital Classic Game (started in 1974) against the best players in the Maryland-D.C.-Virginia area.
Then, in 1978, just one year later, McDonald's launched its own all-star high school game -- the McDonald's All American High School Basketball Game®, featuring an East and a West team of the best high school boys players in the country.
It was the first national high school basketball all-star game.
The Inaugural Game was played in 1978 before a crowd of more than 13,000 at The Spectrum in Philadelphia.
Source: mcdonaldsallamerican.com
