The 1956 Pro Bowl was the NFL 's sixth annual all-star game which featured the outstanding performers from the 1955 season . The game was played on January 15, 1956, at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, California in front of 37,867 fans. The East squad defeated the West by a score of 31–10.[1] [2]
The West team was led by the Los Angeles Rams Sid Gillman while Joe Kuharich of the Washington Redskins' coached the East squad.[3] Chicago Cardinals back Ollie Matson was selected as the game's outstanding player .[4]
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↑ "Matson propels East's 31–30 win, squabble follows" . Milwaukee Sentinal . AP : pp. 3–4 (Part 2). January 16, 1956. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=km9IAAAAIBAJ&sjid=BBAEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7280%2C2783470 . Retrieved January 24, 2012 .
↑ "East pros squeeze past West, 31–30" . Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . AP : pp. 16,18. January 16, 1956. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-pZRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=AmwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4864%2C4581488 . Retrieved January 24, 2012 .
↑ "Expect 40,000 at pro game" . The Gettysburg Times . AP : p. 5. January 14, 1956. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=p0gmAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Lv8FAAAAIBAJ&pg=3304,2630005&dq=pro+bowl&hl=en . Retrieved January 24, 2012 .
↑ "The 1956 Pro Bowl" . Bolding Sports Research . Archived from the original on January 24, 2012. http://www.webcitation.org/64wBqMTny . Retrieved January 24, 2012 .
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