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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. That selection was provided by the expansion draft, held on January 26, 1961.

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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. That selection was provided by the expansion draft, held on January 26, 1961. In August 1959, a group of Minneapolis businessmen were awarded a franchise in the new American Football League (AFL). In January 1960, they forfeited their AFL membership and were awarded a 90% stake in the 14th franchise of the NFL (the other 10%, under a decades-old agreement, went to former Duluth Kelleys/Eskimos owner Ole Haugsrud). Though the ownership group had participated in the 1960 American Football League draft before jumping leagues to the NFL, they did not take any of the players they selected in that draft with them. As such, they entered the 1961 draft with an empty roster. So that the Vikings could become competitive with existing teams, the league awarded the Vikings the first pick in the 1961 NFL draft and gave them the opportunity to select current players from existing teams. In the expansion draft, the existing franchises listed players from which the Vikings could select to switch to the new team. (en)
  • Il Draft di espansione della National Football League del 1961 fu tenuto il 26 gennaio 1961. I Minnesota Vikings, una nuova franchigia, scelsero durante questo evento i loro primi giocatori. Nell'agosto 1959, a un gruppo di uomini d'affari di Minneapolis fu assegnata una franchigia della nuova American Football League (AFL). Nel gennaio 1960 rinunciarono alla franchigia della AFL e in cambio furono premiato col 90% delle quote di una nuova franchigia della National Football League (il restante 10% andò per un accordo precedente all'ex proprietario dei Duluth Kelleys/Eskimos Ole Haugsrud). Per fare in modo che i Vikings fossero competitivi con le altre squadre già esistenti, fu loro assegnata la prima scelta assoluta del Draft NFL 1961 e fu data inoltre la possibilità di scegliere alcuni giocatori dalle altre squadra, esclusi i Dallas Cowboys che si erano uniti alla NFL solo nell'anno precedente. (it)
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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. That selection was provided by the expansion draft, held on January 26, 1961. (en)
  • Il Draft di espansione della National Football League del 1961 fu tenuto il 26 gennaio 1961. I Minnesota Vikings, una nuova franchigia, scelsero durante questo evento i loro primi giocatori. Nell'agosto 1959, a un gruppo di uomini d'affari di Minneapolis fu assegnata una franchigia della nuova American Football League (AFL). Nel gennaio 1960 rinunciarono alla franchigia della AFL e in cambio furono premiato col 90% delle quote di una nuova franchigia della National Football League (il restante 10% andò per un accordo precedente all'ex proprietario dei Duluth Kelleys/Eskimos Ole Haugsrud). Per fare in modo che i Vikings fossero competitivi con le altre squadre già esistenti, fu loro assegnata la prima scelta assoluta del Draft NFL 1961 e fu data inoltre la possibilità di scegliere alcuni gi (it)
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  • 1961 NFL expansion draft (en)
  • Expansion Draft NFL 1961 (it)
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