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1956 All Big Seven Conference football team

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The 1956 All-Big Seven Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations for All-Big Seven 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.

Contents

Backs

  • Jimmy Hunter, Missouri (AP-1 [QB]; UP-1 [QB])
  • Tommy McDonald, Oklahoma (AP-1 [HB]; UP-1 [HB]) (College and Pro Football Halls of Fame)
  • Clendon Thomas, Oklahoma (AP-1 [HB]; UP-1 [HB]) (College Football Hall of Fame)
  • Jerry Brown, Nebraska (AP-1 [FB])
  • John Bayuk, Colorado (UP-1 [FB])

    • Ends

  • Jerry Leahy, Colorado (AP-1; UP-1)
  • Wally Merz, Colorado (AP-1; UP-1)

    • Tackles

  • Ed Gray, Oklahoma (AP-1; UP-1)
  • Tom Emerson, Oklahoma (AP-1)
  • Dick Stapp, Colorado (UP-1)

    • Guards

  • Bill Krisher, Oklahoma (AP-1; UP-1)
  • Laverne Torczon, Nebraska (AP-1)
  • Ellis Rainsberger, Kansas State (UP-1)

    • Centers

  • Jerry Tubbs, Oklahoma (AP-1; UP-1) (College Football Hall of Fame)

    • Key

    AP = Associated Press

    UP = United Press

    References

    1956 All-Big Seven Conference football team Wikipedia
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