William Patrick Hughes (born June 2, 1947 in Everett, Massachusetts) is a former American football linebacker who played ten seasons in the National Football League for the New York Giants and the New Orleans Saints.
 He played college football at Boston University.
 Hughes was an outstanding high school athlete and was drafted by the New York Mets.
 He originally signed to attend Ohio State but instead was pushed to West Point.
 In order to gain entrance into West Point he was sent to Valley Forge Military Academy.
 He left after a few weeks and ended up at Boston University.
 He captained the BU team in 1969 and, along with Bruce Taylor, led the Terriers to the only Bowl game in their history.
Charleston Hughes (born December 14, 1983) is a Canadian football defensive lineman for the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League.
 He was signed by the Stampeders as a street free agent in 2008.
 He played college football for Northwood.
Northwood University (NU) is a private university in the United States located in Midland, Michigan (opened in 1961).
 A location in West Palm Beach, Florida (opened in 1984) was sold in July 2015 as part of a restructuring.
 In 2014, Northwood University suspended its residential operations at the Texas location (opened in 1968), while continuing to expand its adult degree program and graduate programs there.
 Also, the university has four international joint programs, including one with Hotel Institute Montreux in Montreux, Switzerland, which began in 2001.
 More than 33,000 people have graduated from the institution.
John Russell Thomas (July 24, 1924 – March 19, 1991) was an American football tackle who played four seasons with the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL).
 He was drafted by the Lions in the third round of the 1946 NFL Draft.
 He played college football at Ohio State University and attended Charleston High School in Charleston, West Virginia.
 His playing career ended in 1949 after he suffered a knee injury.
 Thomas was an assistant coach on the Detroit Lions 1952 and 1953 NFL Championship teams.
 NFL He was general manager of the Detroit Lions from 1967 till his retirement in 1989.
George Almond Munger (June 24, 1909 – July 21, 1994) was an American athlete, coach and athletic director.
 He played college football and competed in track and field at the University of Pennsylvania from 1930 to 1933.
 He returned to Penn as head coach of the football team from 1938 to 1953 and as director of physical education from 1954 to 1974.
 His 1945 and 1947 teams finished ranked among the top ten college football teams in the United States, and he coached five players who were inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame and three who received the Maxwell Award as the best player in college football.
 Munger was inducted in the College Football Hall of Fame in 1976.
 The Maxwell Football Club has present the George Munger Award each year since 1989 to the national college football coach of the year.
Verlin Thomas Adams (July 14, 1918 – April 30, 1985) was a professional American football player in the National Football League.
 Born in Burnwell, Kentucky, he played college football for the University of Charleston in Charleston, West Virginia.
 Adams was drafted by the New York Giants in the 31st round (291st overall) of the 1943 NFL Draft.
 He played for the Giants from 1943 to 1945.
 Adams played as a tackle and wore number 28.
James Henry Carr (March 25, 1933 – August 13, 2012) was an American football player who played nine seasons for the Chicago Cardinals, the Philadelphia Eagles and the Washington Redskins of the National Football League (NFL).
 Carr also played one season in the Canadian Football League with the Montreal Alouettes in 1958.
 He was the starting left corner with the Philadelphia Eagles in 1960 when they won the World Championship beating the Green Bay Packers.
 He played college football at Morris Harvey (now the University of Charleston) in Charleston, West Virginia.
 While there he played in three bowl games and was one of three NAIA Hall of Fame inductees in 1962.
 He also played high school football and baseball at East Bank High School in East Bank, West Virginia.
Anthony Emmanole Bass (born March 27, 1975) is a former American football defensive back who played two seasons with the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League.
 He played college football at Bethune-Cookman University and attended South Charleston High School in South Charleston, West Virginia.
Dean Alan Dugger (September 18, 1933 - March 5, 2000) was an American football player.
 Dugger was born in Pennsylvania and attended Stonewall Jackson High School in Charleston, West Virginia.
 He attended the Ohio State University and played college football at the end position for the Ohio State Buckeyes football team.
 He was selected by the Football Writers Association of America as a first-team player on its 1954 College Football All-America Team.
John Hanley Cannady (September 5, 1923 – September 28, 2002) was an American football linebacker in the National Football League for the New York Giants.
 He played college football at Indiana University and was drafted in the third round of the 1947 NFL Draft.
The first professional football player from Charleston SC, known as "Big John" he was the New York Giants second round draft pick in 1947 and played from 1947 to 1954.
 A teammate of Frank Gifford from 1952 to 1954, Big John was a member of the New York Giants’ 1950 team that finished with a 10-2 record and tied for first place in the American Conference.
 He played in the league’s Pro Bowl game in 1950 and 1952.
 He played the first NFL Pro Bowl.
 Big John was a member of the National Football League Players Association, and Indiana University Members Association.
 He was named to the South Carolina Athletic Hall of Fame in 1991, and to the Post and Courier’s list of South Carolina’s 100 greatest athletes of the 20th century.

Question: The university for which Charleston Hughes played college football opened in what year?
Answer: 1961