1956 College Football All-America Team

The 1956 College Football All-America team is composed of college football players who were selected as All-Americans by various organizations and writers that chose College Football All-America Teams in 1956. The organizations that chose the teams included: the United Press, the Associated Press, Collier's Weekly, the International News Service (the wire service operated by the Hearst newspapers), and the Football Writers Association of America.

Ends

 * Ron Kramer, Michigan (AP, UP, CP, NEA, INS, TSN, AFCA, WC, FWAA)
 * Joe Walton, Pittsburgh (AP, UP, INS, CP, NEA, AFCA, WC, FWAA, TSN,)
 * Buddy Cruze, Tennessee (FWAA)
 * Bill Steiger, Washington State (FWAA)

Tackles

 * John Witte, Oregon State (AP, UP, AFCA, INS, CP, NEA, WC, FWAA)
 * Lou Michaels, Kentucky (UP, AFCA, NEA, WC)
 * Alex Karras, Iowa (AP, CP, FWAA)
 * Charlie Krueger, Texas A&M (INS)
 * Norm Hamilton, TCU (FWAA)
 * Bob Hobert, Minnesota (FWAA)
 * Paul Wiggin, Stanford (TSN)
 * Ed Gray, Oklahoma (TSN)

Guards

 * Jim Parker, Ohio State (AP, UP, TSN, AFCA, INS, CP, NEA, WC, FWAA)
 * Bill Glass, Baylor (AP, UP, TSN, AFCA, INS, NEA, WC, FWAA)
 * Sam Valentine, Penn State (CP, FWAA)
 * John Barrow, Florida (FWAA)

Centers

 * Jerry Tubbs, Oklahoma (AP, UP, AFCA, INS, CP, NEA, WC, FWAA)
 * Don Stephenson, Georgia Tech (TSN, FWAA)

Quarterbacks

 * John Brodie, Stanford (AFCA, INS,  NEA, WC, FWAA)
 * Paul Hornung, Notre Dame (UP, CP, FWAA)

Backs

 * Jim Brown, Syracuse (AP, UP, AFCA, INS, CP, NEA, WC, FWAA)
 * Johnny Majors, Tennessee (AP, UP, AFCA, INS, NEA, WC, FWAA)
 * Tommy McDonald, Oklahoma (AP, UP, AFCA, INS, CP, WC, FWAA)
 * Jack Pardee, Texas A&M (CP, FWAA)
 * Jim Crawford, Wyoming (NEA, FWAA)
 * Don Bosseler, Miami (AP)
 * Bill Barnes, Wake Forest (FWAA)
 * John David Crow, Texas A&M (TSN)

Key

 * AP = Associated Press
 * UP = United Press
 * NEA = Newspaper Editors Association
 * INS = International News Service
 * CP = Central Press Association, selected by college football team captains
 * WC = Walter Camp Football Foundation
 * AFCA = selected by the votes of the 503 members of the Football Coaches Association and published in Colliers Magazine,
 * FWAA=Football Writers Association of America.
 * TSN = The Sporting News

Bold = Consensus All-American

Heisman Trophy voting
The chart below reflects the point total in the 1956 Heisman Trophy voting.