1961 season · Roster
1961
San Francisco 49ers
Roster (40 players)

Full roster pulled from Pro-Football-Reference: every player, position, jersey, age, games, height, weight, college, draft, and Approximate Value. Names link to Wikipedia.

Offense

QB (3)

No.PlayerAgePosGGSWtHtCollege/UnivBirthDateYrsAVDrafted (tm/rnd/yr)
11Bob Waters23QB801846-2Presbyterian6/22/193813Los Angeles Chargers /1960, San Francisco 49ers / 7th / 83rd pick /1960
12John Brodie26QB14141986-1Stanford8/14/1935413San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 3rd pick /1957
17Billy Kilmer22QB1102046-0UCLA9/5/1939Rook6San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 11th pick /1961, San Diego Chargers / 5th / 39th pick /1961

Running backs (5)

No.PlayerAgePosGGSWtHtCollege/UnivBirthDateYrsAVDrafted (tm/rnd/yr)
23Ray Norton24RB601846-2San Jose St.9/22/193710Denver Broncos /1960, San Francisco 49ers / 4th / 46th pick /1960
32C.R. Roberts25FB1272026-3USC2/29/193624New York Giants / 14th / 166th pick /1958
34Bill Cooper22FB1212156-3Muskingum7/12/1939Rook0San Francisco 49ers / 3rd / 37th pick /1961, Denver Broncos / 14th / 105th pick /1961
35Don McIlhenny27RB501976-0SMU11/22/193450Detroit Lions / 3rd / 27th pick /1956
35J.W. Lockett24FB222266-2Central Oklahoma2/23/1937Rook1 

WR (1)

No.PlayerAgePosGGSWtHtCollege/UnivBirthDateYrsAVDrafted (tm/rnd/yr)
30Bernie Casey22WR1222156-4Bowling Green6/8/1939Rook2San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 9th pick /1961, New York Titans / 9th / 70th pick /1961

Offensive line (9)

No.PlayerAgePosGGSWtHtCollege/UnivBirthDateYrsAVDrafted (tm/rnd/yr)
53Frank Morze28C14142706-4Boston Col.3/21/193349San Francisco 49ers / 2nd / 21st pick /1955
57Bill Lopasky24G1002356-2West Virginia1/29/1937Rook4Los Angeles Chargers /1960, San Francisco 49ers / 13th / 150th pick /1959
60Roland Lakes22C1422796-4Wichita St.12/25/1939Rook3San Francisco 49ers / 2nd / 24th pick /1961, Boston Patriots / 9th / 66th pick /1961
62Mike Magac23G622406-3Missouri5/25/193812New York Titans /1960, San Francisco 49ers / 2nd / 16th pick /1960
64Ted Connolly30RG14142406-3Santa Clara,Tulsa12/5/1931711San Francisco 49ers / 9th / 107th pick /1954
76Len Rohde23T1432476-4Utah St.4/16/193813Buffalo Bills /1960, San Francisco 49ers / 5th / 59th pick /1960
77Bruce Bosley28LG12122416-2West Virginia11/5/193358San Francisco 49ers / 2nd / 15th pick /1956
78John Thomas26LT14142466-4Pacific1/25/193539San Francisco 49ers / 23rd / 272nd pick /1957
79Bob St. Clair30RT12122636-9San Francisco,Tulsa2/18/1931810San Francisco 49ers / 3rd / 32nd pick /1953

Defense

Defensive line (5)

No.PlayerAgePosGGSWtHtCollege/UnivBirthDateYrsAVDrafted (tm/rnd/yr)
63Monte Clark24RDT12102656-6USC1/24/193726San Francisco 49ers / 4th / 41st pick /1959
70Charlie Krueger24RDE14132566-4Texas A&M1/28/193728San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 9th pick /1958
73Leo Nomellini37LDT14142596-3Minnesota6/19/19241110San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 11th pick /1950
74Lou Cordileone24DT1232506-1Clemson8/4/193713Buffalo Bills /1960, New York Giants / 1st / 12th pick /1960
86Daniel Colchico26LDE14142456-5San Jose St.5/27/193518Boston Patriots /1960, San Francisco 49ers / 7th / 78th pick /1959

Linebackers (2)

No.PlayerAgePosGGSWtHtCollege/UnivBirthDateYrsAVDrafted (tm/rnd/yr)
54Bob Harrison24MLB14122256-2Oklahoma8/8/193727San Francisco 49ers / 2nd / 17th pick /1959
66Carl Kammerer24LB1422436-3San Francisco St.,Pacific3/20/1937Rook2San Francisco 49ers / 2nd / 22nd pick /1960

Defensive backs (6)

No.PlayerAgePosGGSWtHtCollege/UnivBirthDateYrsAVDrafted (tm/rnd/yr)
25Dave Baker24SS14141926-0Oklahoma7/30/1937210San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 5th pick /1959
29Dale Messer24DB401755-10Fresno St.8/6/1937Rook0San Francisco 49ers / 4th / 52nd pick /1961, San Diego Chargers / 13th / 103rd pick /1961
37Jimmy Johnson23RCB12101876-2UCLA3/31/1938Rook7San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 6th pick /1961, San Diego Chargers / 4th / 32nd pick /1961
42Jimmy Ridlon27DB1111816-1Syracuse7/11/193442San Francisco 49ers / 4th / 39th pick /1957
44Eddie Dove24FS14141816-2Colorado4/4/1937211San Francisco 49ers / 3rd / 29th pick /1959
80Jerry Mertens27LCB14101846-0Drake11/12/193436San Francisco 49ers / 20th / 239th pick /1958

Special teams

K (1)

No.PlayerAgePosGGSWtHtCollege/UnivBirthDateYrsAVDrafted (tm/rnd/yr)
36Tommy Davis27K1402156-0LSU10/13/193427San Francisco 49ers / 11th / 128th pick /1957

Other / unlisted

LE, LHB/FB, LHB/LCB, LLB, RE, RHB, RLB (8)

No.PlayerAgePosGGSWtHtCollege/UnivBirthDateYrsAVDrafted (tm/rnd/yr)
24J.D. Smith29LHB/FB14142056-1North Carolina A&T7/19/1932511Chicago Bears / 15th / 179th pick /1955
27R.C. Owens27RHB14131976-3Col. of Idaho11/12/1934412San Francisco 49ers / 14th / 160th pick /1956
40Abe Woodson27LHB/LCB14111885-11Illinois2/15/193433San Francisco 49ers / 2nd / 15th pick /1957
55Matt Hazeltine28RLB14142206-1California8/2/193369San Francisco 49ers / 4th / 45th pick /1955
83Gorden Kelley23LLB14142316-3Georgia6/11/193818Los Angeles Chargers /1960
85Monty Stickles23RE14142356-4Notre Dame8/16/193819Los Angeles Chargers /1960, San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 11th pick /1960
88Clyde Conner28LE551936-2Pacific5/18/193352 
89Aaron Thomas24LE1482106-3Oregon St.11/7/1937Rook3San Francisco 49ers / 4th / 47th pick /1961, Dallas Texans / 16th / 126th pick /1961