1956 All-Southwest Conference football team explained

The 1956 All-Southwest Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations for All-Southwest 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 Southwest selections

Backs

• Roddy Osborne, Texas A&M (AP-1; UP-1 [QB])
• Jim Swink, TCU (AP-1; UP-1 [HB])
• John David Crow, Texas A&M (AP-1; UP-1 [HB]) (1957 Heisman Trophy winner; College Football Hall of Fame)
• Jack Pardee, Texas A&M (AP-1; UP-1 [FB])
• Gerald Nesbitt, Arkansas (AP-1; UP-2)
• Chuck Curtis, TCU (AP-2; UP-2)
• Del Shofner, Baylor (AP-2; UP-2)
• Walter Fondren, Texas (AP-2; UP-2)
• King Hill, Rice (AP-2)

Ends

• Tommy Gentry, SMU (AP-1; UP-1)
• O'Day Williams, TCU (AP-2; UP-1)
• Jerry Marcontell, Baylor (AP-1)
• Earl Miller, Baylor (AP-2)
• Bob Bryant, Texas (UP-2)
• John Tracey, Texas A&M (UP-2)

Tackles

• Charlie Krueger, Texas A&M (AP-1; UP-1)
• Norman Hamilton, TCU (AP-1; UP-1)
• Billy Ray Smith Sr., Arkansas (AP-1; UP-2)
• Larry Whitmire, Rice (AP-2; UP-2)
• Bob Blakeley, SMU (AP-2)

Guards

• Bill Glass, Baylor (AP-1; UP-1)
• Dennis Goehring, Texas A&M (AP-2; UP-1)
• Smitty Keller, SMU (AP-2; UP-2)
• Joe Williams, TCU (UP-2)

Centers

• Lloyd Hale, Texas A&M (AP-1; UP-1)
• Jay Donathan, Arkansas (AP-2; UP-2)

Key

AP = Associated Press^[1]

UP = United Press^[2]

Bold = Consensus first-team selection of both the AP and UP

See also

• 1956 College Football All-America Team

Notes and References

1. News: Aggies Place 5 on All-SWC. The Victoria Advocate . December 3, 1956 . 9 . Associated Press.
2. News: UP All-SWC. The Waco News-Tribune. December 1, 1956. 9. Newspapers.com.