1961 AFL Draft - Pro Football Archives

Round	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	College
1	1	Buffalo Bills	Ken Rice	T	Auburn
1	2	Dallas Texans	E.J. Holub	C	Texas Tech
1	3	New York Titans	Tom Brown	G	Minnesota
1	4	Boston Patriots	Tommy Mason	HB	Tulane
1	5	Denver Broncos	Bob Gaiters	HB	New Mexico State
1	6	Oakland Raiders	Joe Rutgens	T	Illinois
1	7	San Diego Chargers	Earl Faison	E	Indiana
1	8	Houston Oilers	Mike Ditka	E	Pittsburgh
2	9	Buffalo Bills	Billy Shaw	T	Georgia Tech
2	10	New York Titans	Herb Adderley	HB	Michigan State
2	11	Boston Patriots	Rip Hawkins	C	North Carolina
2	12	Denver Broncos	Jerry Hill	HB	Wyoming
2	13	Oakland Raiders	George Fleming	HB	Washington
2	14	Dallas Texans	Bob Lilly	T	Texas Christian
2	15	Houston Oilers	Tom Goode	C	Mississippi State
2	16	San Diego Chargers	Keith Lincoln	HB	Washington State
3	17	Buffalo Bills	Art Baker	FB	Syracuse
3	18	Buffalo Bills	Tom Gilburg	T	Syracuse
3	19	Boston Patriots	Danny Larose	E	Missouri
3	20	Denver Broncos	Bo Strange	C	Louisiana State
3	21	Oakland Raiders	Myron Pottios	G	Notre Dame
3	22	Dallas Texans	Jim Tyrer	T	Ohio State
3	23	San Diego Chargers	Marlin McKeever	E	Southern California
3	24	Houston Oilers	Walt Suggs	T	Mississippi State
4	25	Buffalo Bills	Stew Barber	T	Penn State
4	26	Denver Broncos	Sonny Davis	E	Baylor
4	27	Boston Patriots	Mike Zeno	G	Virginia Tech
4	28	Denver Broncos	Ron McDole	T	Nebraska
4	28	Dallas Texans	Claude Moorman	E	Duke
4	29	Oakland Raiders	Elbert Kimbrough	E	Northwestern
4	31	Houston Oilers	Bobby Walden	HB	Georgia
4	32	San Diego Chargers	Jimmy Johnson	HB	UCLA
5	33	Buffalo Bills	Norm Snead	QB	Wake Forest
5	34	New York Titans	Tom Matte	QB	Ohio State
5	35	Boston Patriots	Fran Tarkenton	QB	Georgia
5	36	Denver Broncos	Charlie Cowan	E	New Mexico Highlands
5	37	Oakland Raiders	Dick Norman	QB	Stanford
5	38	Dallas Texans	Jerry Mays	T	Southern Methodist
5	39	San Diego Chargers	Billy Kilmer	HB-QB	UCLA
5	40	Houston Oilers	Monte Lee	G	Texas
6	41	Buffalo Bills	Fred Brown	HB	Georgia
6	42	New York Titans	Bill Brown	FB	Illinois
6	43	Denver Broncos	Dale Evans	HB	Kansas State
6	44	Boston Patriots	Larry Eisenhauer	T	Boston College
6	45	Oakland Raiders	Bobby Crespino	HB	Mississippi
6	46	San Diego Chargers	Calvin Bird	HB	Kentucky
6	47	Houston Oilers	Jake Gibbs	QB	Mississippi
6	48	San Diego Chargers	Cliff Roberts	T	Illinois
7	49	Denver Broncos	Pat Patchen	E	Florida
7	50	Boston Patriots	Paul Terhes	QB	Bucknell
7	51	Oakland Raiders	Ray Purdin	HB	Northwestern
7	52	Buffalo Bills	Al Bemiller	C	Syracuse
7	53	Dallas Texans	Fred Arbanas	E	Michigan State
7	54	New York Titans	Fred Mautino	E	Syracuse
7	55	San Diego Chargers	Claude Gibson	HB	North Carolina State
7	56	Houston Oilers	Dick Reynolds	T	North Carolina State
8	57	Oakland Raiders	Tommy Watkins	HB	Iowa State
8	58	Oakland Raiders	Dick Price	G	Mississippi
8	59	Boston Patriots	Charlie Long	G	Tennessee-Chattanooga
8	60	Buffalo Bills	Chuck Linning	T	Miami (Florida)
8	61	New York Titans	Harold Beaty	T	Oklahoma State
8	62	Dallas Texans	John O'Day	T	Miami (Florida)
8	63	Houston Oilers	Houston Antwine	G	Southern Illinois
8	64	San Diego Chargers	Charley Johnson	QB	New Mexico State
9	65	Denver Broncos	Phil Nugent	QB	Tulane
9	66	Boston Patriots	Roland Lakes	C	Wichita State
9	67	Oakland Raiders	Lowndes Shingler	QB	Clemson
9	68	Buffalo Bills	Billy Majors	HB	Tennessee
9	69	Dallas Texans	Dick Mills	T	Pittsburgh
9	70	New York Titans	Bernie Casey	FB	Bowling Green State
9	71	San Diego Chargers	Bob Scarpitto	HB	Notre Dame
9	72	Houston Oilers	Ralph White	T	Bowling Green State
10	73	Denver Broncos	Charley Sturgeon	HB	Kentucky
10	74	Oakland Raiders	Ken Petersen	T	Utah
10	75	Boston Patriots	Dickie Mueller	E	Kentucky
10	76	Buffalo Bills	Don Kern	HB	Virginia Military Institute
10	77	New York Titans	Joe Scibelli	T	American International*
10	78	Dallas Texans	Jerry Daniels	E	Mississippi
10	79	Houston Oilers	Charley Lee	C	Iowa
10	80	San Diego Chargers	Willie Hector	G	Pacific
11	81	Denver Broncos	John Simko	E	Augustana (South Dakota)
11	82	Boston Patriots	Mel West	HB	Missouri
11	83	Oakland Raiders	Doug Mayberry	FB	Utah State
11	84	Buffalo Bills	Milam Wall	HB	North Carolina
11	85	Dallas Texans	Marvin Tibbets	HB	Georgia Tech
11	86	New York Titans	Art Gilmore	HB	Oregon State
11	87	San Diego Chargers	Greg Larson	C	Minnesota
11	88	Houston Oilers	Bob Bird	G	Bowling Green State
12	89	Denver Broncos	Jerry Miller	E	Howard Payne
12	90	Oakland Raiders	Bob Schmitz	G	Montana State
12	91	Boston Patriots	Wayne Harris	C	Arkansas
12	92	Buffalo Bills	Floyd Powers	G	Mississippi State
12	93	New York Titans	Norris Stevenson	HB	Missouri
12	94	Dallas Texans	Paul Hynes	HB	Louisiana Tech
12	95	Houston Oilers	Bob McLeod	E	Abilene Christian
12	96	San Diego Chargers	Hez Braxton	FB	Virginia Union
13	97	Denver Broncos	Ron Greene	G	Washington State
13	98	Boston Patriots	Dan Underwood	T	McNeese State
13	99	Oakland Raiders	Jerry Burch	E	Georgia Tech
13	100	Buffalo Bills	Tom Causey	E	Louisiana Tech
13	101	Dallas Texans	Glynn Gregory	HB	Southern Methodist
13	102	New York Titans	Joe Wendryhoski	T	Illinois
13	103	San Diego Chargers	Dale Messer	FB	Fresno State
13	104	Houston Oilers	Joe Hinton	G	Louisiana Tech
14	105	Denver Broncos	Bill Cooper	FB	Muskingum
14	106	Oakland Raiders	Clark Miller	T	Utah State
14	107	Boston Patriots	James Wright	QB	Memphis
14	108	Buffalo Bills	Ron Kostelnik	T	Cincinnati
14	109	New York Titans	Jim Cunningham	FB	Pittsburgh
14	110	Dallas Texans	Curtis McClinton	HB	Kansas
14	111	Houston Oilers	Jimmy King	T	Clemson
14	112	San Diego Chargers	Billy Wilson	T	Auburn
15	113	Denver Broncos	Willie Crafts	G	Texas A&M-Kingsville
15	114	Dallas Texans	Ed Nutting	T	Georgia Tech
15	115	Oakland Raiders	Bob Coolbaugh	E	Richmond
15	116	Buffalo Bills	Jerry Frye	E	South Carolina
15	117	Dallas Texans	Roy Lee Rambo	G	Texas Christian
15	118	New York Titans	Irv Cross	E	Northwestern
15	119	San Diego Chargers	Ernie Ladd	T	Grambling State
15	120	Houston Oilers	Dennis Ferriter	C	Marquette
16	121	Denver Broncos	Jim Larkin	T	Hillsdale
16	122	Oakland Raiders	Chuck Lamson	HB	Wyoming
16	123	Boston Patriots	George Balthazar	T	Tennessee State
16	124	Buffalo Bills	Vince Scott	E	Maryland
16	125	New York Titans	Jerry Steffen	HB	Colorado
16	126	Dallas Texans	Aaron Thomas	E	Oregon State
16	127	Houston Oilers	Larry Wood	HB	Northwestern
16	128	San Diego Chargers	Bud Whitehead	HB	Florida State
17	129	Denver Broncos	Chuck Weiss	FB	Colorado
17	130	Boston Patriots	Ray Ratkowski	HB	Notre Dame
17	131	Oakland Raiders	Joe Novsek	T	Tulsa
17	132	Buffalo Bills	Wayne Wolff	T	Wake Forest
17	133	Dallas Texans	Jarrell Williams	HB	Arkansas
17	134	New York Titans	Mike Pyle	T	Yale
17	135	San Diego Chargers	Reg Carolan	E	Idaho
17	136	Houston Oilers	Sam Fewell	T	South Carolina
18	137	Denver Broncos	Chick Graning	HB	Georgia Tech
18	138	Oakland Raiders	Joe Krakoski	HB	Illinois
18	139	Boston Patriots	Tom Rodgers	HB	Kentucky
18	140	Buffalo Bills	Jake Bodkin	G	South Carolina
18	141	New York Titans	Al Bentley	E	Arkansas State
18	142	Dallas Texans	Ronnie Hartline	FB	Oklahoma
18	143	Houston Oilers	Ike Grimsley	HB	Michigan State
18	144	San Diego Chargers	Ed Dyas	FB	Auburn
19	145	Denver Broncos	John Hobbs	G	Maryland-Eastern Shore
19	146	Boston Patriots	Joe Bellino	HB	Navy
19	147	Oakland Raiders	Charley Fuller	HB	San Francisco State
19	148	Buffalo Bills	Charlie Barnes	E	Louisiana-Monroe
19	149	Dallas Texans	Frank Jackson	HB	Southern Methodist
19	150	New York Titans	Jim Kerr	HB	Penn State
19	151	San Diego Chargers	Jack Espenship	HB	Florida State
19	152	Houston Oilers	Myron Pearson	HB	Colorado State
20	153	Denver Broncos	Buck McLeod	T	Baylor
20	154	Oakland Raiders	Preston Powell	FB	Grambling State
20	155	Boston Patriots	Clarence Childs	HB	Florida A&M
20	156	Buffalo Bills	Everett Cloud	HB	Maryland
20	157	New York Titans	Neil Plumley	T	Oregon State
20	158	Dallas Texans	Bobby Lane	E	Baylor
20	159	Houston Oilers	Lewis Johnson	HB	Florida A&M
20	160	San Diego Chargers	Mike Lucci	C	Tennessee
21	161	Denver Broncos	Jim Morgan	HB	Northern Iowa
21	162	Boston Patriots	Don Oakes	G	Virginia Tech
21	163	Oakland Raiders	Mike Jones	QB	San Jose State
21	164	Buffalo Bills	Larry Vargo	E	Detroit Mercy
21	165	Dallas Texans	Dick Thornton	QB	Northwestern
21	166	New York Titans	Bob Brooks	FB	Ohio University
21	167	San Diego Chargers	Gene Gaines	HB	UCLA
21	168	Houston Oilers	Ron Miller	QB	Wisconsin
22	169	Denver Broncos	Tommy Hackler	E	Tennessee Tech
22	170	Oakland Raiders	Blayne Jones	G	Idaho State
22	171	Boston Patriots	Bob Johnson	E	Michigan
22	172	Buffalo Bills	Charlie Baker	T	Tennessee
22	173	New York Titans	Wayne Fontes	HB	Michigan State
22	174	Dallas Texans	Ed Sharockman	HB	Pittsburgh
22	175	Houston Oilers	Bobby Kelly	E	New Mexico State
22	176	San Diego Chargers	John Brown	T	Syracuse
23	177	Denver Broncos	Tom Jewell	T	Idaho State
23	178	Boston Patriots	Darrel DeDecker	C	Illinois
23	179	Oakland Raiders	Roger Fisher	C	Utah State
23	180	Buffalo Bills	Bill Mack	HB	Notre Dame
23	181	Dallas Texans	Lou Zivkovich	T	New Mexico State
23	182	New York Titans	Mickey Walker	LB	Michigan State
23	183	San Diego Chargers	Glenn Bass	HB	East Carolina
23	184	Houston Oilers	Jim Anderson	FB	Mississippi
24	185	Denver Broncos	E.A. Sims	E	New Mexico State
24	186	Oakland Raiders	Jack Novak	G	Miami (Florida)
24	187	Boston Patriots	Don Webb	HB	Iowa State
24	188	Buffalo Bills	Frank Jackunas	C	Detroit Mercy
24	189	New York Titans	Howard Dyer	QB	Virginia Military Institute
24	190	Dallas Texans	Pat Dye	G	Georgia
24	191	Houston Oilers	Ken Gregory	E	Whittier
24	192	San Diego Chargers	Ben Balme	G	Yale
25	193	Denver Broncos	Pete Samms	T	Central Oklahoma
25	194	Boston Patriots	Bob Minihane	T	Boston University
25	195	Oakland Raiders	Paul Yanke	E	Northwestern
25	196	Buffalo Bills	Jack Harbaugh	HB	Bowling Green State
25	197	Dallas Texans	Ray Ramsey	QB	Adams State
25	198	New York Titans	Andy Griffin	HB	American International
25	199	San Diego Chargers	Don Coffey	E	Memphis
25	200	Houston Oilers	Jack Kreider	HB	Tulsa
26	201	Denver Broncos	Sammy Smith	HB	North Alabama
26	202	Boston Patriots	Charlie Granger	T	Southern University
26	203	Oakland Raiders	Dean Hinshaw	T	Stanford
26	204	Buffalo Bills	Lorenzo Stanford	T	North Carolina A&T State
26	205	New York Titans	Bobby Smith	HB	UCLA
26	206	Dallas Texans	Danny House	HB	Davidson
26	207	Houston Oilers	Don Fuell	QB	Southern Mississippi
26	208	San Diego Chargers	Bill Kinnune	G	Washington
27	209	Denver Broncos	Don Olson	HB	Nebraska
27	210	Boston Patriots	Terry Huxhold	T	Wisconsin
27	211	Oakland Raiders	Clair Appledoorn	E	San Jose State
27	212	Buffalo Bills	Bob Allen	E	Wake Forest
27	213	Dallas Texans	Bob Schloredt	QB	Washington
27	214	New York Titans	Moses Gray	T	Indiana
27	215	San Diego Chargers	Luther Hayes	E	Southern California
27	216	Houston Oilers	Boyd King	C	Rice
28	217	Denver Broncos	Wayne Lee	G	Northern Colorado
28	218	Oakland Raiders	Dave Grosz	QB	Oregon
28	219	Boston Patriots	Bryant Harvard	QB	Auburn
28	220	Buffalo Bills	Jason Harness	E	Michigan State
28	221	New York Titans	Fred Cox	HB	Pittsburgh
28	222	Dallas Texans	Bill Stine	G	Michigan
28	223	Houston Oilers	John Frongillo	T	Baylor
28	224	San Diego Chargers	Chuck Allen	G	Washington
29	225	Denver Broncos	Archie Cobb	T	Nebraska
29	226	Boston Patriots	Ernie McMillan	T	Illinois
29	227	Oakland Raiders	Ed Morris	T	Indiana
29	228	Buffalo Bills	Mike Stock	HB	Northwestern
29	229	Dallas Texans	Lonnie Caddell	FB	Rice
29	230	Houston Oilers	Tom Lewis	E	Lake Forest
29	231	San Diego Chargers	Dan Ficca	T	Southern California
29	232	Houston Oilers	Errol Linden	E	Houston
30	233	Denver Broncos	Dale Mills	HB	Truman State
30	234	Oakland Raiders	Bill Face	HB	Stanford
30	235	Boston Patriots	George Hultz	T	Southern Mississippi
30	236	Buffalo Bills	Billy Martin	HB	Minnesota
30	237	New York Titans	Bill Minnerly	HB	Connecticut
30	238	Dallas Texans	Ced Price	E	Kansas State
30	239	Houston Oilers	Jim Stroud	T	Rice
30	240	San Diego Chargers	Mike McKeever	G	Southern California