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
UP = United Press
Bold = Consensus first-team selection of both the AP and UP
See also 1956 College Football All-America Team
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