1961 Chicago Bears

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1961 Chicago Bears

Head Coach: *George Halas

To be listed, a player must have played at least one game for the team during this season.
* Hall of Fame
+ Primary starter
Starters are listed by position, beginning with primary starters and ending with non-starting depth. A player will be listed more than once if starting at mulitple positions during the season.

Pos		Player	GP	Exp	DOB	Ht	College
QB		Billy Wade	13	8	10/04/1930	' "	Vanderbilt
QB/DB		Ed Brown	14	8	10/26/1928	' "	San Francisco
QB		Dick Norman	3	1	09/14/1938	' "	Stanford
FB/E		John Adams	13	3	11/28/1937	' "	Los Angeles State
RB		Bill Brown	14	R	06/29/1938	' "	Illinois
FB		Rick Casares	13	7	07/04/1931	' "	Florida
FB/HB		J. D. Smith	3	2	1935	' "	Compton CC (CA)
TE	*	Mike Ditka	14	R	10/18/1939	' "	Pittsburgh
HB/TE		Charlie Bivins	14	2	10/16/1938	' "	Morris Brown
HB		Willie Galimore	14	5	03/30/1935	' "	Florida A&M
WR		Angelo Coia	11	2	04/21/1938	' "	Southern California
WR		Bo Farrington	11	2	01/18/1936	' "	Prairie View A&M
WR/HB		Johnny Morris	14	4	09/26/1935	' "	California - Santa Barbara
T/DE/DT		Stan Fanning	14	2	11/22/1937	' "	Idaho
G/T/LB		Ted Karras	14	4	01/31/1934	' "	Indiana
E/DB		Harlon Hill	14	8	05/04/1932	' "	North Alabama
G/T		Roger Davis	14	2	06/23/1938	' "	Syracuse
G/DT/T	*	Stan Jones	14	8	11/24/1931	' "	Maryland
T/G		Herman Lee	14	5	08/29/1931	' "	Florida A&M
C		Mike Pyle	14	R	07/18/1939	' "	Yale
T/G/C		Bob Wetoska	14	2	08/22/1937	' "	Notre Dame
E/WR/HB/DB		Jim Dooley	6	8	02/08/1930	' "	Miami (FL)
C/DT/T		John Mellekas	14	5	06/14/1933	' "	Arizona
T		Art Anderson	14	1	10/09/1937	' "	Idaho
DE	*	Doug Atkins	14	9	05/08/1930	' "	Tennessee
DE/T/DT		Bob Kilcullen	14	4	05/13/1936	' "	Texas Tech
DT/G		Fred Williams	14	10	02/08/1929	' "	Arkansas
DE		Maury Youmans	14	2	10/18/1936	' "	Syracuse
LB/RB		Larry Morris	14	6	12/10/1933	' "	Georgia Tech
LB		Ken Kirk	10	2	02/26/1938	' "	Mississippi
LB		Joe Fortunato	14	7	05/28/1930	' "	Mississippi State
LB/G/T	*	Bill George	14	10	10/27/1929	' "	Wake Forest
LB/K/C		Roger LeClerc	14	2	10/01/1936	' "	Trinity (CT)
DB		Richie Petitbon	14	3	04/18/1938	' "	Tulane
DB/RB		Dave Whitsell	14	4	06/14/1936	' "	Indiana
DB		Bobby Jackson	9	2	01/10/1936	' "	Alabama
DB		Rosey Taylor	14	1	07/04/1937	' "	Grambling State
DB/HB		J. C. Caroline	14	6	01/17/1933	' "	Illinois
DB		Don Mullins	4	1	03/31/1939	' "	Houston
DB		Pete Manning	3	2	08/11/1937	' "	Wake Forest

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