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1956 All-Pro Team

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The 1956 All-Pro Team consisted of the best players at each position among players in the National Football League as chosen by various selectors.

The 1956 New York Giants won the NFL championship and had nine players who received first-team All-Pro honors: offensive end Kyle Rote; offensive tackle Rosey Brown; center Ray Wietecha; quarterback Charlie Conerly; halfback Frank Gifford; defensive end Andy Robustelli; defensive tackle Rosey Grier; linebacker Bill Svoboda; and defensive halfback Emlen Tunnell. Gifford also won the 1956 National Football League Most Valuable Player Award.

Consensus All-Pro players included ends Billy Howton and Harlon Hill who led the NFL with 1,188 and 1,128 receiving yards, respectively; Bobby Layne who had 1,909 passing yards and led the league with 99 points scored (including 12 field goals and 33 extra points); and fullback Rick Casares who led the league with 1,126 rushing yards.[1][2]

The All-Pro selectors included:

Players receiving first-team honors from three of the four selectors are shown in bold.

Offense

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Ends

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Tackles

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Guards

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Centers

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Quarterbacks

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Halfbacks

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Fullbacks

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Defense

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Defensive ends

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Defensive tackles

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Middle guards

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  • Bill George, Chicago Bears (AP-1, NEA-1, UP-1, TSN) [PFHOF]
  • Dale Dodrill, Pittsburgh Steelers (NEA-2, UP-2, NYDN-2)

Linebackers

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Defensive halfbacks

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Safeties

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References

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  1. ^ "Yards!". Green Bay Press-Gazette. December 26, 1956. p. 21 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "1956 NFL Leaders and Leaderboards". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 22, 2023.
  3. ^ "Giants, Bears, Lions Grab 15 of 22 all-NFL Positions". Binghamton Press. January 11, 1957. p. 16 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Charles Ane On NFL All-Pro Team". The Honolulu Observer. December 21, 1956. p. B2 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "United Press All NFL Teams". The Philadelphia Inquirer. December 27, 1956. p. 23 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Bears Stack NEWS All-Pro Team". New York Daily News. December 16, 1956. p. 25C – via Newspapers.com.
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