1956 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans

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1956 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans
Awarded for 1955–56 NCAA men's basketball season
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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.

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1956 Consensus All-America team

Consensus First Team
PlayerPositionClassTeam
Robin Freeman GSenior Ohio State
Sihugo Green GSenior Duquesne
Tom Heinsohn FSenior Holy Cross
Bill Russell CSenior San Francisco
Ronnie Shavlik F/CSenior North Carolina State


Consensus Second Team
PlayerPositionClassTeam
Bob Burrow FSenior Kentucky
Darrell Floyd GSenior Furman
Rod Hundley G/FJunior West Virginia
K.C. Jones GSenior San Francisco
Willie Naulls FSenior UCLA
Bill Uhl CSenior Dayton

Individual All-America teams

All-America Team
First teamSecond teamThird team
PlayerSchoolPlayerSchoolPlayerSchool
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 FloydFurmanTom HeinsohnHoly CrossBob BurrowKentucky
Robin FreemanOhio StateRod HundleyWest Virginia Paul Judson Illinois
Sihugo GreenDuquesneLennie RosenbluthNorth CarolinaJulius McCoyMichigan State
K. C. JonesSan FranciscoRonnie ShavlikNorth Carolina StateWillie NaullsUCLA
Bill RussellSan FranciscoBill UhlDaytonBill RidleyIllinois
Look Magazine [3] Bob BurrowKentuckyNo second or third teams (10-man first team)
Robin FreemanOhio State
Sihugo GreenDuquesne
Tom HeinsohnHoly Cross
Joe HolupGeorge Washington
K. C. JonesSan Francisco
Willie NaullsUCLA
Bill RussellSan Francisco
Ronnie ShavlikNorth Carolina State
Bill UhlDayton
NEA [4] Robin FreemanOhio StateBob BurrowKentucky Joe Capua Wyoming
Sihugo GreenDuquesneRod HundleyWest VirginiaJoe HolupGeorge Washington
Tom HeinsohnHoly CrossK. C. JonesSan FranciscoPaul JudsonIllinois
Bill RussellSan FranciscoWillie NaullsUCLALennie RosenbluthNorth Carolina
Ronnie ShavlikNorth Carolina StateBill UhlDayton Temple Tucker Rice
International News Service Robin FreemanOhio StateRod HundleyWest VirginiaNo third team
Sihugo GreenDuquesneK. C. JonesSan Francisco
Tom HeinsohnHoly CrossWillie NaullsUCLA
Bill RussellSan FranciscoLennie RosenbluthNorth Carolina
Ronnie ShavlikNorth Carolina StateBill UhlDayton
Collier's Robin FreemanOhio State Art Bunte Utah Joe HolupGeorge Washington
Sihugo GreenDuquesneBob BurrowKentuckyRod HundleyWest Virginia
K. C. JonesSan FranciscoDarrell FloydFurman Hal Lear Temple
Bill RussellSan FranciscoTom HeinsohnHoly CrossWillie NaullsUCLA
Ronnie ShavlikNorth Carolina StateBill UhlDaytonLennie RosenbluthNorth Carolina

AP Honorable Mention: [5]

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References

  1. NCAA Record Book - Award Winnersp.137. Accessed 2009-05-05. 2009-05-04.
  2. AP All-America Teams
  3. 2005 NCAA Basketball's Finest - All-Americans (UPI, Look, NEA, Collier's & International News Service) Archived 2009-07-21 at WebCite p.208
  4. "NEA All-America Team Selections". Lubbock Evening Journal. March 7, 1956. p. 18. Retrieved June 13, 2020 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Green, Floyd, Heinsohn Complete 1956 Array". Spokane Daily Chronicle'. March 1, 1956. Retrieved December 29, 2013.