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1961 NFL Pro Bowlers
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| 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 | 0.0 | 0 | Associated Press: 1st Team All-NFL Sporting News: 1st Team All-NFL UPI: 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 | 0.0 | 0 | NY Daily News: 2nd 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 | 0.0 | 0 | Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd Team All-NFL NY Daily News: 2nd Team All-NFL Sporting News: 1st Team All-NFL |
| QB | Milt Plum | CLE | 26 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 177 | 302 | 2416 | 18 | 10 | 24 | -17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| QB | Johnny Unitas | BAL | 28 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 229 | 420 | 2990 | 16 | 24 | 54 | 190 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| HB | Don Perkins | DAL | 23 | Rook | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 200 | 815 | 4 | 32 | 298 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | Sporting News: 1st Team All-NFL |
| HB | Hugh McElhenny | MIN | 33 | 9 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 120 | 570 | 3 | 37 | 283 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| FB | Jim Brown | CLE | 25 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 305 | 1408 | 8 | 46 | 459 | 2 | 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 |
| FB | Jim Taylor | GNB | 26 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 243 | 1307 | 15 | 25 | 175 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 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 |
| FB | Nick Pietrosante | DET | 24 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 201 | 841 | 5 | 26 | 315 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| FB | Alex Webster | NYG | 30 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 196 | 928 | 2 | 26 | 313 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| WR | Jerry Reichow | MIN | 27 | 5 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 50 | 859 | 11 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| FL | Lenny Moore | BAL | 28 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 92 | 648 | 7 | 49 | 728 | 8 | 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 |
| FL | Tommy McDonald | PHI | 27 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 1144 | 13 | 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 |
| SE | Del Shofner | NYG | 27 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 68 | 1125 | 11 | 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 |
| SE | Red Phillips | RAM | 25 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 1092 | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 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 | Buddy Dial | PIT | 24 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 53 | 1047 | 12 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | Sporting News: 1st Team All-NFL NY Daily News: 2nd Team All-NFL |
| SE | Raymond Berry | BAL | 28 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 873 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd Team All-NFL UPI: 2nd Team All-NFL |
| SE | Max McGee | GNB | 29 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 883 | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| SE | Sonny Randle | STL | 25 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 591 | 9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| TE | Mike Ditka | CHI | 22 | Rook | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 1076 | 12 | 0 | 0.0 | 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 |
| TE | Dick Bielski | DAL | 29 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 377 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| TE | Jim Gibbons | DET | 25 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 566 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| LT | Jim Parker | BAL | 27 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | Jim Ray Smith | CLE | 29 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | Stan Jones | CHI | 30 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | UPI: 2nd Team All-NFL |
| LG | Ray Lemek | WAS | 27 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| C | Jim Ringo | GNB | 30 | 8 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 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 | John Morrow | CLE | 28 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| C | Jim Schrader | WAS | 29 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| RG | John Nisby | PIT | 25 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | Ted Connolly | SFO | 30 | 7 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| RG | Ken Gray | STL | 25 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| RT | Mike McCormack | CLE | 31 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 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 |
| RT | Forrest Gregg | GNB | 28 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | Bob St. Clair | SFO | 30 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 |
| RT | J.D. Smith | PHI | 25 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| LDE | Gino Marchetti | BAL | 34 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | Jim Katcavage | NYG | 27 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 |
| LDT | Alex Karras | DET | 26 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | Bob Toneff | WAS | 31 | 9 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | Sporting News: 1st Team All-NFL |
| LDT | Bob Gain | CLE | 32 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | UPI: 2nd Team All-NFL |
| LDT | Leo Nomellini | SFO | 37 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd Team All-NFL |
| RDT | Henry Jordan | GNB | 26 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 0.0 | 0 | Sporting News: 1st Team All-NFL |
| MLB | Joe Schmidt | DET | 29 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 |
| MLB | Bill George | CHI | 32 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd Team All-NFL NY Daily News: 2nd Team All-NFL |
| MLB | Myron Pottios | PIT | 22 | Rook | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | |
| MLB | Les Richter | RAM | 31 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | |
| RLB | Bill Forester | GNB | 29 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | John Reger | PIT | 30 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 |
| RLB | Maxie Baughan | PHI | 23 | 1 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | NY Daily News: 1st Team All-NFL UPI: 2nd Team All-NFL |
| LCB | Erich Barnes | NYG | 26 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 74 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 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 | 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 | Billy Stacy | STL | 25 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 241 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | |
| RCB | Jesse Whittenton | GNB | 27 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | Jimmy Hill | STL | 33 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st Team All-NFL |
| RS | Jimmy Patton | NYG | 28 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 |
| RS | Eddie Dove | SFO | 24 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | UPI: 2nd Team All-NFL |
| K | Jim Martin | DET | 37 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| PR | Ted Dean | PHI | 23 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 321 | 2 | 21 | 335 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| LS/P | Jerry Norton | STL | 30 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 |
| KR/LCB/PR/RCB | Abe Woodson | SFO | 27 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 23 | 0 | 8 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | NY Daily News: 1st Team All-NFL |
| HB/KR/PR | Jon Arnett | RAM | 26 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 47 | 0 | 1 | 158 | 609 | 4 | 28 | 194 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd Team All-NFL NY Daily News: 2nd Team All-NFL UPI: 2nd Team All-NFL |
| P/RS | Yale Lary | DET | 31 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd Team All-NFL |
| KR/PR/RH | Dick James | WAS | 27 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 374 | 3 | 20 | 298 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | |
| K/TE | Bobby Walston | PHI | 33 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 569 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
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