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

Backs

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

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

References

^ "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.

[1] "Aggies Place 5 on All-SWC". The Victoria Advocate. Associated Press. December 3, 1956. p. 9.

[2] "UP All-SWC". The Waco News-Tribune. December 1, 1956. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.

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