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 NCAA University Division 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 edit
Backs edit
- 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])
- Jimmy Harris, Oklahoma (AP-2)
- Bob Stransky, Colorado (AP-2)
- Homer Floyd, Kansas (AP-2)
- Billy Pricer, Oklahoma (AP-2)
Ends edit
- Jerry Leahy, Colorado (AP-1; UP-1)
- Wally Merz, Colorado (AP-1; UP-1)
- Don Stiller, Oklahoma (AP-2)
- Jim Letcavits, Kansas (AP-2)
Tackles edit
- Ed Gray, Oklahoma (AP-1; UP-1)
- Tom Emerson, Oklahoma (AP-1)
- Dick Stapp, Colorado (AP-2; UP-1)
- Andris Poncius, Iowa St. (AP-2)
Guards edit
- Bill Krisher, Oklahoma (AP-1; UP-1)
- Laverne Torczon, Nebraska (AP-1)
- Ellis Rainsberger, Kansas State (AP-2; UP-1)
- Joe Oujesky, Oklahoma (AP-2)
Centers edit
- Jerry Tubbs, Oklahoma (AP-1; UP-1) (College Football Hall of Fame)
- Jim Uhir, Colorado (AP-2)
Key edit
AP = Associated Press[1]
UP = United Press[2]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "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.