1961 Minnesota Vikings

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1961 Minnesota Vikings

Head Coach: *Norm Van Brocklin

To be listed, a player must have played at least one game for the team during this season.
* Hall of Fame
+ Primary starter

Pos		Player	GP	Exp	DOB	Ht	College
E		Bob Schnelker	6	9	10/17/1928	' "	Bowling Green State
G		Jerry Huth	14	4	07/23/1933	' "	Wake Forest
HB	*	Hugh McElhenny	13	10	12/31/1928	' "	Washington
FB		Mel Triplett	14	7	12/24/1931	' "	Toledo
T/DT		Frank Youso	14	4	07/05/1936	' "	Minnesota
DB		Dick Pesonan	11	2	06/10/1938	' "	Minnesota - Duluth
QB		George Shaw	8	7	07/25/1933	' "	Oregon
T/G		Grady Alderman	14	2	12/10/1938	' "	Detroit Mercy
C		Bill Lapham	14	2	02/02/1934	' "	Iowa
DE		Jim Marshall	14	2	12/30/1937	' "	Ohio State
DE/DT		Don Joyce	14	11	10/08/1929	' "	Tulane
RB		Tommy Mason	13	R	07/08/1939	' "	Tulane
E/QB		Jerry Reichow	14	5	05/19/1934	' "	Iowa
DE/T		Lebron Shields	6	2	07/23/1937	' "	Tennessee
DB		Jack Morris	14	4	11/01/1931	' "	Oregon
DT/T		Paul Dickson	7	3	02/26/1937	' "	Baylor
DB		Gene Johnson	4	3	09/18/1935	' "	Cincinnati
DB/RB		Will Sherman	8	9	10/20/1927	' "	Southern California
E/RB/WR		Dave Middleton	12	7	11/23/1933	' "	Auburn
DB		Ed Sharockman	1	R	11/04/1939	' "	Pittsburgh
QB	*	Fran Tarkenton	14	R	02/03/1940	' "	Georgia
LB/DE		Jim Leo	14	2	06/18/1937	' "	Cincinnati
E/WR		A.D. Williams	13	3	11/21/1933	' "	University of Pacific
DT		Jim Prestel	14	2	06/28/1937	' "	Idaho
DB		Dean Derby	8	5	06/11/1935	' "	Washington
DT/T		Bill Bishop	10	10	05/08/1931	' "	North Texas
DB		Charlie Sumner	13	5	10/19/1930	' "	William & Mary
HB/FB		Jamie Caleb	10	2	10/29/1936	' "	Grambling State
K		Mike Mercer	14	R	11/21/1935	' "	Arizona State
DE/T		Bob Denton	14	2	07/24/1934	' "	University of Pacific
LB		Rip Hawkins	14	R	04/21/1939	' "	North Carolina
TE		Gordon Smith	9	1	04/09/1939	' "	Missouri
DB		Rich Mostardo	11	2	07/01/1938	' "	Kent State
FB		Doug Mayberry	4	R	03/23/1937	' "	Utah State
LB		Clancy Osborne	14	3	11/23/1934	' "	Arizona State
LB/DE/C/DT		Karl Rubke	13	5	12/06/1935	' "	Southern California
G		Mike Rabold	14	3	03/12/1937	' "	Indiana
DT		Ed Culpepper	14	4	01/21/1934	' "	Alabama
DB/HB/WR/E		Dick Haley	4	3	10/02/1937	' "	Pittsburgh
DB		Justin Rowland	5	2	05/10/1937	' "	Texas Christian
HB		Billy Gault	4	R	12/19/1936	' "	Texas Christian
LB		Dick Grecni	12	1	03/27/1938	' "	Ohio
FB		Ray Hayes	13	R	05/25/1935	' "	Central Oklahoma
E		Fred Murphy	13	2	02/20/1938	' "	Georgia Tech
G		Ken Petersen	12	R	03/26/1939	' "	Utah

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