The 1961 All-Southwest Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations for All-Southwest Conference teams for the 1961 college football season. The selectors for the 1961 season included the Associated Press (AP) and the United Press International (UPI). Players selected as first-team players by both the AP and UPI are designated in bold.
All Southwest selections
Backs
- Jimmy Saxton, Texas (AP-1; UPI-1)
- Mike Cotten, Texas (AP-1; UPI-1)
- Lance Alworth, Arkansas (AP-1; UPI-1)
- Roland Jackson, Rice (AP-1; UPI-1)
- Sonny Gibbs, Texas Christian (AP-2)
- Ronnie Bull, Baylor (AP-2)
- Coolidge Hunt, Texas Tech (AP-2)
- George McKinney, Arkansas (AP-2)
Ends
- Bob Moses, Texas (AP-1; UPI-1)
- John Burrell, Rice (AP-1)
- Jim Collier, Arkansas (AP-2; UPI-1)
- Buddy Iles, Texas Christian (AP-2)
Tackles
- Don Talbert, Texas (AP-1; UPI-1)
- Robert Johnston, Rice (AP-1)
- Bobby Plummer, TCU (AP-2; UPI-1)
- John Childress, Arkansas (AP-2)
Guards
- Dean Garrett, Arkansas (AP-1; UPI-1)
- Ray Schoenke, SMU (AP-1)
- Johnny Treadwell, Texas (AP-1)
- Herby Adkins, Baylor (AP-2; UPI-1)
- Wayne Freiling, Texas A&M (AP-2)
Centers
- Bill Hicks, Baylor (AP-1)
- David Kristynik, Texas (UPI-1) (brother of Marvin Kristynik)
- Max Christian, SMU (AP-2)
Key
AP = Associated Press
UPI = United Press International
Bold = Consensus first-team selection of both the AP and UPI
See also
References
- "Saxton, Alworth Lead Coaches' All-Southwest Conference Teams". Corsicana Daily Sun. December 4, 1961. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
- "UPI All-Southwest Conference". The Bryan Daily Eagle. December 3, 1961. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
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