1956 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans
The consensus 1956 College Basketball All-American team, as determined by aggregating the results of six major All-American teams. To earn "consensus" status, a player must win honors from a majority of the following teams: the Associated Press, Look Magazine, The United Press International, the Newspaper Enterprise Association, Collier's Magazine and the International News Service.1956 Consensus All-America team
Individual All-America teams
AP Honorable Mention:
- Don Boldebuck, Houston
- Joe Belmont, Duke
- Jerry Bird, Kentucky
- Art Bunte, Utah
- Carl Cain, Iowa
- Joe Capua, Wyoming
- Jerry Harper, Alabama
- Paul Judson, Illinois
- Jim Krebs, Southern Methodist
- Hal Lear, Temple
- Bill Logan, Iowa
- Johnny McCarthy, Canisius
- Jim McLaughlin, Saint Louis
- Vic Molodet, North Carolina State
- Jim Paxson, Dayton
- Terry Rand, Marquette
- George Selleck, Stanford
- Morris Taft, UCLA
- Terry Tebbs, Brigham Young
- Gary Thompson, Iowa State
- Charlie Tyra, Louisville
