1961 College Football All-America Team

The 1961 College Football All-America team is composed of college football players who were selected as All-Americans by various organizations and writers that chose College Football All-America Teams in 1961. The six selectors recognized by the NCAA as "official" for the 1961 season are (1) the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA), (2) the Associated Press (AP), (3) the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA), (4) the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA), (5) the Sporting News, and (6) the United Press International (UPI).

Consensus All-Americans

For the year 1961, the NCAA recognizes six published All-American teams as "official" designations for purposes of its consensus determinations. The following chart identifies the NCAA-recognized consensus All-Americans and displays which first-team designations they received.

Name Position School Number Official Other
Roy WinstonGuardLSU6/6AFCA, AP, FWAA, NEA, SN, UPICP, Time, WC
Ernie DavisHalfbackSyracuse6/6AFCA, AP, FWAA, NEA, SN, UPICP, Time, WC
Bob FergusonFullbackOhio State6/6AFCA, AP, FWAA, NEA, SN, UPICP, Time, WC
Billy NeighborsTackleAlabama6/6AFCA, AP, FWAA, NEA, SN, UPICP, WC
Jimmy SaxtonHalfbackTexas6/6AFCA, AP, FWAA, NEA, SN, UPICP, WC
Gary CollinsEndMaryland5/6AFCA, FWAA, NEA, SN, UPICP, Time, WC
Joe RomigGuardColorado5/6AFCA, FWAA, NEA, SN, UPIWC
Alex KrollCenterRutgers5/6AFCA, AP, FWAA, NEA, UPIWC
Sandy StephensQuarterbackMinnesota5/6AP, FWAA, NEA, SN, UPIWC
Bill MillerEndMiami (Fla.)4/6AP, FWAA, NEA, SNTime, WC
Merlin OlsenTackleUtah State4/6AP, FWAA, NEA, UPITime, WC

All-American selections for 1961

Ends

Tackles

Guards

Centers

Quarterbacks

Halfbacks

Fullbacks

Key

  • Bold – Consensus All-American[1]
  • -1 – First-team selection
  • -2 – Second-team selection
  • -3 – Third-team selection

Official selectors

Other selectors

See also

References

  1. "2014 NCAA Football Records: Consensus All-America Selections" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2014. p. 7. Retrieved February 10, 2015.
  2. "Coaches' All-America". AFCA.
  3. "Big Line Tops Classy AP All-America Team". AP.
  4. "Miami's Bill Miller Chosen As All-American". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. December 8, 1961. p. 36.
  5. Ted Gangi (ed.). "FWAA All-America Since 1944: The All-Time Team" (PDF). Retrieved February 8, 2015.
  6. "Collins on NEA All-America Team". Gastonia Gazette (Gastonia, NC).
  7. "The Sporting News: College Football TSN All America Teams". The Sporting News. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  8. "UPI Selects 1961 All-America Club". Salt Lake Tribune (Salt Lake, Utah).
  9. "Ferguson, Davis, Romig Are Repeats On All-America Team". Lodi News-Sentinel. December 7, 1961. p. 8.
  10. "Captains All-America Teams". Central Press.
  11. "The Sporting News: 1961 All-America Teams". Time.
  12. "All-America Teams". Walter Camp Football Foundation. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
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