1956 All-Big Seven Conference football team
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.
All-Big Seven selections
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[1]
UP = United Press[2]
See also
References
- ↑ "Colorado U. Ends on All-Big 7". Greeley Tribune. November 29, 1956. p. 10.
- ↑ "Tubbs, McDonald Make All-Big Seven Selection". The Brownsville Herald. December 9, 1956. p. 7.
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