1956 All-Eastern football team

American all-star college football team August 2023 25em 1956 All-Eastern football team border-top:#aaa 1px solid border-top:1px #aaa solid All-Eastern football team 1956 college football season border-top:1px #aaa solid 1954 1955 ← → 1957 1958 The 1956 All-Eastern football team consists of American football players chosen by various selectors as the best players at each position among the Eastern colleges and universities during the 1956 college football season. Five players were unanimously named to the first team by the Associated Press (AP), United Press (UP), and International News Service (INS): halfback Jim Brown of Syracuse; fullback Bob Kyasky of Army; end Joe Walton of Pitt; guard Sam Valentine of Penn State; and Wilson Whitmire of Navy. Backs Jim Brown, Syracuse (AP-1, UP-1, INS-1 [hb]) Bob Kyasky, Army (AP-1, UP-1, INS-1 [fb]) Milt Plum, Penn State (AP-1, UP-1, INS-2) Dennis McGill, Yale (AP-1, UP-2, INS-1 [hb]) Guy Martin, Colgate (UP-1) Claude Benham, Columbia (UP-3, INS-1 [qb]) Cornelius Salvaterra, Pittsburgh (AP-2, UP-2) Jimmy Ridlon, Syracuse (AP-2, UP-2) John Sapoch, Princeton (AP-2, UP-2) Alfred Ward, Yale (AP-2, INS-2) Tommy Morris, Princeton (INS-2) Steve Ackerman, Yale (INS-2) Irv Robertson, Cornell (UP-3) Ned Oldham, Navy (UP-3) Jim Stehlin, Brandeis (UP-3) Ends Joe Walton, Pittsburgh (AP-1, UP-1, INS-1) Paul Lopata, Yale (AP-1, UP-1) Dick Arcand, Holy Cross (UP-3, INS-1) Dick Lasse, Syracuse (AP-2, UP-2) Austin Short, Lehigh (AP-2) Al Jamison, Colgate (UP-2, INS-2) Thurlow Cooper, Maine (UP-3) Lon Fraser, Dartmouth (INS-2) Tackles Bob Pollock, Pittsburgh (AP-1, UP-1) George Kurker, Tufts (AP-1) Frank Solani, Colgate (INS-1) Mike Bowman, Princeton (INS-1) Gilbert Robertshaw, Brown (AP-2, UP-2, INS-2) Bob Reifsnyder, Navy (AP-2) Walt Mazur, Penn State (UP-2) Don Luzzi, Villanova (INS-2) Robert Casciola, Princeton (UP-3) Wayne Kakela, Dartmouth (UP-3) Guards Sam Valentine, Penn State (AP-1, UP-1, INS-1) Lou Lovely, Boston University (AP-1, UP-1 [t], INS-2) Stan Slater, Army (AP-2, UP-1) John Owselchik, Yale (UP-2, INS-1) James Hower, Navy (AP-2, UP-3) Vince Scorsone, Pittsburgh (UP-2) Ed Bailey, Syracuse (INS-2) Tino Bertolini, Boston College (UP-3) Center Wilson Whitmire, Navy (AP-1, UP-1, INS-1) Dan Radakovich, Penn State (AP-2, UP-2, INS-2) Bill Brown, Syracuse (UP-3) Key AP = Associated PressWalton, Pollock, Plum Make All-East Team Pittsburgh Post-Gazette December 4, 1956 24 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106121327/walton-pollock-plum-make-all-east-team/ Newspapers.com UP = United PressUP All-East Grid Teams Courier-Post December 8, 1956 11 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106122555/up-all-east-grid-teams/ Newspapers.com INS = International News ServiceBrown, Walton Repeaters On All-East Team Lebanon Daily News November 20, 1956 10 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106120536/brown-walton-repeaters-on-all-east-team/ Newspapers.com See also 1956 College Football All-America Team References All-Eastern Category:All-Eastern college football teams