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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. 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

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

All-America Team	First team	Second team	Third team	Player	School	Player
Associated Press	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	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	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:

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

References

[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.
[https://www.basketball-reference.com/awards/all_america.html AP All-America Teams]
[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. link. (2009-07-21 p.208)
(March 7, 1956). "NEA All-America Team Selections". Lubbock Evening Journal.
(March 1, 1956). "Green, Floyd, Heinsohn Complete 1956 Array". [[Spokane Daily Chronicle]]'.

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