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 NCAA University Division football season.

1956 All-Eastern football team
All-Eastern football team
1956 NCAA University Division football season
1954 1955 ← → 1957 1958

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)
  • Dennis McGill, Yale (AP-1, INS-1 [hb])
  • Guy Martin, Colgate (UP-1)
  • Claude Benham, Columbia (INS-1 [qb])

Ends
  • Joe Walton, Pittsburgh (AP-1, UP-1, INS-1)
  • Paul Lopata, Yale (AP-1, UP-1)
  • Dick Arcand, Holy Cross (INS-1)

Tackles
  • Bob Pollock, Pittsburgh (AP-1, UP-1)
  • George Kurker, Tufts (AP-1)
  • Frank Solani, Colgate (INS-1)
  • Mike Bowman, Princeton (INS-1)

Guards
  • Sam Valentine, Penn State (AP-1, UP-1, INS-1)
  • Lou Lovely, Boston University (AP-1, UP-1 [t])
  • Stan Slater, Army (UP-1)
  • John Owselchik, Yale (INS-1)

Center
  • Wilson Whitmire, Navy (AP-1, UP-1, INS-1)

Key

See also

References
  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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