1956 All-America college football team

Official list of the best college football players of 1956 August 2023 25em 1956 All-America college football team border-top:#aaa 1px solid border-top:1px #aaa solid All-America college football team 1956 college football season border-top:1px #aaa solid 1954 1955 ← → 1957 1958 The 1956 All-America college football team is composed of college football players who were selected as All-Americans by various organizations and writers that chose All-America college football teams in 1956. The seven selectors recognized by the NCAA as "official" for the 1956 season are (1) the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA), (2) the Associated Press (AP), (3) the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA), (4) the International News Service (INS), (5) the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA), (6) the Sporting News (SN), and (8) the 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 OtherRon KramerEndMichigan7/7AFCA, AP, FWAA, INS, NEA, SN, UPCP, WCJoe WaltonEndPittsburgh7/7AFCA, AP, FWAA, INS, NEA, SN, UPCP, WCJim ParkerGuardOhio State7/7AFCA, AP, FWAA, INS, NEA, SN, UPCP, WCBill GlassGuardBaylor7/7AFCA, AP, FWAA, INS, NEA, SN, UPWCJerry TubbsCenterOklahoma7/7AFCA, AP, FWAA, INS, NEA, SN, UPCP, WCJim BrownBackSyracuse7/7AFCA, AP, FWAA, INS, NEA, SN, UPCP, WCJohnny MajorsBackTennessee7/7AFCA, AP, FWAA, INS, NEA, SN, UPWCJohn WitteTackleOregon State6/7AFCA, AP, FWAA, INS, NEA, UPCP, WCTommy McDonaldBackOklahoma6/7AFCA, AP, FWAA, INS, SN, UPCP, WCJohn BrodieQuarterbackStanford4/7AFCA, FWAA, INS, NEAWCLou MichaelsTackleKentucky3/7AFCA, NEA, UPWC 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,Daniel remembers Brodie Jack D. Daniel Jan 9, 2012 The Hopewell News http://www.hopewellnews.com/news/exec/view.pl?archive=2&num=4113 2015-02-13 https://web.archive.org/web/20150213203903/http://www.hopewellnews.com/news/exec/view.pl?archive=2&num=4113 2015-02-13 dead 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-AmericanFootball Award Winners National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) 2016 October 21, 2017 9 http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2016/awards.pdf -1 – First-team selection -2 – Second-team selection -3 – Third-team selection Official selectors AFCA = American Football Coaches Association; selected by the votes of the 503 members of the AFCA and published in Collier's Weekly magazine,Tubbs Tops With Colliers Ada Evening News 1956-11-20Jim Brown Is Named On Collier's Team The Bridgeport Post 1956-11-20 AP = Associated PressMcDonald Lone All American Hold Over Fergus Falls Daily Journal Minnesota 1956-12-07 FWAA = Football Writers Association of AmericaThe All-Time Team https://www.sportswriters.net/fwaa/awards/allamerica/alltime.pdf sportswriters.net https://web.archive.org/web/20211202184440/https://www.sportswriters.net/fwaa/awards/allamerica/alltime.pdf 2021-12-02 dead INS = International News ServiceTwo Big 10 Players On All-America Team The Cedar Rapids Gazette 1956-11-27 NEA = Newspaper Enterprise AssociationHarry Grayson Harry Grayson Grayson Says World's Top Athletes Comprise His 1956 All-America Team: Michigan End Ron Kramer Is Squad's Lone Repeater The Berkshire Eagle 1956-11-23 SN = The Sporting NewsSeibel Paul Sports Talk https://www.newspapers.com/clip/12364081/sports_talk/ July 14, 2017 The Evening Times December 15, 1956 8 UP = United PressNorman Miller Tubbs, Parker, Kramer Steal All-America Show: Three Linmen Get Most Attention In United Press' Poll The Daily News Huntingdon and Mount Union, PA 1956-11-29 Other selectors CP = Central Press Association, selected by college football team captainsWalter L. Johns Two Repeat On Central Press Captain's All American The Morning Herald, Hagerstown, MD 1956-12-01 WC = Walter Camp Football FoundationWalter Camp Football Foundation All-American Selections http://waltercamp.org/index.php/teams_and_awards/ Walter Camp Football Foundation dead https://web.archive.org/web/20071218214203/http://waltercamp.org/index.php/teams_and_awards/ 2007-12-18 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-Skyline Conference football team 1956 All-Southwest Conference football team References 30em All-America team Category:All-America college football teams