• Scotty Stirling of the Tribune reported that quarterback Tom Flores was due to leave the hospital in a few days after spending several days there fighting off a unspecified respiratory condition

• His doctor wouldn’t rule out the possibility that he had tuberculosis, but he added that tests were inconclusive and he didn’t think that was the most likely explanation

• The doctor added that he expected Flores to be able to play in 1962

• Fullback Clem Daniels and linebacker Jackie Simpson signed their 1962 contracts