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 college 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])
• Jimmy Harris, Oklahoma (AP-2)
• Bob Stransky, Colorado (AP-2)
• Homer Floyd, Kansas (AP-2)
• Billy Pricer, Oklahoma (AP-2)

Ends

• Jerry Leahy, Colorado (AP-1; UP-1)
• Wally Merz, Colorado (AP-1; UP-1)
• Don Stiller, Oklahoma (AP-2)
• Jim Letcavits, Kansas (AP-2)

Tackles

• Ed Gray, Oklahoma (AP-1; UP-1)
• Tom Emerson, Oklahoma (AP-1)
• Dick Stapp, Colorado (AP-2; UP-1)
• Andris Poncius, Iowa St. (AP-2)

Guards

• Bill Krisher, Oklahoma (AP-1; UP-1)
• Laverne Torczon, Nebraska (AP-1)
• Ellis Rainsberger, Kansas State (AP-2; UP-1)
• Joe Oujesky, Oklahoma (AP-2)

Centers

• Jerry Tubbs, Oklahoma (AP-1; UP-1) (College Football Hall of Fame)
• Jim Uhir, Colorado (AP-2)

Key

AP = Associated Press

UP = United Press

See also

• 1956 College Football All-America Team