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The 1956 All-Eastern football team consists of
American football players chosen by various selectors as the best players at each position among the Eastern colleges and universities during the
1956 college football season .
Five players were unanimously named to the first team by the
Associated Press (AP),
United Press (UP), and
International News Service (INS): halfback
Jim Brown of Syracuse; fullback Bob Kyasky of Army; end
Joe Walton of Pitt; guard
Sam Valentine of Penn State; and Wilson Whitmire of Navy.
Backs
Jim Brown , Syracuse (AP-1, UP-1, INS-1 [hb])
Bob Kyasky, Army (AP-1, UP-1, INS-1 [fb])
Milt Plum , Penn State (AP-1, UP-1, INS-2)
Dennis McGill, Yale (AP-1, UP-2, INS-1 [hb])
Guy Martin, Colgate (UP-1)
Claude Benham, Columbia (UP-3, INS-1 [qb])
Cornelius Salvaterra, Pittsburgh (AP-2, UP-2)
Jim Ridlon , Syracuse (AP-2, UP-2)
John Sapoch, Princeton (AP-2, UP-2)
Alfred Ward, Yale (AP-2, INS-2)
Tommy Morris, Princeton (INS-2)
Steve Ackerman, Yale (INS-2)
Irv Robertson, Cornell (UP-3)
Ned Oldham, Navy (UP-3)
Jim Stehlin, Brandeis (UP-3)
Ends
Joe Walton , Pittsburgh (AP-1, UP-1, INS-1)
Paul Lopata, Yale (AP-1, UP-1)
Dick Arcand, Holy Cross (UP-3, INS-1)
Dick Lasse , Syracuse (AP-2, UP-2)
Austin Short, Lehigh (AP-2)
Al Jamison , Colgate (UP-2, INS-2)
Thurlow Cooper , Maine (UP-3)
Lon Fraser, Dartmouth (INS-2)
Tackles
Bob Pollock, Pittsburgh (AP-1, UP-1)
George Kurker, Tufts (AP-1)
Frank Solani, Colgate (INS-1)
Mike Bowman, Princeton (INS-1)
Gilbert Robertshaw, Brown (AP-2, UP-2, INS-2)
Bob Reifsnyder , Navy (AP-2)
Walt Mazur, Penn State (UP-2)
Don Luzzi , Villanova (INS-2)
Robert Casciola , Princeton (UP-3)
Wayne Kakela, Dartmouth (UP-3)
Guards
Sam Valentine , Penn State (AP-1, UP-1, INS-1)
Lou Lovely, Boston University (AP-1, UP-1 [t], INS-2)
Stan Slater, Army (AP-2, UP-1)
John Owselchik, Yale (UP-2, INS-1)
James Hower, Navy (AP-2, UP-3)
Vince Scorsone, Pittsburgh (UP-2)
Ed Bailey, Syracuse (INS-2)
Tino Bertolini, Boston College (UP-3)
Center
Wilson Whitmire, Navy (AP-1, UP-1, INS-1)
Dan Radakovich , Penn State (AP-2, UP-2, INS-2)
Bill Brown, Syracuse (UP-3)
Key
See also
References