1956 Little League World Series

The 1956 Little League World Series was held from August 21 to August 24 in Williamsport, Pennsylvania.^[1] The Lions Hondo Little League of Roswell, New Mexico, defeated the Delaware Township Little League of Delaware Township, New Jersey, in the championship game of the 10th Little League World Series.^[2] Delaware Township had also been runner-up in the 1955 tournament. This was the first, and to date only, time that a team from New Mexico appeared in the championship game.

1956 Little League World Series

Tournament details
Dates	August 21–August 24
Teams	8
Final positions
Champions	Lions Hondo Little League Roswell, New Mexico
Runners-up	Delaware Township Little League Delaware Township, New Jersey
← 1955 1957 →

In a semi-final game on August 23, Fred Shapiro of the Delaware Township team pitched the first perfect game in Little League World Series history.^[3]

Teams

States represented at the 1956 Little League World Series

Auburn, Alabama

Colton, California

Winchester, Massachusetts

Hamtramck, Michigan

Delaware Township, New Jersey†

Roswell, New Mexico

Tuckahoe, New York

Upper Darby Township, Pennsylvania

† Delaware Township was renamed Cherry Hill in November 1961

Bracket

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	August 21
	New Jersey	9
					August 23
	New York	8
					New Jersey	2
	August 22 (F/8)
					California	0
	California	1
									August 24
	Michigan	0
									New Jersey	1
	August 22
									New Mexico	3
	Massachusetts	8
					August 23
	Alabama	0
					New Mexico	6
	August 22
					Massachusetts	3			Third place
	New Mexico	3
									August 24
	Pennsylvania	1
									California	1
									Massachusetts	2

1956 Little League World Series Champions
Lions Hondo Little League Roswell, New Mexico

Notable players

• Tom Jordan Jr., winning pitcher for New Mexico in the championship game, was the son of former MLB player Tom Jordan.^[2]