1961 All-SEC football team

The 1961 All-SEC football team consists of American football players selected to the All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) chosen by various selectors for the 1961 college football season.

All-SEC selections

Ends

• Tom Hutchinson, Kentucky (AP-1, UPI-1)
• Dave Edwards, Auburn (AP-1, UPI-1)
• Ralph Smith, Ole Miss (AP-2, UPI-2)
• Johnny Baker, Miss. St. (AP-2, UPI-2)
• Tommy Brooker, Alabama (AP-3, UPI-3)
• Gene Sykes, LSU (AP-3)
• Dave Gash, Kentucky (UPI-3)

Tackles

• Billy Neighbors, Alabama (AP-1, UPI-1)
• Jim Dunaway, Ole Miss (AP-1, UPI-1)
• Pete Case, Georgia (AP-2, UPI-1)
• Billy Booth, LSU (AP-2, UPI-3)
• Jim Beaver, Florida (AP-3, UPI-2)
• Ernie Colquette, Tulane (AP-3)
• Billy Wilson, Auburn (UPI-3)

Guards

• Roy Winston, LSU (AP-1, UPI-1)
• Dave Watson, Georgia Tech (AP-1, UPI-1)
• Harold Erickson, Georgia Tech (AP-2)
• Monk Guillot, LSU (AP-2)
• Rufus Guthrie, Georgia Tech (UPI-2)
• Bookie Bolin, Ole Miss (UPI-2)
• Billy Ray Jones, Ole Miss (AP-3, UPI-3)
• Howard Benton, Miss. St. (AP-3)
• Gus Gonzales, Tulane (UPI-3)

Centers

• Mike Lucci, Tennessee (AP-1, UPI-2)
• Lee Roy Jordan, Alabama (AP-2, UPI-1)
• Wayne Frazier, Auburn (AP-3)
• Irv Goode, Kentucky (UPI-3)

Quarterbacks

• Pat Trammell, Alabama (AP-1, UPI-1)
• Doug Elmore, Ole Miss (AP-2, UPI-2)
• Hank Lesesne, Vanderbilt (AP-3)

Halfbacks

• Billy Ray Adams, Ole Miss (AP-1, UPI-1)
• Mike Fracchia, Alabama (AP-1, UPI-1)
• Jerry Stovall, LSU (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-2, UPI-1)
• Mallon Faircloth, Tennessee (AP-2, UPI-3)
• Billy Williamson, Georgia Tech (AP-3, UPI-2)
• Don Goodman, Florida (AP-3, UPI-3)
• Jerry Woolum, Kentucky (UPI-3)
• Bobby Hunt, Auburn (UPI-3)

Fullbacks

• Wendell Harris, LSU (AP-1, UPI-2)
• Bill McKenny, Georgia (AP-2, UPI-2)
• Earl Gros, LSU (AP-3)

Key

AP = Associated Press^[1][2]

Bold = Consensus first-team selection by both AP and UPI

See also

• 1961 College Football All-America Team

References