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 college 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.
