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 NCAA University Division 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])

Ends
  • Jerry Leahy, Colorado (AP-1; UP-1)
  • Wally Merz, Colorado (AP-1; UP-1)

Tackles
  • Ed Gray, Oklahoma (AP-1; UP-1)
  • Tom Emerson, Oklahoma (AP-1)
  • Dick Stapp, Colorado (UP-1)

Guards

Centers
  • Jerry Tubbs, Oklahoma (AP-1; UP-1) (College Football Hall of Fame)

Key

AP = Associated Press[1]

UP = United Press[2]

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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.
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