The consensus 1956 College Basketball All-American team, as determined by aggregating the results of six major All-American teams.[1] To earn "consensus" status, a player must win honors from a majority of the following teams: the Associated Press, Look Magazine, The United Press International, the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA), Collier's Magazine and the International News Service.
| 1956 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | 1955–56 NCAA men's basketball season |
1956 Consensus All-America team
edit| Player | Position | Class | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robin Freeman | G | Senior | Ohio State |
| Sihugo Green | G | Senior | Duquesne |
| Tom Heinsohn | F | Senior | Holy Cross |
| Bill Russell | C | Senior | San Francisco |
| Ronnie Shavlik | F/C | Senior | North Carolina State |
| Player | Position | Class | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Burrow | F | Senior | Kentucky |
| Darrell Floyd | G | Senior | Furman |
| Rod Hundley | G/F | Junior | West Virginia |
| K.C. Jones | G | Senior | San Francisco |
| Willie Naulls | F | Senior | UCLA |
| Bill Uhl | C | Senior | Dayton |
Individual All-America teams
edit| All-America Team | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First team | Second team | Third team | ||||||
| Player | School | Player | School | Player | School | |||
| Associated Press[2] | Darrell Floyd | Furman | Rod Hundley | West Virginia | Bob Burrow | Kentucky | ||
| Robin Freeman | Ohio State | K. C. Jones | San Francisco | Joe Holup | George Washington | |||
| Sihugo Green | Duquesne | Lennie Rosenbluth | North Carolina | Julius McCoy | Michigan State | |||
| Tom Heinsohn | Holy Cross | Ronnie Shavlik | North Carolina State | Willie Naulls | UCLA | |||
| Bill Russell | San Francisco | Bill Uhl | Dayton | Bill Ridley | Illinois | |||
| UPI | Darrell Floyd | Furman | Tom Heinsohn | Holy Cross | Bob Burrow | Kentucky | ||
| Robin Freeman | Ohio State | Rod Hundley | West Virginia | Paul Judson | Illinois | |||
| Sihugo Green | Duquesne | Lennie Rosenbluth | North Carolina | Julius McCoy | Michigan State | |||
| K. C. Jones | San Francisco | Ronnie Shavlik | North Carolina State | Willie Naulls | UCLA | |||
| Bill Russell | San Francisco | Bill Uhl | Dayton | Bill Ridley | Illinois | |||
| Look Magazine[3] | Bob Burrow | Kentucky | No second or third teams (10-man first team) | |||||
| Robin Freeman | Ohio State | |||||||
| Sihugo Green | Duquesne | |||||||
| Tom Heinsohn | Holy Cross | |||||||
| Joe Holup | George Washington | |||||||
| K. C. Jones | San Francisco | |||||||
| Willie Naulls | UCLA | |||||||
| Bill Russell | San Francisco | |||||||
| Ronnie Shavlik | North Carolina State | |||||||
| Bill Uhl | Dayton | |||||||
| NEA[4] | Robin Freeman | Ohio State | Bob Burrow | Kentucky | Joe Capua | Wyoming | ||
| Sihugo Green | Duquesne | Rod Hundley | West Virginia | Joe Holup | George Washington | |||
| Tom Heinsohn | Holy Cross | K. C. Jones | San Francisco | Paul Judson | Illinois | |||
| Bill Russell | San Francisco | Willie Naulls | UCLA | Lennie Rosenbluth | North Carolina | |||
| Ronnie Shavlik | North Carolina State | Bill Uhl | Dayton | Temple Tucker | Rice | |||
| International News Service | Robin Freeman | Ohio State | Rod Hundley | West Virginia | No third team | |||
| Sihugo Green | Duquesne | K. C. Jones | San Francisco | |||||
| Tom Heinsohn | Holy Cross | Willie Naulls | UCLA | |||||
| Bill Russell | San Francisco | Lennie Rosenbluth | North Carolina | |||||
| Ronnie Shavlik | North Carolina State | Bill Uhl | Dayton | |||||
| Collier's | Robin Freeman | Ohio State | Art Bunte | Utah | Joe Holup | George Washington | ||
| Sihugo Green | Duquesne | Bob Burrow | Kentucky | Rod Hundley | West Virginia | |||
| K. C. Jones | San Francisco | Darrell Floyd | Furman | Hal Lear | Temple | |||
| Bill Russell | San Francisco | Tom Heinsohn | Holy Cross | Willie Naulls | UCLA | |||
| Ronnie Shavlik | North Carolina State | Bill Uhl | Dayton | Lennie Rosenbluth | North Carolina | |||
AP Honorable Mention:[5]
- Don Boldebuck, Houston
- Joe Belmont, Duke
- Jerry Bird, Kentucky
- Art Bunte, Utah
- Carl Cain, Iowa
- Joe Capua, Wyoming
- Jerry Harper, Alabama
- Paul Judson, Illinois
- Jim Krebs, Southern Methodist
- Hal Lear, Temple
- Bill Logan, Iowa
- Johnny McCarthy, Canisius
- Jim McLaughlin, Saint Louis
- Vic Molodet, North Carolina State
- Jim Paxson, Dayton
- Terry Rand, Marquette
- George Selleck, Stanford
- Morris Taft, UCLA
- Terry Tebbs, Brigham Young
- Gary Thompson, Iowa State
- Charlie Tyra, Louisville
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ NCAA Record Book - Award Winners p.137. Accessed 2009-05-05. 2009-05-04.
- ^ AP All-America Teams
- ^ 2005 NCAA Basketball's Finest - All-Americans (UPI, Look, NEA, Collier's & International News Service) Archived 2009-07-21 at WebCite p.208
- ^ "NEA All-America Team Selections". Lubbock Evening Journal. March 7, 1956. p. 18. Retrieved June 13, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Green, Floyd, Heinsohn Complete 1956 Array". Spokane Daily Chronicle'. March 1, 1956. Retrieved December 29, 2013.