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.^[1] 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 (NEA), Collier's Magazine and the International News Service.

1956 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans
Awarded for	1955–56 NCAA men's basketball season
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1956 Consensus All-America team

Consensus First Team

Player	Position	Class	Team
Robin Freeman	G	Senior	Ohio State
Sihugo Green	G	Senior	Duquesne
Tom Heinsohn	F	Senior	Holy Cross
Bill Russell	C	Senior	San Francisco
Ronnie Shavlik	F/C	Senior	North Carolina State

Consensus Second Team

Player	Position	Class	Team
Bob Burrow	F	Senior	Kentucky
Darrell Floyd	G	Senior	Furman
Rod Hundley	G/F	Junior	West Virginia
K.C. Jones	G	Senior	San Francisco
Willie Naulls	F	Senior	UCLA
Bill Uhl	C	Senior	Dayton

Individual All-America teams

All-America Team
	First team		Second team		Third team
	Player	School	Player	School	Player	School
Associated Press[2]	Darrell Floyd	Furman	Rod Hundley	West Virginia	Bob Burrow	Kentucky
	Robin Freeman	Ohio State	K. C. Jones	San Francisco	Joe Holup	George Washington
	Sihugo Green	Duquesne	Lennie Rosenbluth	North Carolina	Julius McCoy	Michigan State
	Tom Heinsohn	Holy Cross	Ronnie Shavlik	North Carolina State	Willie Naulls	UCLA
	Bill Russell	San Francisco	Bill Uhl	Dayton	Bill Ridley	Illinois
UPI	Darrell Floyd	Furman	Tom Heinsohn	Holy Cross	Bob Burrow	Kentucky
	Robin Freeman	Ohio State	Rod Hundley	West Virginia	Paul Judson	Illinois
	Sihugo Green	Duquesne	Lennie Rosenbluth	North Carolina	Julius McCoy	Michigan State
	K. C. Jones	San Francisco	Ronnie Shavlik	North Carolina State	Willie Naulls	UCLA
	Bill Russell	San Francisco	Bill Uhl	Dayton	Bill Ridley	Illinois
Look Magazine[3]	Bob Burrow	Kentucky	No second or third teams (10-man first team)
	Robin Freeman	Ohio State
	Sihugo Green	Duquesne
	Tom Heinsohn	Holy Cross
	Joe Holup	George Washington
	K. C. Jones	San Francisco
	Willie Naulls	UCLA
	Bill Russell	San Francisco
	Ronnie Shavlik	North Carolina State
	Bill Uhl	Dayton
NEA[4]	Robin Freeman	Ohio State	Bob Burrow	Kentucky	Joe Capua	Wyoming
	Sihugo Green	Duquesne	Rod Hundley	West Virginia	Joe Holup	George Washington
	Tom Heinsohn	Holy Cross	K. C. Jones	San Francisco	Paul Judson	Illinois
	Bill Russell	San Francisco	Willie Naulls	UCLA	Lennie Rosenbluth	North Carolina
	Ronnie Shavlik	North Carolina State	Bill Uhl	Dayton	Temple Tucker	Rice
International News Service	Robin Freeman	Ohio State	Rod Hundley	West Virginia	No third team
	Sihugo Green	Duquesne	K. C. Jones	San Francisco
	Tom Heinsohn	Holy Cross	Willie Naulls	UCLA
	Bill Russell	San Francisco	Lennie Rosenbluth	North Carolina
	Ronnie Shavlik	North Carolina State	Bill Uhl	Dayton
Collier's	Robin Freeman	Ohio State	Art Bunte	Utah	Joe Holup	George Washington
	Sihugo Green	Duquesne	Bob Burrow	Kentucky	Rod Hundley	West Virginia
	K. C. Jones	San Francisco	Darrell Floyd	Furman	Hal Lear	Temple
	Bill Russell	San Francisco	Tom Heinsohn	Holy Cross	Willie Naulls	UCLA
	Ronnie Shavlik	North Carolina State	Bill Uhl	Dayton	Lennie Rosenbluth	North Carolina

AP Honorable Mention:^[5]

• 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

See also

• 1955–56 NCAA men's basketball season