1956 College Baseball All-America Team

1956 All-Americans included former Arizona Wildcats baseball head coach Jerry Kindall.

This is a list of college baseball players named first team All-Americans for the 1956 NCAA baseball season. From 1947 to 1980, the American Baseball Coaches Association was the only All-American selector recognized by the NCAA. ^[1]

Key

ABCA	American Baseball Coaches Association [2]
	Member of the National College Baseball Hall of Fame
	Unanimous All-American – selected the ABCA

All-Americans

Position	Name	School	ABCA	Other awards and honors
Pitcher	Don Lee	Arizona	Y
Pitcher	Jerry Thomas	Minnesota	Y	College World Series Most Outstanding Player
Catcher	Elmer Kohorst	Notre Dame	Y
First baseman	Kent Hadley	USC	Y
Second baseman	Don Prohovich	Holy Cross	Y
Shortstop	Jerry Kindall	Minnesota	Y
Third baseman	John Brown	Nebraska	Y
Outfielder	Don Napierkowski	Wyoming	Y
Outfielder	John Ruso	Santa Clara	Y
Outfielder	George Watts	Lafayette	Y

See also

• Baseball awards#U.S. college baseball

References

1. "NCAA Baseball Award Winners" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved April 12, 2012.
2. "1956 ABCA/Rawlings NCAA Div. I All-America Teams". ABCA. Retrieved June 19, 2025.