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])
  • Jimmy Harris, Oklahoma (AP-2)
  • Bob Stransky, Colorado (AP-2)
  • Homer Floyd, Kansas (AP-2)
  • Billy Pricer, Oklahoma (AP-2)

Ends

Tackles

  • 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

Centers

  • Jerry Tubbs, Oklahoma (AP-1; UP-1) (College Football Hall of Fame)
  • Jim Uhir, Colorado (AP-2)

Key

AP = Associated Press[1]

UP = United Press[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Colorado U. Ends on All-Big 7". Greeley Tribune. November 29, 1956. p. 10.
  2. ^ "Tubbs, McDonald Make All-Big Seven Selection". The Brownsville Herald. December 9, 1956. p. 7.