Because another league was in competition for the class of 1961 college stars, the
American Football League
The American Football League (AFL) was a major professional American football league that operated for ten seasons from 1960 until 1970, when it merged with the older National Football League (NFL), and became the American Football Conference. ...
draft for 1961 graduates was held in 1960, with a six-round telephone draft on November 21 and 22, that saw the
Buffalo Bills
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select Auburn's
Ken Rice as the overall first draft pick.
The draft was completed on December 5 and 6, with rounds seven through thirty. The
San Diego Chargers
The San Diego Chargers were a professional American football team that played in San Diego from 1961 until the end of the 2016 season, before relocating to Los Angeles, where the franchise had played its inaugural 1960 season. The team is now ...
were still the "
Los Angeles Chargers
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" in this draft, as their relocation was not announced until late January 1961.
Order
Boston Patriots draft picks
Buffalo Bills draft picks
Dallas Texans draft picks
Denver Broncos draft picks
Houston Oilers draft picks
New York Titans draft picks
Oakland Raiders draft picks
San Diego Chargers draft picks
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1 American Football League All-Star.
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2 Member of the
American Football League All-Time Team
The American Football League (AFL) All-Time Team was selected on January 14, 1970. The first and second teams were determined by a panel of members of the AFL's Hall of Fame Board of Selectors:
Offense
Defense
Special teams
Coach
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.
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3 American Football League MVP
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4 Member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Notable undrafted players
See also
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List of American Football League players
The following is a list of men who played for the American Football League (AFL, 1960–1969).
Players
A
B
C
D
Elbert Dubenion
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
Y
Z
Notes
Player notes
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American Football League draft
The American Football League (AFL, 1960–1969) stocked its teams in two ways:
# Signing free agents (players whose contracts in other professional football leagues had expired, or who had no professional experience).
# Signing players from t ...
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List of professional American football drafts The National Football League Draft, also called the NFL Draft or (officially) the Player Selection Meeting, is an annual event which serves as the league's most common source of player recruitment. It is the largest of several such arrangements for ...
References
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1961
Events January
* January 3
** United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces that the United States has severed diplomatic and consular relations with Cuba (Cuba–United States relations are restored in 2015).
** Aero Flight 311 (K ...
Draft
Draft, The Draft, or Draught may refer to:
Watercraft dimensions
* Draft (hull), the distance from waterline to keel of a vessel
* Draft (sail), degree of curvature in a sail
* Air draft, distance from waterline to the highest point on a vesse ...