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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 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

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. ^ "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. Open access icon
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