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 NCAA University Division football season. The selectors for the 1956 season included the United Press (UP).

All Southwest selections

Backs

Roddy Osborne, Texas A&M (UP-1 [QB])
Jim Swink, TCU (UP-1 [HB])
John David Crow, Texas A&M (UP-1 [HB]) (1957 Heisman Trophy winner; College Football Hall of Fame)
Jack Pardee, Texas A&M (UP-1 [FB])
Chuck Curtis, TCU (UP-2)
Del Shofner, Baylor (UP-2)
Walter Fondren, Texas (UP-2)
Gerald Nesbitt, Arkansas (UP-2)

Ends

Tommy Gentry, SMU (UP-1)
O'Day Williams, TCU (UP-1)
Bob Bryant, Texas (UP-2)
John Tracey, Texas A&M (UP-2)

Tackles

Charlie Krueger, Texas A&M (UP-1)
Norman Hamilton, TCU (UP-1)
Billy Ray Smith Sr., Arkansas (UP-2)
Larry Whitmire, Rice (UP-2)

Guards

Bill Glass, Baylor (UP-1)
Dennis Goehring, Texas A&M (UP-1)
Smitty Keller, SMU (UP-2)
Joe Williams, TCU (UP-2)

Centers

Lloyd Hale, Texas A&M (UP-1)
Jay Donathan, Arkansas (UP-2)

Key

UP = United Press ^[1]

Bold = Consensus first-team selection of both the AP and UP

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References

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

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

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