1961 Fleer Football Cards, page 6
| Image | Set | # | Card Title/Players | Pro Team | Position | College | Honors | Notes | Grades available at Nearmint Sports Cards |
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1961 Fleer | 126 | George Shaw | Minnesota Vikings | quarterback | Oregon | |||
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1961 Fleer | 127 | Hugh McElhenny | Minnesota Vikings | halfback | Washington | 49ers Hall of Fame 2009, College Hall of Fame 1981, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1970 | ||
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1961 Fleer | 128 | Dick Haley | Minnesota Vikings | halfback | Pittsburgh | Rookie card Haley played from 1959 to 1964 for the Washington Redskins, Minnesota Vikings, and Pittsburgh Steelers. |
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1961 Fleer | 129 | Dave Middleton | Minnesota Vikings | end | Auburn | |||
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1961 Fleer | 130 | Perry Richards | Minnesota Vikings | end | Detroit | Rookie card Richards played in a different city in each of his six seasons in the NFL and AFL. Starting in 1957, he played a year each for the PIttsburgh Steelers, Detroit Lions, Chicago Cardinals, St. Louis Cardinals, Buffalo Bills, and New York Titans. This card shows him with the Vikings because the Vikings had claimed him from the Cardinals in the 1961 NFL Expansion Draft. He never played for the Vikings, though. |
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1961 Fleer | 131 | Gene Johnson | Minnesota Vikings | defensive back | Cincinnati | |||
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1961 Fleer | 132 | Don Joyce | Minnesota Vikings | defensive end, defensive tackle | Tulane | Rookie card Joyce played from 1951 to 1962 for the Chicago Cardinals, Baltimore Colts, Minnesota Vikings, and Denver Broncos. He finally appeared on football cards in his 11th year in the NFL. |
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1961 Fleer | 133 | Chuck Green | Buffalo Bills | quarterback | Tennessee-Chatanooga | |||
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1961 Fleer | 134 | Wray Carlton | Buffalo Bills | fullback | Duke | Rookie card | ||
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1961 Fleer | 135 | Richie Lucas | Buffalo Bills | quarterback, halfback | Penn State | College Hall of Fame 1986 | Lucas finished second to Billy Cannon in voting for the 1959 Heisman Trophy. | |
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1961 Fleer | 136 | Elbert Dubenion | Buffalo Bills | halfback | Bluffton | Bills Wall of Fame 1993 | ||
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1961 Fleer | 137 | Tom Rychlec | Buffalo Bills | end | American International | Rychlec was a member of the inaugural class of the American International College Athletic Hall of Fame. | ||
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1961 Fleer | 138 | Mack Yoho | Buffalo Bills | tackle | Miami Ohio | Rookie card | ||
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1961 Fleer | 139 | Phil Blazer | Buffalo Bills | guard | North Carolina | Rookie card Blazer did not play pro football in 1961. |
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1961 Fleer | 140 | Dan McGrew | Buffalo Bills | center | Purdue | McGrew did not play pro football in 1961. | ||
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1961 Fleer | 141 | Bill Atkins | Buffalo Bills | defensive back, punter | Auburn | Atkins led the AFL with 10 interceptions and a 44.5-yard punting average in 1961. | ||
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1961 Fleer | 142 | Archie Matsos | Buffalo Bills | linebacker | Michigan State | Rookie card | ||
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1961 Fleer | 143 | Gene Grabosky | Buffalo Bills | defensive tackle | Syracuse | |||
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1961 Fleer | 144 | Frank Tripucka | Denver Broncos | quarterback | Notre Dame | Broncos Ring of Fame 1986 | Tripucka's son, Kelly Tripucka, played basketball for the NBA's Detroit Pistons, Utah Jazz, and Charlotte Hornets. | |
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1961 Fleer | 145 | Al Carmichael | Denver Broncos | halfback | USC | Packers Hall of Fame 1974 | ||
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1961 Fleer | 146 | Bob McNamara | Denver Broncos | halfback | Minnesota | |||
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1961 Fleer | 147 | Lionel Taylor | Denver Broncos | end | New Mexico Highlands | Broncos Ring of Fame 1984 | Rookie card Taylor played linebacker for the NFL's Chicago Bears in 1959. |
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1961 Fleer | 148 | Eldon Danenhauer | Denver Broncos | tackle | Pittsburg State | Rookie card | ||
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1961 Fleer | 149 | Willie Smith | Denver Broncos | tackle | Michigan | |||
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1961 Fleer | 150 | Carl Larpenter | Denver Broncos | guard | Texas |