1956 All-Pro Team


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 ; and fullback Rick Casares who led the league with 1,126 rushing yards.
The All-Pro selectors included:
Players receiving first-team honors from three of the four selectors are shown in bold.

Offense

Ends

Harlon Hill, Chicago Bears Billy Howton, Green Back Packers

Tackles

Rosey Brown, New York Giants Lou Creekmur, Detroit Lions

Guards

Dick Stanfel, Washington Redskins Stan Jones, Chicago Bears Duane Putnam, Los Angeles Rams

Centers

Larry Strickland, Chicago Bears

Quarterbacks

Bobby Layne, Detroit Lions

Halfbacks

Frank Gifford, New York Giants Ollie Matson, Chicago Cardinals

Fullbacks

Rick Casares, Chicago Bears

Defense

Defensive ends

Gene Brito, Washington Redskins Andy Robustelli, New York Giants

Defensive tackles

Rosey Grier, New York Giants Art Donovan, Baltimore Colts

Middle guards

Bill George, Chicago Bears

Linebackers

Joe Schmidt, Detroit Lions Chuck Bednarik, Philadelphia Eagles Les Richter, Los Angeles Rams

Defensive halfbacks

Night Train Lane, Chicago Cardinals Emlen Tunnell, New York Giants

Safeties

Jack Christiansen, Detroit Lions Bobby Dillon, Green Bay Packers