1956_All-Southwest_Conference_football_team

1956 All-Southwest Conference football team

1956 All-Southwest Conference football team

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The 1956 All-Southwest Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations for All-Southwest Conference teams for the 1956 NCAA University Division football season. The selectors for the 1956 season included the Associated Press (AP) and the United Press (UP). Players selected as first-team players by both the AP and UP are designated in bold.

All Southwest selections

Backs

Ends

  • Tommy Gentry, SMU (AP-1; UP-1)
  • O'Day Williams, TCU (AP-2; UP-1)
  • Jerry Marcontell, Baylor (AP-1)
  • Earl Miller, Baylor (AP-2)
  • Bob Bryant, Texas (UP-2)
  • John Tracey, Texas A&M (UP-2)

Tackles

  • Charlie Krueger, Texas A&M (AP-1; UP-1)
  • Norman Hamilton, TCU (AP-1; UP-1)
  • Billy Ray Smith Sr., Arkansas (AP-1; UP-2)
  • Larry Whitmire, Rice (AP-2; UP-2)
  • Bob Blakeley, SMU (AP-2)

Guards

  • Bill Glass, Baylor (AP-1; UP-1)
  • Dennis Goehring, Texas A&M (AP-2; UP-1)
  • Smitty Keller, SMU (AP-2; UP-2)
  • Joe Williams, TCU (UP-2)

Centers

  • Lloyd Hale, Texas A&M (AP-1; UP-1)
  • Jay Donathan, Arkansas (AP-2; UP-2)

Key

AP = Associated Press[1]

UP = United Press[2]

Bold = Consensus first-team selection of both the AP and UP

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Aggies Place 5 on All-SWC". The Victoria Advocate. Associated Press. December 3, 1956. p. 9.
  2. [2]
    "UP All-SWC". The Waco News-Tribune. December 1, 1956. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
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