1956 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans
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The consensus 1956 College Basketball All-American team, as determined by aggregating the results of six major All-American teams.[http://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/stats/m_basketball_RB/2009/Award.pdf NCAA Record Book - Award Winners] p.137. Accessed 2009-05-05. 2009-05-04. 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 Consensus All-America team
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|+ Consensus First Team |
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| Robin Freeman
| G | Senior |
| Sihugo Green
| G | Senior | Duquesne |
| Tom Heinsohn
| F | Senior |
| Bill Russell
| C | Senior |
| Ronnie Shavlik
| F/C | Senior |
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|+ Consensus Second Team |
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| Bob Burrow
| F | Senior | Kentucky |
| Darrell Floyd
| G | Senior | Furman |
| Rod Hundley
| G/F | Junior |
| K.C. Jones
| G | Senior |
| Willie Naulls
| F | Senior | UCLA |
| Bill Uhl
| C | Senior | Dayton |
Individual All-America teams
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| rowspan=3| All-America Team | |||||
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| colspan=2| First team
!colspan=2| Second team !colspan=2| Third team | |||||
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| rowspan=5| Associated Press[https://www.basketball-reference.com/awards/all_america.html AP All-America Teams] | 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 |
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|rowspan=5| 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 |
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|rowspan=10| Look Magazine[http://www.ncaapublications.com/Uploads/PDF/m_basketball_finesta2ccdb4e-d86f-4abf-a138-5bb24fd77472.pdf 2005 NCAA Basketball's Finest - All-Americans (UPI, Look, NEA, Collier's & International News Service)] {{webarchive |url=https://www.webcitation.org/5iRBqsXi3?url=http://www.ncaapublications.com/Uploads/PDF/m_basketball_finesta2ccdb4e-d86f-4abf-a138-5bb24fd77472.pdf |date=2009-07-21 }} p.208 | Bob Burrow | Kentucky | rowspan=10 colspan=6 align=center| 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 | ||||
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|rowspan=5| NEA{{cite news|title=NEA All-America Team Selections |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/51080628|newspaper=Lubbock Evening Journal|date=March 7, 1956|page=18|via = Newspapers.com|access-date = June 13, 2020}} | 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 |
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|rowspan=5| International News Service | Robin Freeman | Ohio State | Rod Hundley | West Virginia | rowspan=5 colspan=3 align=center| 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 | ||
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|rowspan=5| 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 |
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AP Honorable Mention:{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=qvtXAAAAIBAJ&sjid=zfYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2758,224341&dq=ap+all-america+basketball&hl=en|title=Green, Floyd, Heinsohn Complete 1956 Array|date=March 1, 1956|publisher=Spokane Daily Chronicle'|access-date=December 29, 2013}}
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- 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
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See also
References
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