1956 All-Eastern football team

The 1956 All-Eastern football team consists of American football players chosen by various selectors as the best players at each position among the Eastern colleges and universities during the 1956 college football season.

Five players were unanimously named to the first team by the Associated Press (AP), United Press (UP), and International News Service (INS): halfback Jim Brown of Syracuse; fullback Bob Kyasky of Army; end Joe Walton of Pitt; guard Sam Valentine of Penn State; and Wilson Whitmire of Navy.

Backs

Jim Brown, Syracuse (AP-1, UP-1, INS-1 [hb])
Bob Kyasky, Army (AP-1, UP-1, INS-1 [fb])
Milt Plum, Penn State (AP-1, UP-1, INS-2)
Dennis McGill, Yale (AP-1, UP-2, INS-1 [hb])
Guy Martin, Colgate (UP-1)
Claude Benham, Columbia (UP-3, INS-1 [qb])
Cornelius Salvaterra, Pittsburgh (AP-2, UP-2)
Jimmy Ridlon, Syracuse (AP-2, UP-2)
John Sapoch, Princeton (AP-2, UP-2)
Alfred Ward, Yale (AP-2, INS-2)
Tommy Morris, Princeton (INS-2)
Steve Ackerman, Yale (INS-2)
Irv Robertson, Cornell (UP-3)
Ned Oldham, Navy (UP-3)
Jim Stehlin, Brandeis (UP-3)

Ends

Joe Walton, Pittsburgh (AP-1, UP-1, INS-1)
Paul Lopata, Yale (AP-1, UP-1)
Dick Arcand, Holy Cross (UP-3, INS-1)
Dick Lasse, Syracuse (AP-2, UP-2)
Austin Short, Lehigh (AP-2)
Al Jamison, Colgate (UP-2, INS-2)
Thurlow Cooper, Maine (UP-3)
Lon Fraser, Dartmouth (INS-2)

Tackles

Bob Pollock, Pittsburgh (AP-1, UP-1)
George Kurker, Tufts (AP-1)
Frank Solani, Colgate (INS-1)
Mike Bowman, Princeton (INS-1)
Gilbert Robertshaw, Brown (AP-2, UP-2, INS-2)
Bob Reifsnyder, Navy (AP-2)
Walt Mazur, Penn State (UP-2)
Don Luzzi, Villanova (INS-2)
Robert Casciola, Princeton (UP-3)
Wayne Kakela, Dartmouth (UP-3)

Guards

Sam Valentine, Penn State (AP-1, UP-1, INS-1)
Lou Lovely, Boston University (AP-1, UP-1 [t], INS-2)
Stan Slater, Army (AP-2, UP-1)
John Owselchik, Yale (UP-2, INS-1)
James Hower, Navy (AP-2, UP-3)
Vince Scorsone, Pittsburgh (UP-2)
Ed Bailey, Syracuse (INS-2)
Tino Bertolini, Boston College (UP-3)

Center

Wilson Whitmire, Navy (AP-1, UP-1, INS-1)
Dan Radakovich, Penn State (AP-2, UP-2, INS-2)
Bill Brown, Syracuse (UP-3)

Key

References

^ "Walton, Pollock, Plum Make All-East Team". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. December 4, 1956. p. 24 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "UP All-East Grid Teams". Courier-Post. December 8, 1956. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Brown, Walton Repeaters On All-East Team". Lebanon Daily News. November 20, 1956. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.

[1] "Walton, Pollock, Plum Make All-East Team". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. December 4, 1956. p. 24 – via Newspapers.com.

[2] "UP All-East Grid Teams". Courier-Post. December 8, 1956. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.

[3] "Brown, Walton Repeaters On All-East Team". Lebanon Daily News. November 20, 1956. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.

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