1961 NFL draft

1961 NFL draft
1961 NFL draft
General information
Date(s)	December 27–28, 1960
Location	Warwick Hotel; in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Overview
	280 total selections in 20 rounds
League	NFL
First selection	Tommy Mason, HB; Minnesota Vikings
Mr. Irrelevant	Jacque MacKinnon, FB; Philadelphia Eagles
Most selections (26)	San Francisco 49ers
Fewest selections (14)	Pittsburgh Steelers
Hall of Famers	7 TE Mike Ditka; CB James Earl “Jimmy” Johnson; DT Bob Lilly; CB Herb Adderley; QB Fran Tarkenton; G Billy Shaw; DE David “Deacon” Jones;
	← 1960 1962 →

The 1961 NFL draft took place at the Warwick Hotel in Philadelphia on December 27–28, 1960.^[1]^[2] The league would later hold an expansion draft for the Minnesota Vikings expansion franchise. This draft was also the first regular draft for the Dallas Cowboys as they had only participated in the 1960 NFL expansion draft that year.

The Cowboys held the worst record in the NFL the previous season, but selected second in this draft because the expansion Vikings were awarded the first overall pick. The Vikings used that pick to select running back Tommy Mason.

^ "NFL Draft Locations". www.footballgeography.com. October 2, 2014. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved October 23, 2014.
^ Salomone, Dan (October 2, 2014). "NFL Draft headed to Chicago in 2015". Giants.com. New York Giants. Archived from the original on September 30, 2015. Retrieved June 3, 2015.

[NFLgeo-1] "NFL Draft Locations". www.footballgeography.com. October 2, 2014. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved October 23, 2014.

[2] Salomone, Dan (October 2, 2014). "NFL Draft headed to Chicago in 2015". Giants.com. New York Giants. Archived from the original on September 30, 2015. Retrieved June 3, 2015.

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