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 1961 College Football All-America Team
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