1956 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans | |
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Awarded for | 1955–56 NCAA men's basketball season |
The consensus 1956 College Basketball All-American team, as determined by aggregating the results of six major All-American teams. [1] To earn "consensus" status, a player must win honors from a majority of the following teams: the Associated Press, Look Magazine, The United Press International, the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA), Collier's Magazine and the International News Service.
Player | Position | Class | Team |
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Robin Freeman | G | Senior | Ohio State |
Sihugo Green | G | Senior | Duquesne |
Tom Heinsohn | F | Senior | Holy Cross |
Bill Russell | C | Senior | San Francisco |
Ronnie Shavlik | F/C | Senior | North Carolina State |
Player | Position | Class | Team |
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Bob Burrow | F | Senior | Kentucky |
Darrell Floyd | G | Senior | Furman |
Rod Hundley | G/F | Junior | West Virginia |
K.C. Jones | G | Senior | San Francisco |
Willie Naulls | F | Senior | UCLA |
Bill Uhl | C | Senior | Dayton |
All-America Team | ||||||||
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First team | Second team | Third team | ||||||
Player | School | Player | School | Player | School | |||
Associated Press [2] | Darrell Floyd | Furman | Rod Hundley | West Virginia | Bob Burrow | Kentucky | ||
Robin Freeman | Ohio State | K. C. Jones | San Francisco | Joe Holup | George Washington | |||
Sihugo Green | Duquesne | Lennie Rosenbluth | North Carolina | Julius McCoy | Michigan State | |||
Tom Heinsohn | Holy Cross | Ronnie Shavlik | North Carolina State | Willie Naulls | UCLA | |||
Bill Russell | San Francisco | Bill Uhl | Dayton | Bill Ridley | Illinois | |||
UPI | Darrell Floyd | Furman | Tom Heinsohn | Holy Cross | Bob Burrow | Kentucky | ||
Robin Freeman | Ohio State | Rod Hundley | West Virginia | Paul Judson | Illinois | |||
Sihugo Green | Duquesne | Lennie Rosenbluth | North Carolina | Julius McCoy | Michigan State | |||
K. C. Jones | San Francisco | Ronnie Shavlik | North Carolina State | Willie Naulls | UCLA | |||
Bill Russell | San Francisco | Bill Uhl | Dayton | Bill Ridley | Illinois | |||
Look Magazine [3] | Bob Burrow | Kentucky | No second or third teams (10-man first team) | |||||
Robin Freeman | Ohio State | |||||||
Sihugo Green | Duquesne | |||||||
Tom Heinsohn | Holy Cross | |||||||
Joe Holup | George Washington | |||||||
K. C. Jones | San Francisco | |||||||
Willie Naulls | UCLA | |||||||
Bill Russell | San Francisco | |||||||
Ronnie Shavlik | North Carolina State | |||||||
Bill Uhl | Dayton | |||||||
NEA [4] | Robin Freeman | Ohio State | Bob Burrow | Kentucky | Joe Capua | Wyoming | ||
Sihugo Green | Duquesne | Rod Hundley | West Virginia | Joe Holup | George Washington | |||
Tom Heinsohn | Holy Cross | K. C. Jones | San Francisco | Paul Judson | Illinois | |||
Bill Russell | San Francisco | Willie Naulls | UCLA | Lennie Rosenbluth | North Carolina | |||
Ronnie Shavlik | North Carolina State | Bill Uhl | Dayton | Temple Tucker | Rice | |||
International News Service | Robin Freeman | Ohio State | Rod Hundley | West Virginia | No third team | |||
Sihugo Green | Duquesne | K. C. Jones | San Francisco | |||||
Tom Heinsohn | Holy Cross | Willie Naulls | UCLA | |||||
Bill Russell | San Francisco | Lennie Rosenbluth | North Carolina | |||||
Ronnie Shavlik | North Carolina State | Bill Uhl | Dayton | |||||
Collier's | Robin Freeman | Ohio State | Art Bunte | Utah | Joe Holup | George Washington | ||
Sihugo Green | Duquesne | Bob Burrow | Kentucky | Rod Hundley | West Virginia | |||
K. C. Jones | San Francisco | Darrell Floyd | Furman | Hal Lear | Temple | |||
Bill Russell | San Francisco | Tom Heinsohn | Holy Cross | Willie Naulls | UCLA | |||
Ronnie Shavlik | North Carolina State | Bill Uhl | Dayton | Lennie Rosenbluth | North Carolina | |||
AP Honorable Mention: [5]
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