1961 American Football League Draft

 1) Tommy Mason, HB, Tulane
 2) Rip Hawkins, C, North Carolina
 3) Danny LaRose, E, Missouri
 4) Mike Zeno, G, Virginia Tech
 5) Fran Tarkenton, QB, Georgia
 6) Larry Eisenhauer, T, Boston College
 7) Paul Terhes, QB, Bucknell
 8) Charles Long, G, Tennessee-Chattanooga
 9) Roland Lakes, C, Wichita
10) Richard Mueller, E, Kentucky
11) Mel West, HB, Missouri
12) Wayne Harris, C, Arkansas
13) Dan Underwood, T, McNeese State
14) James Wright, QB, Memphis State
15) CHOICE TRADED TO DALLAS
16) George Balthazar, T, Tennessee A&I
17) Ray Ratkowski, HB, Notre Dame
18) Tom Rodgers, HB, Kentucky
19) Joe Bellino, HB, Navy
20) Clarence Childs, HB, Florida A&M
21) Dan Oakes, G, VPI
22) Bob Johnson, E, Michigan
23) Darrell DeDecker, C, Illinois
24) Don Webb, HB, Iowa State
25) Robert Minihane, T, Boston University
26) Charles Granger, T, Southern
27) Terry Huxhold, T, Wisconsin
28) Bryant Harvard, QB, Auburn
29) Ernie McMillan, T, Illinois
30) George Hultz, T, Mississippi Southern
 

 1) Ken Rice, T, Auburn
 2) Billy Shaw, T, Georgia Tech
 3) Art Baker, FB, Syracuse (from New York)
    Tom Gilburg, T, Syracuse
 4) Stew Barber, T, Penn State
 5) Norm Snead, QB, Wake Forest
 6) Fred Brown, HB, Georgia
 7) Albert Bemiller, C, Syracuse
 8) Charles Linning, T, Miami (Florida)
 9) William Majors, HB, Tennessee
10) Don Kern, HB, VMI
11) Roy Wall, HB, North Carolina
12) Floyd Powers, G, Mississippi State
13) Tom Causey, E, Louisiana Tech
14) Ron Kostelnik, T, Cincinnati
15) Jerry Frye, E, South Carolina
16) Vincent Scott, E, Maryland
17) Wayne Wolff, T, Wake Forest
18) John Bodkin, G, South Carolina
19) Charles Barnes, E, NE Louisiana State
20) Everett Cloud, HB, Maryland
21) Larry Vargo, E, Detroit
22) Charles Baker, T, Tennessee
23) William Mack, HB, Notre Dame
24) Frank Jackunas, C, Detroit
25) Jack Harbaugh, HB, Bowling Green
26) Lorenzo Stanford, T, North Carolina A & I
27) Bob Allen, E, Wake Forest
28) Jason Harness, E, Michigan State
29) Mike Stock, HB, Northwestern
30) William Martin, HB, Minnesota

 1) E.J. Holub, C, Texas Tech
 2) Bob Lilly, T, TCU
 3) Jim Tyrer, T, Ohio State
 4) Claude Moorman, E, Duke
 5) Jerry Mays, T, SMU
 6) CHOICE TRADED TO SAN DIEGO
 7) Fred Arbanas, E, Michigan State
 8) John O'Day, T, Miami (Florida)
 9) Dick Mills, T, Pittsburgh
10) Jerry Daniels, T, Mississippi
11) Marvin Tibbets, HB, Georgia Tech
12) Paul Hynes, HB, Louisiana Tech
13) Glynn Gregory, HB, SMU
14) *Curtis McClinton, HB, Kansas
15) Ed Nutting, T, Georgia Tech (from Boston)
    Roy Lee Rambo, G, TCU
16) Aaron Thomas, E, Oregon State
17) Jarrell Williams, HB, Arkansas
18) Ron Hartline, FB, Oklahoma
19) Frank Jackson, HB, SMU
20) *Bob Lane, E, Baylor
21) Dick Thornton, QB, Northwestern
22) Ed Sharockman, HB, Pittsburgh
23) Lou Zivkovich, T, New Mexico State
24) Pat Dye, G, Georgia
25) Ray Ramsey, QB, Adams State
26) Danny House, HB, Davidson
27) Bob Schloredt, QB, Washington
28) Bill Stine, G, Michigan
29) *Lonnie Caddell, FB, Rice
30) Cedric Price, E, Kansas State

 1) Bob Gaiters, HB, New Mexico State
 2) Jerry Hill, HB, Wyoming
 3) Charles Strange, C, LSU
 4) Roland McDole, T, Nebraska
    Sonny Davis, E, Baylor (from New York)
 5) Charles Cowan, E, H'lds University (NM)
 6) Dale Evans, HB, Kansas State
 7) Pat Patchen, E, Florida
 8) CHOICE TRADED TO OAKLAND
 9) Phil Nugent, QB, Tulane
10) Charles Sturgeon, HB, Kentucky
11) John Simko, E, Augustana
12) Jerry Miller, E, Howard Payne
13) Ron Greene, G, Washington State
14) Bill Cooper, FB, Muskingum
15) Willie Crafts, G, Texas A&I
16) Jim Larkin, T, Hillsdale
17) Chuck Weiss, FB, Colorado
18) *Chick Graning, HB, Georgia Tech
19) John Hobbs, G, Maryland State
20) Buck McLeod, T, Baylor
21) Jim Morgan, HB, Iowa State Tech
22) Tom Hackler, E, Tennessee Tech
23) Tom Jewell, T, Idaho State
24) E. A. Simms, E, New Mexico State
25) Pete Samms, T, Central Oklahoma
26) Sam Smith, HB, Florence State
27) Donald Olson, HB, Nebraska
28) Wayne Lee, G, Colorado State College
29) *Archie Cobb, T, Nebraska
30) Dave Mills, HB, NE Missouri St. Tech

 1) Mike Ditka, E, Pittsburgh
 2) Tom Goode, C, Mississippi State
 3) Walter Suggs, T, Mississippi State
 4) Bobby Walden, HB, Georgia
 5) Monte Lee, LB, Texas
 6) Jake Gibbs, QB, Mississippi
 7) Dick Reynolds, T, North Carolina State
 8) Houston Antwine, G, Southern Illinois
 9) Ralph White, T, Bowling Green
10) Charles Lee, C, Iowa
11) Robert Bird, G, Bowling Green
12) Bob McLeod, E, Abilene Christian
13) Gerald Hinton, G, Louisiana Tech
14) Jimmy King, T, Clemson
15) Dennis Ferriter, C, Marquette
16) Larry Wood, HB, Northwestern
17) Sam Fewell, T, South Carolina
18) Mike Grimsley, HB, Michigan State
19) Myron Pearson, HB, Colorado
20) Lewis Johnson, HB, Florida A&M
21) Ron Miller, QB, Wisconsin
22) Bob Kelly, E, New Mexico State
23) James Anderson, FB, Mississippi
24) Ken Gregory, E, Whittier
25) Jack Kreider, HB, Tulsa
26) Don Fuell, QB, Mississippi Southern
27) Boyd King, C, Rice
28) John Frongillo (C), Baylor
29) Tom Lewis, E, Lake Forest (from New York)
    Errol Linden, DE, Houston
30) Jim Stroud, T, Rice

 1) Tom Brown, G, Minnesota
 2) Herb Adderley, HB, Michigan State
 3) CHOICE TRADED TO BUFFALO
 4) CHOICE TRADED TO DENVER
 5) Tom Matte, QB, Ohio State
 6) Bill Brown, FB, Illinois
 7) Fred Mautino, E, Syracuse
 8) Harold Beaty, T, Oklahoma State
 9) Bernie Casey, FB, Bowling Green
10) Joe Scibelli, T, Notre Dame
11) Art Gilmore, HB, Oregon State
12) Norris Stevenson, HB, Missouri
13) Joe Wendryhoski, T, Illinois
14) Jim Cunningham, FB, Pittsburgh
15) Irv Cross, E, Northwestern
16) Jerry Steffen, HB, Colorado
17) Mike Plye, T, Yale
18) Alfred Bentley, E, Arkansas State
19) Jim Kerr, HB, Penn State
20) Neil Plumley, T, Oregon State
21) Bob Brooks, FB, Ohio
22) *Wayne Fontes, HB, Michigan State
23) Mickey Walker, HB, Michigan State
24) Howard Dyer, QB, VMI
25) Andy Griffith, HB, American International
26) *Bob Smith, HB, UCLA
27) Moses Gray, T, Indiana
28) *Fred Cox, HB, Pittsburgh
29) CHOICE TRADED TO HOUSTON
30) William Mimerly, HB, Connecticut
 

 1) Joe Rutgens, T, Illinois
 2) George Fleming, HB, Washington
 3) Myron Pottios, LB, Notre Dame
 4) Elbert Kimbrough DB, Northwestern
 5) Dick Norman, QB, Stanford
 6) Bobby Crespino, TE, Mississippi
 7) Ray Purdin, HB, Northwestern
 8) Tom Watkins, HB, Iowa State (from Denver)
    Dick Price G, Mississippi
 9) Lowndes Shingler, QB, Clemson
10) Ken Petersen, T, Utah
11) Doug Mayberry, FB, Utah State
12) Bob Schmitz, LB, Montana State
13) Gerald Burch, E, Georgia Tech
14) *Clark Miller, DE, Utah State
15) Bob Coolbaugh, E, Richmond
16) *Chuck Lamson, DB, Wyoming
17) Joe Novsek, DE, Tulsa
18) Joe Krakoski, DB, Illinois
19) Charles Fuller, HB, Cal State-San Francisco
20) Preston Powell, FB, Grambling
21) Mike Jones, QB, San Jose State
22) Blayne Jones, G, Idaho State
23) Roger Fisher, C, Utah State
24) Jack Novak, G, Miami (Florida)
25) Paul Yanke, E, Northwestern
26) Dean Hinshaw, T, Stanford
27) Clair Appledoorn, E, San Jose State 
28) Dave Grosz, QB, Oregon
29) Ed Morris, T, Indiana
30) Bill Face, HB, Stanford

 1) Earl Faison, DE, Indiana
 2) Keith Lincoln, HB, Washington State
 3) Marlin McKeever, E, USC
 4) Jimmy Johnson, HB, UCLA
 5) Billy Kilmer, QB, UCLA
 6) Calvin Bird, HB, Kentucky (from Dallas)
    Cliff Roberts, T, Illinois
 7) Claude (Hoot) Gibson, DB, North Carolina State
 8) Charley Johnson, QB, New Mexico State
 9) Bob Scarpitto, QB, Notre Dame
10) Willie Hector, G, College of Pacific
11) Greg Larson, C, Minnesota
12) Hezekiah Braxton, FB, Virginia Union
13) Dale Messer, FB, Fresno State
14) *Billy Wilson, T, Auburn
15) Ernie Ladd, T, Grambling
16) Bud Whitehead, DB, Florida State
17) *Reg Carolan, E, Idaho
18) Ed Dyas, FB, Auburn
19) Jack Espenship, HB, Florida
20) *Mike Lucci, C, Tennessee
21) Gene Gaines, HB, UCLA
22) *John Brown, T, Syracuse
23) Glenn Bass, HB, East Carolina
24) Ben Balme, G, Yale
25) *Don Coffee, E, Memphis State
26) Bill Kinnune, G, Washington
27) Luther Hayes, E, USC
28) Chuck Allen, G, Washington
29) Dan Ficca, T, USC
30) Mike McKeever, G, USC