Vikings Drafts 1961-62

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On this page: 1961 Rookie Draft | 1961 Veteran Draft | 1962

Players listed in bold made the roster.

1961 Rookie Draft (Drafted 1st) Dec. 27-28, 1960
1	Tommy Mason	RB	Tulane
2	Rip Hawkins	LB	North Carolina
3	Fran Tarkenton	QB	Georgia
4	Chuck Lamson	DB	Wyoming
5	Ed Sharockman	DB	Pittsburgh
6	Gerald Burch	WR	Georgia
7	Allen Ferrie	WR	Wagner
8	Paul Lindquist	T	New Hamphshire
9	Dan Sheenan	T	Tennesse-Chattanooga
10	Doug Mayberry	RB	Utah
11	Jerry Mays	T	SMU
12	Steve Stonebreaker	LB	Detroit
13	Raymond Hayes	RB	Central Oklahoma
14	Ken Peterson	T	Utah
15	Mike Mercer	K	Arizona State
16	Ted Karpowicz	RB	Detroit
17	Willie Jones	RB	Purdue
18	Bob Voight	T	Los Angeles State
19	Bill Hill	RB	Presbyterian
20	Mike McFarland	QB	Western Illinois
NOTE: Tommy Mason is not considered the overall number 1 draft pick 1961 in because the AFL and NFL had not yet merged. The NFL had their draft five weeks after the AFL initiated its draft: Nov. 23/Dec. 5 of 1960 vs Dec. 27-28 of 1960.

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1961 Veteran Expansion Draft (Only team drafting) Dec. 4, 1961
1	Grady Alderman	G	Detroit, from Lions
2	Tom Barnett	HB	Purdue, from Steelers
3	Byron Beams	T	Notre Dame, from Steelers
4	Ken Beck	DT	Texas A&M, from Packers
5	Bill Bishop	DT	North Texas State, from Bears
6	Don Boll	T	Nebraska, from Giants
7	Ed Culpepper	DT	Alabama, from Cardinals
8	Don Ellersick	DT	Washington State, from Rams
9	Dick Haley	DB	Pittsburg, from Redskins
10	Jerry Huth	G	Wake Forrest, from Eagles
11	Charlie Janerette	G	Penn State, from Rams
12	Gene Johnson	DB	Cincinnati, from Eagles
13	Don Joyce	DE	Tulane, from Colts
14	Bill Kimber	E	Florida State, from Giants
15	Bill Lapham	C	Iowa, from Eagles
16	Hugh McElhenny	HB	Washington, from 49ers
17	Dave Middleton	E	Auburn, from Lions
18	Jack Morris	DB	Oregon, from Steelers
19	Rich Mostardo	DB	Kent State, from Browns
20	Fred Murphy	E	Georgia, from Browns
21	Clancy Osborne	LB	Arizona State, from 49ers
22	Dick Pesonen	DB	Minnesota-Duluth, from Packers
23	Mike Rabold	G	Indiana, from Colts
24	Perry Richards	SE	Detroit, from Cardinals
25	Bill Roehnelt	LB	Bradley, from Redskins
26	Karl Rubke	LB	USC, from 49ers
27	Gene Selawski	T	Purdue, from Browns
28	Glenn Shaw	FB	Kentucky, from Bears
29	Lebron Shields	DT	Tennessee, from Colts
30	Zeke Smith	LB	Auburn, from Colts
31	Jerry Stalcup	LB	Wisconsin, from Rams
32	Louis (Red ) Stephens	G	San Francisco, from Redskins
33	Charlie Sumner	DB	William & Mary, from Bears
34	Dave Whitshell	DB	Indiana, from Lions
35	Paul Winslow	HB	North Carolina Central, from Packers
36	Frank Youso	T	Minnesota, from Giants

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1962 (Drafted 2nd) Dec. 4, 1961
1.	No Choice, Choice traded to New York for George Shaw
2.	No Choice, Choice traded, along with 11th choice, to Cleveland for Jim Prestel, Jim Marshall, Dick Grenci, Jamie Caleb, Billy Gault and Paul Dickson
3	Billy Miller	WR	Miami
4	Roy Winston	LB	LSU
5.	No Choice Choice traded to New York for Mel Triplett, Bob Schnelker, and B.Schmidt
6	Larry Bowie	G	Purdue
7	No Choice Choice traded to Philadelphia in Jerry Reichow trade.
8	Paul White	RB	Buffalo
9	Marshall Shirk	T	UCLA
10	No Choice, Choice traded to Cleveland for Bob Denton
11	No Choice, Choice traded to Cleveland along with 2nd choice in 1962
12	Gary Fallon	RB	Syracuse
13	Roger Van Cleef	T	SW Oklahoma
14	Pat Russ	T	Purdue
15	Larry Guilford	RB	Pacific
16	John Contoulis	T	Connecticut
17	Ron Staley	WR	Wisconsin
18	Junior Hawthorne	T	Kentucky
19	Tommy Minter	RB	Baylor
20	Terry Cagaanen	RB	Utah State

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