1956 College Football All-America Team
| 1956 College Football All-America Team |
|---|
| College Football All-America Team |
| 1956 NCAA University Division football season |
| 1954 1955 ← → 1957 1958 |
The 1956 College Football All-America team is composed of
United Press
(UP).
Consensus All-Americans
For the year 1956, the NCAA recognizes seven published All-American teams as "official" designations for purposes of its consensus determinations. The following chart identifies the NCAA-recognized consensus All-Americans and displays which first-team designations they received.
| Name | Position | School | Number | Official | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Kramer | End | Michigan | 7/7 | AFCA, AP, FWAA, INS, NEA, SN, UP | CP, WC |
| Joe Walton | End | Pittsburgh | 7/7 | AFCA, AP, FWAA, INS, NEA, SN, UP | CP, WC |
| Jim Parker | Guard | Ohio State | 7/7 | AFCA, AP, FWAA, INS, NEA, SN, UP | CP, WC |
| Bill Glass | Guard | Baylor | 7/7 | AFCA, AP, FWAA, INS, NEA, SN, UP | WC |
| Jerry Tubbs | Center | Oklahoma | 7/7 | AFCA, AP, FWAA, INS, NEA, SN, UP | CP, WC |
| Jim Brown | Back | Syracuse | 7/7 | AFCA, AP, FWAA, INS, NEA, SN, UP | CP, WC |
| Johnny Majors | Back | Tennessee | 7/7 | AFCA, AP, FWAA, INS, NEA, SN, UP | WC |
| John Witte | Tackle | Oregon State | 6/7 | AFCA, AP, FWAA, INS, NEA, UP | CP, WC |
| Tommy McDonald | Back | Oklahoma | 6/7 | AFCA, AP, FWAA, INS, SN, UP | CP, WC |
| John Brodie | Quarterback | Stanford | 4/7 | AFCA, FWAA, INS, NEA | WC |
| Lou Michaels | Tackle | Kentucky | 3/7 | AFCA, NEA, UP | WC |
All-American selections for 1956
Ends
- Ron Kramer, Michigan (College Football Hall of Fame) (AFCA; AP-1; UP-1; SN; INS-1; CP-1; NEA-1; WC; FWAA)
- Joe Walton, Pittsburgh (AFCA; AP-1; UP-1; SN; CO-1; INS-1; CP-1; NEA-1; WC; FWAA)
- Buddy Cruze, Tennessee (AP-3; UP-2; INS-2; CP-2; NEA-2;FWAA)
- Bill Steiger, Washington State (AP-2, FWAA)
- Walter Brodie,[1] William & Mary (AP-2)
- Lamar Lundy, Purdue (UP-2; INS-2; NEA-3)
- Tom Maentz, Michigan (UP-3; CP-3; NEA-3)
- Paul Lopata, Yale (AP-3)
- Frank Gilliam, Iowa (UP-3; NEA-2)
- Jack Johnson, Miami (CP-2)
- Brad Bomba, Indiana (CP-3)
- Ernie Pitts, Denver (INS-2)
- John Bell, Oklahoma (INS-2)
Tackles
- John Witte, Oregon State (AFCA, AP-1; FWAA UP-1; CO-1; INS-1; CP-1; NEA-1; WC)
- Lou Michaels, Kentucky (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-2; UP-1; CO-1; INS-2; CP-2; NEA-1; WC-1)
- Alex Karras, Iowa , (College and Pro Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; UP-2; INS-2; CP-1; NEA-2; FWAA)
- Charlie Krueger, Texas A&M (AP-3, INS-1, CP-3)
- Norm Hamilton, TCU (CP-3; NEA-2; FWAA)
- Bob Hobert, Minnesota (AP-3; UP-3; NEA-3; FWAA)
- Paul Wiggin, Stanford (AP-2; UP-2, SN, INS-2)
- Ed Gray, Oklahoma (SN)
- Mike Sandusky, Maryland (CP-2)
- Esker Harris, UCLA (AP-2)
Guards
- Jim Parker, Ohio State (College and Pro Football Hall of Fame) (AFCA, AP-1; UP-1; SN; INS-1; CP-1; NEA-1; WC; FWAA)
- Bill Glass, Baylor (College Football Hall of Fame) (AFCA, AP-1; UP-1; SN; CO-1; INS-1; CP-2; NEA-1; WC-1; FWAA)
- Sam Valentine, Penn State (AP-2; UP-2; INS-2; CP-1; NEA-2; NEA-2; FWAA)
- John Barrow, Florida (Canadian Football Hall of Fame)(AP-3 CP-3; NEA-3; FWAA)
- Allen Ecker, Georgia Tech (UP-2; INS-2; CP-3)
- Dick Day, Washington (AP-3)
- Stan Slater, Army (UP-3)
- Bill Krisher, Oklahoma (UP-3)
- John Owselchik, Yale (CP-2; NEA-3)
- Dan Currie, Michigan State (INS-2)
Centers
- Jerry Tubbs, Oklahoma (College Football Hall of Fame) (AFCA, AP-1; UP-1; INS-1; CP-1; NEA-1; WC; FWAA)
- Don Stephenson, Georgia Tech (AP-2; UP-3; SN; NEA-3; FWAA)
- John Matsko, Michigan State (AP-3; UP-2; INS-2; CP-3; NEA-2)
- Don Suchy, Iowa (INS-2; CP-2)
- Jim Matheny, UCLA (INS-2)
Quarterbacks
- John Brodie, Stanford (College Football Hall of Fame) (AFCA, AP-3; UP-2; CO-1; INS-1; CP-2; NEA-1; WC-1; FWAA-1)
- Paul Hornung, Notre Dame (Heisman Trophy winner and College and Pro Football Hall of Fame) (AP-2; UP-1; INS-2; CP-1; NEA-2; FWAA-1)
- Claude Benham, Columbia (INS-2; NEA-3)
- Len Dawson, Purdue (UP-3)
- Gene Newton, Tulane (CP-3)
Backs
- Jim Brown, Syracuse (College and Pro Football Hall of Fame) (AFCA; AP-1; UP-1; CO-1; INS-1; CP-1; NEA-1; WC; FWAA)
- Johnny Majors, Tennessee (College Football Hall of Fame) (AFCA; AP-1; UP-1; CO-1; INS-1; CP-2; NEA-1; WC; FWAA)
- Tommy McDonald, Oklahoma (College and Pro Football Hall of Fame) (AFCA; AP-1; UP-1; CO-1; INS-1; CP-1; NEA-2; WC; FWAA)
- Jack Pardee, Texas A&M (College Football Hall of Fame) (UP-3; INS-2; CP-1; NEA-2; FWAA)
- Jim Crawford, Wyoming (AP-3; UP-3; INS-2; CP-2; NEA-1; FWAA)
- Don Bosseler, Miami (AP-1; INS-2; CP-2; NEA-3)
- Billy Ray Barnes, Wake Forest (AP-2; FWAA)
- John David Crow, Texas A&M (AP-2; SN; INS-2; NEA-3)
- Clendon Thomas, Oklahoma (UP-2; INS-2; CP-3)
- Ken Ploen, Iowa (AP-2)
- Jim Swink, TCU (AP-3; UP-2; INS-2)
- Paige Cothren, Mississippi (UP-2)
- Mel Dillard, Purdue (AP-3)
- Jon Arnett, Southern California (UP-3; INS-2; NEA-2)
- Bob McKeiver, Northwestern (CP-3)
- John Bayuk, Colorado (INS-2; CP-3)
- Joel Wells, Clemson (NEA-3)
- Paul Rotenberry, Georgia Tech (INS-2)
- Dennis McGill, Yale (INS-2)
- Earnel Durden, Oregon State (INS-2)
Key
- Bold – Consensus All-American[2]
- -1 – First-team selection
- -2 – Second-team selection
- -3 – Third-team selection
Official selectors
- AFCA =
- AP = Associated Press[5]
- FWAA = Football Writers Association of America[6]
- INS = International News Service[7]
- NEA = Newspaper Enterprise Association[8]
- SN = The Sporting News[9]
- UP = United Press[10]
Other selectors
- CP = Central Press Association, selected by college football team captains[11]
- WC = Walter Camp Football Foundation[12]
See also
- 1956 All-Atlantic Coast Conference football team
- 1956 All-Big Seven Conference football team
- 1956 All-Big Ten Conference football team
- 1956 All-Pacific Coast Conference football team
- 1956 All-SEC football team
- 1956 All-Southwest Conference football team
References
- ^ Jack D. Daniel (January 9, 2012). "Daniel remembers Brodie". The Hopewell News. Archived from the original on February 13, 2015. Retrieved February 13, 2015.
- ^ "Football Award Winners" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2016. p. 9. Retrieved October 21, 2017.
- ^ "Tubbs Tops With Colliers". Ada Evening News. November 20, 1956.
- ^ "Jim Brown Is Named On Collier's Team". The Bridgeport Post. November 20, 1956.
- ^ "McDonald Lone All American Hold Over". Fergus Falls Daily Journal. Minnesota. December 7, 1956.
- ^ "The All-Time Team" (PDF). sportswriters.net. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 2, 2021.
- ^ "Two Big 10 Players On All-America Team". The Cedar Rapids Gazette. November 27, 1956.
- ^ Harry Grayson (November 23, 1956). "Grayson Says World's Top Athletes Comprise His 1956 All-America Team: Michigan End Ron Kramer Is Squad's Lone Repeater". The Berkshire Eagle.
- ^ Seibel, Paul (December 15, 1956). "Sports Talk". The Evening Times. p. 8. Retrieved July 14, 2017.
- ^ Norman Miller (November 29, 1956). "Tubbs, Parker, Kramer Steal All-America Show: Three Linmen Get Most Attention In United Press' Poll". The Daily News. Huntingdon and Mount Union, PA.
- ^ Walter L. Johns (December 1, 1956). "Two Repeat On Central Press Captain's All American". The Morning Herald, Hagerstown, MD.
- ^ "Walter Camp Football Foundation All-American Selections". Walter Camp Football Foundation. Archived from the original on December 18, 2007.