1961 AFL All-Pros

League Champion: Houston Oilers

Passing Leader: George Blanda, 3330 Yds

Rushing Leader: Billy Cannon, 948 Yds

Receiving Leader: Charley Hennigan, 1746 Yds

All-Pros

All-Pros Table
Pos	Player	Tm	Age	Yrs	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Att	Yds	TD	Rec	Yds	TD	Sk	Int	All-pro teams
QB	George Blanda	HOU	34	12	14	11	187	362	3330	36	22	7	12	0	1	-16	0	0.0	0	SN: 1st Tm All-AFL, AFL: 1st Tm All-AFL, AP: 1st Tm All-AFL, NYDN: 1st Tm All-AFL, UPI: 1st Tm All-AFL
HB	Billy Cannon	HOU	24	1	14	13	0	5	0	0	1	200	948	6	43	586	9	0.0	0	SN: 1st Tm All-AFL, AFL: 1st Tm All-AFL, AP: 1st Tm All-AFL, NYDN: 1st Tm All-AFL, UPI: 1st Tm All-AFL
C	Jim Otto	OAK	23	1	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	SN: 1st Tm All-AFL, AFL: 1st Tm All-AFL, AP: 1st Tm All-AFL, NYDN: 1st Tm All-AFL, UPI: 1st Tm All-AFL
LDE	Earl Faison	SDG	22	Rook	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.5	2	SN: 1st Tm All-AFL, AFL: 1st Tm All-AFL, AP: 1st Tm All-AFL, NYDN: 1st Tm All-AFL, UPI: 1st Tm All-AFL
LG	Bob Mischak	NYT	29	3	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	SN: 1st Tm All-AFL, AFL: 1st Tm All-AFL, AP: 1st Tm All-AFL, NYDN: 1st Tm All-AFL, UPI: 1st Tm All-AFL
FS	Charlie McNeil	SDG	25	1	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	9	SN: 1st Tm All-AFL, AFL: 1st Tm All-AFL, AP: 1st Tm All-AFL, NYDN: 1st Tm All-AFL, UPI: 1st Tm All-AFL
RCB	Dick Harris	SDG	24	1	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	7	SN: 1st Tm All-AFL, AFL: 1st Tm All-AFL, AP: 1st Tm All-AFL, NYDN: 1st Tm All-AFL, UPI: 1st Tm All-AFL
LDT	Bud McFadin	DEN	33	9	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.0	0	SN: 1st Tm All-AFL, AFL: 1st Tm All-AFL, AP: 1st Tm All-AFL, NYDN: 1st Tm All-AFL, UPI: 1st Tm All-AFL
FB	Bill Mathis	NYT	23	1	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	202	846	7	12	42	1	0.0	0	SN: 1st Tm All-AFL, AFL: 1st Tm All-AFL, AP: 1st Tm All-AFL, NYDN: 1st Tm All-AFL, UPI: 1st Tm All-AFL
MLB	Sherrill Headrick	DTX	24	1	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	2	SN: 1st Tm All-AFL, AFL: 1st Tm All-AFL, AP: 1st Tm All-AFL, NYDN: 1st Tm All-AFL, UPI: 1st Tm All-AFL
FL	Charley Hennigan	HOU	26	1	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	82	1746	12	0.0	0	SN: 1st Tm All-AFL, AFL: 1st Tm All-AFL, AP: 1st Tm All-AFL, NYDN: 1st Tm All-AFL, UPI: 1st Tm All-AFL
LT	Al Jamison	HOU	24	1	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	SN: 1st Tm All-AFL, AFL: 1st Tm All-AFL, AP: 1st Tm All-AFL, NYDN: 1st Tm All-AFL, UPI: 1st Tm All-AFL
RT	Ron Mix	SDG	23	1	10	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	AFL: 1st Tm All-AFL, AP: 1st Tm All-AFL, NYDN: 1st Tm All-AFL, UPI: 1st Tm All-AFL
RE	Lionel Taylor	DEN	26	2	14	14	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	100	1176	4	0.0	0	AFL: 1st Tm All-AFL, AP: 1st Tm All-AFL, NYDN: 1st Tm All-AFL, UPI: 1st Tm All-AFL
FS	Billy Atkins	BUF	27	3	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	87	1	0	0	0	0.0	10	SN: 1st Tm All-AFL, AFL: 2nd Tm All-AFL, AP: 1st Tm All-AFL, NYDN: 1st Tm All-AFL, UPI: 1st Tm All-AFL
RDT	Ernie Ladd	SDG	23	Rook	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	SN: 1st Tm All-AFL, AFL: 2nd Tm All-AFL, AP: 1st Tm All-AFL, NYDN: 1st Tm All-AFL, UPI: 1st Tm All-AFL
RLB	Larry Grantham	NYT	23	1	11	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	1	SN: 1st Tm All-AFL, AFL: 2nd Tm All-AFL, AP: 1st Tm All-AFL, NYDN: 1st Tm All-AFL, UPI: 1st Tm All-AFL
LCB	Tony Banfield	HOU	24	1	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	8	SN: 1st Tm All-AFL, AFL: 1st Tm All-AFL, AP: 1st Tm All-AFL, NYDN: 2nd Tm All-AFL, UPI: 1st Tm All-AFL
LHB	Abner Haynes	DTX	24	1	14	12	0	0	0	0	0	179	841	9	34	558	3	0.0	0	SN: 1st Tm All-AFL, AFL: 1st Tm All-AFL, NYDN: 1st Tm All-AFL, UPI: 1st Tm All-AFL
LLB	Tom Addison	BOS	25	1	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.5	4	SN: 1st Tm All-AFL, AFL: 2nd Tm All-AFL, AP: 1st Tm All-AFL, NYDN: 2nd Tm All-AFL, UPI: 1st Tm All-AFL
MLB	Archie Matsos	BUF	27	1	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	2	AFL: 1st Tm All-AFL, NYDN: 1st Tm All-AFL, UPI: 2nd Tm All-AFL
RDE	LaVerne Torczon	BUF	25	1	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.0	0	AFL: 2nd Tm All-AFL, NYDN: 1st Tm All-AFL, UPI: 1st Tm All-AFL
RG	Tony Sardisco	BOS	29	5	13	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	NYDN: 1st Tm All-AFL, UPI: 1st Tm All-AFL
LE	Bill Groman	HOU	25	1	14	13	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	1	50	1175	17	0.0	0	SN: 1st Tm All-AFL, AP: 1st Tm All-AFL, NYDN: 2nd Tm All-AFL, UPI: 2nd Tm All-AFL
RDE	Ron Nery	SDG	27	1	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8.0	0	SN: 1st Tm All-AFL, AP: 1st Tm All-AFL, NYDN: 2nd Tm All-AFL, UPI: 2nd Tm All-AFL
LG	Ken Adamson	DEN	23	1	14	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	AFL: 2nd Tm All-AFL, AP: 1st Tm All-AFL, NYDN: 2nd Tm All-AFL, UPI: 2nd Tm All-AFL
MLB	Chuck Allen	SDG	22	Rook	9	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	5	AFL: 1st Tm All-AFL, NYDN: 2nd Tm All-AFL
LG	Charley Leo	BOS	27	1	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	AFL: 1st Tm All-AFL
LDT	Chuck McMurtry	BUF	24	1	14	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.5	0	AFL: 1st Tm All-AFL
RDE	Don Floyd	HOU	23	1	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.5	0	AFL: 1st Tm All-AFL
FS/SS	Dave Webster	DTX	24	1	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	5	AFL: 1st Tm All-AFL
RCB	Mark Johnston	HOU	23	1	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	4	NYDN: 1st Tm All-AFL
RT	Jerry Cornelison	DTX	25	1	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	SN: 1st Tm All-AFL, UPI: 2nd Tm All-AFL
RG	Wayne Hawkins	OAK	23	1	14	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	SN: 1st Tm All-AFL
LT	Ken Rice	BUF	22	Rook	14	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	AFL: 2nd Tm All-AFL, NYDN: 2nd Tm All-AFL, UPI: 2nd Tm All-AFL
LLB/RLB	E.J. Holub	DTX	23	Rook	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.5	1	AFL: 2nd Tm All-AFL, NYDN: 2nd Tm All-AFL, UPI: 2nd Tm All-AFL
HB	Paul Lowe	SDG	25	1	14	14	2	4	70	0	0	175	767	9	17	103	0	0.0	0	AFL: 2nd Tm All-AFL, NYDN: 2nd Tm All-AFL, UPI: 2nd Tm All-AFL
QB	Jack Kemp	SDG	26	4	14	14	165	364	2686	15	22	43	105	6	0	0	0	0.0	0	AFL: 2nd Tm All-AFL, NYDN: 2nd Tm All-AFL, UPI: 2nd Tm All-AFL
LE	Gino Cappelletti	BOS	27	1	14	14	1	1	27	1	0	0	0	0	45	768	8	0.0	0	AFL: 2nd Tm All-AFL, NYDN: 2nd Tm All-AFL, UPI: 2nd Tm All-AFL
FL/RE	Dave Kocourek	SDG	24	1	14	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	55	1055	4	0.0	0	AFL: 2nd Tm All-AFL, UPI: 2nd Tm All-AFL
C	Don Rogers	SDG	25	1	14	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	NYDN: 2nd Tm All-AFL, UPI: 2nd Tm All-AFL
SS	Jim Norton	HOU	23	1	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	9	NYDN: 2nd Tm All-AFL, UPI: 2nd Tm All-AFL
RG	Billy Krisher	DTX	26	3	14	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	NYDN: 2nd Tm All-AFL, UPI: 2nd Tm All-AFL
RDT	Ed Husmann	HOU	30	8	14	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8.0	0	NYDN: 2nd Tm All-AFL, UPI: 2nd Tm All-AFL
LDT	Bill Hudson	SDG	26	Rook	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	1	NYDN: 2nd Tm All-AFL, UPI: 2nd Tm All-AFL
LCB	Claude Gibson	SDG	22	Rook	14	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	5	NYDN: 2nd Tm All-AFL, UPI: 2nd Tm All-AFL
LCB	Fred Williamson	OAK	24	1	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	5	AFL: 2nd Tm All-AFL, UPI: 2nd Tm All-AFL
FB	Charley Tolar	HOU	24	1	14	14	0	1	0	0	0	157	577	4	24	219	1	0.0	0	AFL: 2nd Tm All-AFL, UPI: 2nd Tm All-AFL
FS	Goose Gonsoulin	DEN	23	1	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	6	AFL: 2nd Tm All-AFL, UPI: 2nd Tm All-AFL
RT	Jerry DeLucca	BOS	25	2	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	AFL: 2nd Tm All-AFL
RDE	Larry Eisenhauer	BOS	21	Rook	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	NYDN: 2nd Tm All-AFL
LCB	Dick Felt	NYT	28	1	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	4	AFL: 2nd Tm All-AFL
FB	Larry Garron	BOS	24	1	14	6	0	0	0	0	0	69	389	2	24	341	3	0.0	0	AFL: 2nd Tm All-AFL
LDE	Bob Dee	BOS	28	4	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.5	0	AFL: 2nd Tm All-AFL
LG	Bob Talamini	HOU	22	1	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	AFL: 2nd Tm All-AFL
FB	Alan Miller	OAK	24	1	14	13	0	0	0	0	0	85	255	3	36	315	4	0.0	0	NYDN: 2nd Tm All-AFL
C	Bob Schmidt	HOU	25	2	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	AFL: 2nd Tm All-AFL
DB	Ross O'Hanley	BOS	22	1	7	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	NYDN: 2nd Tm All-AFL
RDT	Jim Lee Hunt	BOS	23	1	14	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	0	AFL: 2nd Tm All-AFL
LHB	Donnie Stone	DEN	24	Rook	14	12	1	2	18	1	0	127	505	4	38	344	4	0.0	0	NYDN: 2nd Tm All-AFL
LT	Ernie Wright	SDG	22	1	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	NYDN: 2nd Tm All-AFL
LLB	Ralph Felton	BUF	29	7	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	2	UPI: 2nd Tm All-AFL
RDE	Sid Youngelman	NYT	30	6	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	0	UPI: 2nd Tm All-AFL

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