You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > All Years > 1961 NFL > AllPro
1961 NFL All-Pros
All-Pros
Glossary| Pos | Tm | Age | Yrs | G | GS | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | Tkl | Sk | Int | All-pro teams | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QB | Sonny Jurgensen | PHI | 27 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 235 | 416 | 3723 | 32 | 24 | 20 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL UPI: 1st team all-NFL |
||
| QB | Bart Starr | GNB | 27 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 172 | 295 | 2418 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 56 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd team all-NFL NY Daily News: 2nd team all-NFL Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL |
||
| QB | Y.A. Tittle | NYG | 35 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 163 | 285 | 2272 | 17 | 12 | 25 | 85 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NY Daily News: 2nd team all-NFL Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL UPI: 1st team all-NFL |
||
| HB | Jon Arnett | RAM | 26 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 47 | 0 | 1 | 158 | 609 | 4 | 28 | 194 | 0 | 0 | Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd team all-NFL NY Daily News: 2nd team all-NFL UPI: 2nd team all-NFL |
||
| HB | Paul Hornung | GNB | 26 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 127 | 597 | 8 | 15 | 145 | 2 | 0 | Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd team all-NFL NY Daily News: 1st team all-NFL Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL UPI: 1st team all-NFL |
||
| HB | Don Perkins | DAL | 23 | Rook | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 200 | 815 | 4 | 32 | 298 | 1 | 0 | Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL | ||
| FB | Jim Brown | CLE | 25 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 305 | 1408 | 8 | 46 | 459 | 2 | 0 | Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL NY Daily News: 1st team all-NFL Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL UPI: 1st team all-NFL |
||
| FB | Jim Taylor | GNB | 26 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 243 | 1307 | 15 | 25 | 175 | 1 | 0 | Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL NY Daily News: 2nd team all-NFL Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL UPI: 2nd team all-NFL |
||
| FL | Tommy McDonald | PHI | 27 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 1144 | 13 | 0 | Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd team all-NFL NY Daily News: 2nd team all-NFL Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL UPI: 2nd team all-NFL |
||
| FL | Lenny Moore | BAL | 28 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 92 | 648 | 7 | 49 | 728 | 8 | 0 | Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL NY Daily News: 1st team all-NFL Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL UPI: 1st team all-NFL |
||
| SE | Raymond Berry | BAL | 28 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 873 | 0 | 0 | Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd team all-NFL UPI: 2nd team all-NFL |
||
| SE | Buddy Dial | PIT | 24 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 53 | 1047 | 12 | 0 | NY Daily News: 2nd team all-NFL Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL |
||
| SE | Red Phillips | RAM | 25 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 1092 | 5 | 0 | Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd team all-NFL NY Daily News: 1st team all-NFL Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL UPI: 1st team all-NFL |
||
| SE | Del Shofner | NYG | 27 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 68 | 1125 | 11 | 0 | Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL NY Daily News: 1st team all-NFL Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL UPI: 1st team all-NFL |
||
| TE | Mike Ditka | CHI | 22 | Rook | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 1076 | 12 | 0 | Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL NY Daily News: 2nd team all-NFL Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL UPI: 2nd team all-NFL |
||
| LT | Rosey Brown | NYG | 29 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL NY Daily News: 1st team all-NFL Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL UPI: 1st team all-NFL |
||
| LT | Jim Parker | BAL | 27 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL NY Daily News: 1st team all-NFL Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL UPI: 2nd team all-NFL |
||
| LG | Bruce Bosley | SFO | 28 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd team all-NFL Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL |
||
| LG | Stan Jones | CHI | 30 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | UPI: 2nd team all-NFL | ||
| LG | Jim Ray Smith | CLE | 29 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL NY Daily News: 1st team all-NFL Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL UPI: 1st team all-NFL |
||
| LG | Fuzzy Thurston | GNB | 28 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL NY Daily News: 1st team all-NFL Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL UPI: 1st team all-NFL |
||
| C | Chuck Bednarik | PHI | 36 | 12 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | UPI: 2nd team all-NFL | ||
| C | Jim Ringo | GNB | 30 | 8 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL NY Daily News: 1st team all-NFL Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL UPI: 1st team all-NFL |
||
| C | Ray Wietecha | NYG | 33 | 8 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd team all-NFL NY Daily News: 2nd team all-NFL Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL |
||
| RG | Jerry Kramer | GNB | 25 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NY Daily News: 2nd team all-NFL | ||
| RG | John Nisby | PIT | 25 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd team all-NFL |
||
| RG | Jack Stroud | NYG | 33 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NY Daily News: 2nd team all-NFL UPI: 2nd team all-NFL |
||
| RT | Forrest Gregg | GNB | 28 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NY Daily News: 2nd team all-NFL UPI: 1st team all-NFL |
||
| RT | Mike McCormack | CLE | 31 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd team all-NFL NY Daily News: 2nd team all-NFL Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL UPI: 2nd team all-NFL |
||
| RT | Bob St. Clair | SFO | 30 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd team all-NFL Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL |
||
| LDE | Jim Katcavage | NYG | 27 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd team all-NFL NY Daily News: 1st team all-NFL UPI: 1st team all-NFL |
||
| LDE | Gino Marchetti | BAL | 34 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL NY Daily News: 1st team all-NFL Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL UPI: 1st team all-NFL |
||
| LDE | Leo Sugar | PHI | 32 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | UPI: 2nd team all-NFL | ||
| LDT | Bob Gain | CLE | 32 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | UPI: 2nd team all-NFL | ||
| LDT | Alex Karras | DET | 26 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL NY Daily News: 2nd team all-NFL Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL UPI: 1st team all-NFL |
||
| LDT | Gene Lipscomb | PIT | 30 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL | ||
| LDT | Dick Modzelewski | NYG | 30 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NY Daily News: 1st team all-NFL | ||
| LDT | Leo Nomellini | SFO | 37 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd team all-NFL | ||
| LDT | Jess Richardson | PHI | 31 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL | ||
| LDT | Bob Toneff | WAS | 31 | 9 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL | ||
| RDT | Roger Brown | DET | 24 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd team all-NFL UPI: 2nd team all-NFL |
||
| RDT | Rosey Grier | NYG | 29 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NY Daily News: 2nd team all-NFL | ||
| RDT | Henry Jordan | GNB | 26 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL NY Daily News: 1st team all-NFL Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL UPI: 1st team all-NFL |
||
| RDE | Doug Atkins | CHI | 31 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL NY Daily News: 2nd team all-NFL Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL |
||
| RDE | Andy Robustelli | NYG | 36 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd team all-NFL NY Daily News: 2nd team all-NFL Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL UPI: 2nd team all-NFL |
||
| RDE | Ernie Stautner | PIT | 36 | 11 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL | ||
| LLB | Dan Currie | GNB | 26 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL UPI: 1st team all-NFL |
||
| LLB | Cliff Livingston | NYG | 31 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | NY Daily News: 2nd team all-NFL UPI: 2nd team all-NFL |
||
| MLB | Bill George | CHI | 32 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL UPI: 2nd team all-NFL |
||
| MLB | Sam Huff | NYG | 27 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd team all-NFL NY Daily News: 2nd team all-NFL |
||
| MLB | Joe Schmidt | DET | 29 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL NY Daily News: 1st team all-NFL Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL UPI: 1st team all-NFL |
||
| RLB | Maxie Baughan | PHI | 23 | 1 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | NY Daily News: 1st team all-NFL UPI: 2nd team all-NFL |
||
| RLB | Bill Forester | GNB | 29 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd team all-NFL NY Daily News: 1st team all-NFL Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL UPI: 1st team all-NFL |
||
| RLB | Matt Hazeltine | SFO | 28 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL | ||
| RLB | Walt Michaels | CLE | 32 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL | ||
| RLB | John Reger | PIT | 30 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd team all-NFL NY Daily News: 2nd team all-NFL Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL |
||
| LCB | Erich Barnes | NYG | 26 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 74 | 1 | 7 | Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL NY Daily News: 1st team all-NFL Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL UPI: 1st team all-NFL |
||
| LCB | Night Train Lane | DET | 34 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL NY Daily News: 2nd team all-NFL Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL UPI: 2nd team all-NFL |
||
| LCB | Eddie Meador | RAM | 24 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL | ||
| LCB | Johnny Sample | PIT | 24 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd team all-NFL NY Daily News: 1st team all-NFL UPI: 1st team all-NFL |
||
| RCB | Don Bishop | DAL | 27 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL | ||
| RCB | Jimmy Hill | STL | 33 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL | ||
| RCB | Dick Lynch | NYG | 25 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | UPI: 2nd team all-NFL | ||
| RCB | Jesse Whittenton | GNB | 27 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd team all-NFL NY Daily News: 2nd team all-NFL UPI: 1st team all-NFL |
||
| RCB | Abe Woodson | SFO | 27 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 23 | 0 | 8 | 74 | 0 | 1 | NY Daily News: 1st team all-NFL | ||
| LS | Dave Baker | SFO | 24 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL | ||
| LS | Don Burroughs | PHI | 30 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd team all-NFL NY Daily News: 2nd team all-NFL UPI: 2nd team all-NFL |
||
| LS | Andy Nelson | BAL | 28 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL | ||
| LS | Jerry Norton | STL | 30 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL NY Daily News: 2nd team all-NFL Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL |
||
| RS | Eddie Dove | SFO | 24 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | UPI: 2nd team all-NFL | ||
| RS | Yale Lary | DET | 31 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd team all-NFL | ||
| RS | Jimmy Patton | NYG | 28 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL NY Daily News: 1st team all-NFL Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL UPI: 1st team all-NFL |