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The 1961 NFL expansion draft was a National Football League (NFL) draft in which a new expansion team, named the Minnesota Vikings, selected its first players. [1] That selection was provided by the expansion draft, held on January 26, 1961.
The 1961 NFL draft took place at the Warwick Hotel in Philadelphia on December 27–28, 1960. [1] [2] The league would later hold an expansion draft for the Minnesota Vikings expansion franchise. This draft was also the first regular draft for the Dallas Cowboys as they had only participated in the 1960 NFL expansion draft that year.
The 1961 NFL expansion draft was held on January 26, 1961, with the Minnesota Vikings selecting 36 players from the other NFL teams. The one-year old Dallas Cowboys were exempted from losing a player in this expansion draft.
The Canadian college draft and American Football League draft are others. In the NFL draft, each team is given a position in the drafting order in reverse order relative to its record in the previous year, which means that the last place team is positioned first and the Super Bowl champion is last. From this position, the team can either select ...
Pages in category "National Football League expansion draft" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The 1961 season was the Minnesota Vikings' first in the National Football League (NFL) after being created as an expansion franchise to become the league's fourteenth team. . Their inaugural regular season game was a 37–13 victory at home to the Chicago Bears; rookie quarterback Fran Tarkenton came off the bench to toss four touchdown passes and run for another.
In 1936, the league introduced the NFL draft after team owners voted on it in 1935. [6] [7] The intention of the draft is to make the NFL more competitive, as some teams had an advantage in signing players. [5] [7] From 1947 through 1958 the NFL designated the first overall selection as a "bonus" or "lottery pick". The pick was awarded by a ...
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