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1961 Denver Broncos Draftees

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Record: 3-11-0, 3rd in AFL West Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Frank Filchock (3-11-0)

Points For: 251 (17.9/g) 7th of 8

Points Against: 432 (30.9/g) 7th of 8

Expected W-L: 3.0-11.0

SRS: -11.31 (7th of 8), SOS: 1.62

Stadium: Bears Stadium

Partial Owner/President: Calvin Kunz

Partial Owner/Chairman of the Board of Directors: Gerald Phipps

General Manager: Dean Griffing

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Training Camp: Colorado School of Mines (Golden, Colorado)

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Drafted Players

Full 1961 Draft Results

Drafted Players Table
							Misc					Passing					Rushing			Receiving
Rnd	Player	Pick	Pos	Yrs	From	To	AP1	PB	St	wAV	G	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Att	Yds	TD	Rec	Yds	TD	College/Univ
1	Bob Gaiters	4	HB	3	1961	1963	0	0	1	8	31	3	5	42	2	0	168	673	6	17	175	2	New Mexico St.
2	Jerry Hill	11	RB	9	1961	1970	0	0	5	34	102				0		706	2668	22	117	970	3	Wyoming
3	Bo Strange	20	C				0	0	0														LSU
4	Sonny Davis	27	LB	1	1961	1961	0	0	0	1	2				0				0			0	Baylor
4	Ron McDole	27	DE	18	1961	1978	1	2	15	97	240				0				0			0	Nebraska
5	Charlie Cowan	36	T	15	1961	1975	0	3	14	72	206				0				0	1	1	0	New Mex. Highlands
6	Dale Evans	43	HB	1	1961	1961	0	0	0	0	5				0				0			0	Kansas St.
7	Pat Patchen	49	E				0	0	0														Florida
9	Phil Nugent	65	DB	1	1961	1961	0	0	1	6	12				0				0			0	Tulane
10	Charley Sturgeon	73	HB				0	0	0														Kentucky
11	John Simko	81	E				0	0	0
12	Jerry Miller	89	E				0	0	0														Howard Payne
13	Ron Greene	97	G				0	0	0														Washington St.
14	Bill Cooper	105	FB	4	1961	1964	0	0	0	0	38				0		10	15	1			0	Muskingum
15	Willie Crafts	113	G				0	0	0														Texas A&M-Kingsville
16	Jim Larkin	121	T				0	0	0														Hillsdale
17	Chuck Weiss	129	FB				0	0	0														Colorado
18	Chick Graning	137	HB				0	0	0														Georgia Tech
19	John Hobbs	145	G				0	0	0														MD-Eastern Shore
20	Buck McLeod	153	T				0	0	0														Baylor
21	Jim Morgan	161	HB				0	0	0														Iowa St.
22	Tom Hackler	169	E				0	0	0														Tennessee Tech
23	Tom Jewel	177	T				0	0	0														Idaho St.
24	E.A. Simms	185	E				0	0	0														New Mexico St.
25	Pete Samms	193	T				0	0	0														Central Oklahoma
26	Sam Smith	201	HB				0	0	0														North Alabama
27	Don Olson	209	HB				0	0	0														Nebraska
28	Wayne Lee	217	G				0	0	0														Colorado St.
29	Archie Cobb	225	T				0	0	0														Nebraska
30	Dave Mills	233	HB				0	0	0														Truman St.

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