1956 All-Southwest Conference football team
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[edit]
Backs[edit]
- Roddy Osborne, Texas A&M (AP-1; UP-1 [QB])
- Jim Swink, TCU (AP-1; UP-1 [HB])
- John David Crow, Texas A&M (AP-1; UP-1 [HB]) (1957 Heisman Trophy winner; College Football Hall of Fame)
- Jack Pardee, Texas A&M (AP-1; UP-1 [FB])
- Gerald Nesbitt, Arkansas (AP-1; UP-2)
- Chuck Curtis, TCU (AP-2; UP-2)
- Del Shofner, Baylor (AP-2; UP-2)
- Walter Fondren, Texas (AP-2; UP-2)
- King Hill, Rice (AP-2)
Ends[edit]
- 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[edit]
- 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[edit]
- 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[edit]
- Lloyd Hale, Texas A&M (AP-1; UP-1)
- Jay Donathan, Arkansas (AP-2; UP-2)
Key[edit]
AP = Associated Press[1]
UP = United Press[2]
Bold = Consensus first-team selection of both the AP and UP
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Aggies Place 5 on All-SWC". The Victoria Advocate. Associated Press. December 3, 1956. p. 9.
- ^ "UP All-SWC". The Waco News-Tribune. December 1, 1956. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
