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1956 All-Big Ten Conference Football Team
The 1956 All-Big Ten Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations to the All-Big Ten Conference teams for the 1956 Big Ten Conference football season. All-Big Ten selections Quarterbacks * Ken Ploen, Iowa (AP-1; UP-1) * Len Dawson, Purdue (AP-2) * Bob Cox, Minnesota (UP-2) Halfbacks * Abe Woodson, Illinois (AP-1; UP-1) * Terry Barr, Michigan (UP-1) * Bob McKelver, Northwestern (AP-1; UP-2) * Don Clark, Ohio State (AP-2) * Clarence Peaks, Michigan State (UP-2) Fullbacks * Mel Dillard, Purdue (AP-1; UP-1) * John Herrnstein, Michigan (AP-2; UP-2) * Clarence Peaks, Michigan State (AP-2) Ends * Ron Kramer, Michigan (AP-1; UP-1) * Frank Gilliam, Iowa (AP-1; UP-1) * Lamar Lundy, Purdue (AP-2; UP-2) * Tom Maentz, Michigan (AP-2; UP-3) * Brad Bomba, Indiana (UP-2) Tackles * Bob Hobert, Minnesota (AP-1; UP-1) * Alex Karras, Iowa (AP-1; UP-1) * Joel Jones, Michigan State (AP-2; UP-2) * Frank Youso, Minnesota (AP-2) * Dick Guy, Ohio S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1956 Big Ten Conference Football Season
The 1956 Big Ten Conference football season was the 61st season of college football played by the member schools of the Big Ten Conference (also known as the Western Conference) and was a part of the 1956 NCAA University Division football season. The 1956 Iowa Hawkeyes football team, under head coach Forest Evashevski, won the Big Ten championship, compiled a 9–1 record, led the Big Ten in scoring defense (8.4 points allowed per game), was ranked No. 3 in the final AP Poll and in the Coaches Poll, and defeated Oregon State, 35–19, in the 1957 Rose Bowl. Quarterback Ken Ploen received the Chicago Tribune Silver Football trophy as the most valuable player in the Big Ten and was also named the most valuable player in the Rose Bowl. The 1956 Michigan Wolverines football team, under head coach Bennie Oosterbaan, compiled a 7–2 record, handed Iowa its only defeat, and was ranked No. 7 in the final AP Poll and the Coaches Poll. End Ron Kramer was a consensus first-team All-Americ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Herrnstein
John Ellett Herrnstein (March 31, 1938 – October 3, 2017) was an American baseball and football player. He played Major League Baseball from 1962 to 1966 for the Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago Cubs, and Atlanta Braves. He also played college baseball and football at the University of Michigan from 1956 to 1959. He was the captain of the 1958 Michigan Wolverines football team and the third generation of the Herrnstein family to play for a Michigan Wolverines football team. His father, William Herrnstein, Jr., played for the Wolverines from 1923 to 1925, and his grandfather, William Herrnstein, Sr., played for the team in the 1898 and 1900 seasons. His great uncle Albert E. Herrnstein played for Fielding H. Yost's famed "Point-a-Minute" teams in 1901 and 1902. University of Michigan Herrnstein attended the University of Michigan where he was a star athlete in both baseball and football. In football, he played fullback on offense and linebacker on defense from 1956 to 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Matsko (American Football Player)
John Matsko Jr. (December 20, 1933 – December 24, 2010) was an American football player. He played Center for the Michigan State Spartans football team and was selected as a first-team All-Big Ten Conference player and second-team All-American in 1956. Matsko grew up in Cambria County, Pennsylvania. He attended Adams-Summerhill High School in St. Michael, Pennsylvania, and won a total of 12 varsity letters in football, baseball, basketball and track. He was offered a contract to play professional baseball for the Pittsburgh Pirates, but opted to play college football at Michigan State College. Matsko played at the center position at Michigan State and also handled place-kicking for the team. He was captain of the 1956 Michigan State Spartans football team that compiled a 9–1 record and was ranked #9 in the final AP Poll. At the end of the season, he was selected by the United Press (UP), International News Service (INS), and Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA) as a s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dan Currie
Daniel George Currie (June 27, 1935 – September 11, 2017) was an American football player in the National Football League (NFL). He played linebacker for nine seasons with the Green Bay Packers and Los Angeles Rams. Early years Born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, Currie played college football at Michigan State in East Lansing and was an All-American linebacker and center for the Spartans as a senior Playing career Currie was the third overall selection of the 1958 NFL draft, the first pick of the Packers. In that draft, the Packers also selected Jim Taylor of LSU (2nd round, 15th overall), Ray Nitschke of Illinois (3rd round, 36th), and Jerry Kramer of Idaho (4th round, 39th). all future members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. In his rookie season in 1958 under first-year head coach Ray "Scooter" McLean, the Packers were a league worst McLean was fired in December and Vince Lombardi was hired as head coach in January 1959. After reviewing film of the Packers' previo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dick Hill (American Football)
Richard F. Hill (born October 10, 1934) is a former American football lineman. He played professional football for the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He also played college football for the University of Michigan from 1954 to 1956 and was selected as the most valuable player on the 1956 Michigan Wolverines football team. Hill grew up in Gary, Indiana, and enrolled at the University of Michigan in 1953. He played on the all-freshman team in 1953 and was a backup player for the 1954 team. As a junior, Hill started all nine games at left guard for the 1955 Michigan Wolverines football team. The team finished the season with a 72 record and was ranked No. 12 and No. 13 in the final AP and UPI polls. As a senior, Hill again started all nine games at left guard for the 1956 Michigan team, and he was selected as that team's most valuable player. The team compiled a 7–2 record and finished with a No. 7 ranking in both the AP and UPI polls. After the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Parker (American Football)
James Thomas Parker (April 3, 1934 – July 18, 2005) was an American football player who played at the offensive tackle and guard positions. Parker grew up in Macon, Georgia, and played college football for Woody Hayes at Ohio State University from 1954 to 1956. He helped Ohio State win a national championship in 1954. As a senior in 1956, he was a unanimous All-American and won the Outland Trophy. Parker played professional football in the National Football League (NFL) for the Baltimore Colts from 1957 to 1967. He played on Baltimore's NFL championship teams in 1958 and 1959 and was selected as a first-team All-Pro in nine of his eleven seasons in the NFL. Parker was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1973 and the College Football Hall of Fame in 1974. Early years Parker was born in 1934 in Macon, Georgia. He grew up on a farm where he picked peaches and cotton as a boy. He began playing football at age 13. He played his first three years of high school footbal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Youso
Frank Michael Youso (July 5, 1936 – October 8, 2022) was an American professional football player who was an offensive tackle. He played college football for the Minnesota Golden Gophers and professionally for the New York Giants and Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League (NFL) and for the Oakland Raiders of the American Football League (AFL). Career Youso attended Falls High School in International Falls, Minnesota, graduating in 1954. He enrolled at the University of Minnesota and played college football for the Minnesota Golden Gophers football team as an offensive tackle and defensive tackle. He was named an All-American with Minnesota, and played in the Blue–Gray Football Classic and the Senior Bowl. The New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL) selected Youso in the second round of the 1958 NFL Draft. He played for three seasons with the Giants as an offensive tackle, and he played as a defensive tackle during the 1958 NFL Championship Game due ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Karras
Alexander George Karras (July 15, 1935 – October 10, 2012) was an American football player, professional wrestler, sportscaster, and actor. He was a four-time Pro Bowl player with the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL), where he played from 1958 to 1970. As an actor, Karras played Mongo in the 1974 comedy film '' Blazing Saddles''. He starred as George Papadopolis, the adoptive father of Webster Long (Emmanuel Lewis), in the ABC sitcom '' Webster'' (1983–1989) alongside his wife Susan Clark. Karras also had a prominent role in ''Victor/Victoria'', starring Julie Andrews and James Garner. He is a member of the College Football Hall of Fame and was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in the Centennial class. Early life Born and raised in Gary, Indiana, Karras was the son of Dr. George Karras, a Greek immigrant (from Chios) who graduated from the University of Chicago and pursued his medical degree in Canada. There, George Karras met and married ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Hobert
Robert D. Hobert (born June 28, 1935) is a former Canadian football player who played for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. He won the Grey Cup with them in 1958. He played college football at the University of Minnesota The University of Minnesota, formally the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, (UMN Twin Cities, the U of M, or Minnesota) is a public land-grant research university in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States. .... References 1935 births Winnipeg Blue Bombers players Living people {{Canadianfootball-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Maentz
Tom Maentz (born c. 1934) is a former American football player who played end for the University of Michigan Wolverines from 1954-1956. Maentz played on offense and defense and also served as the punter for the Michigan football team. Maentz and Ron Kramer became known as Michigan's "touchdown twins." They were the first University of Michigan athletes to appear on the cover of ''Sports Illustrated''. Maentz was a second-team All-American in 1955 and captain of the 1956 football team. In 1994, he was inducted into the University of Michigan Athletic Hall of Honor. Early years A native of Holland, Michigan, Maentz enrolled at Michigan at the same time as Michigan's legendary Hall of Fame end, Ron Kramer. Maentz and Kramer played together as ends on Michigan's freshman team in 1953 and were the starting ends for Michigan from 1954-1956. Though he played in Kramer's shadow, Maentz was also recognized as one of the best ends in the county. Kramer later recalled playing with Maent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lamar Lundy
Lamar J. Lundy, Jr. (April 17, 1935 – February 24, 2007) was an American defensive end with the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League for 13 seasons, from 1957 to 1969. Along with Deacon Jones, Merlin Olsen, and Rosey Grier, Lundy was a member of the Fearsome Foursome, often considered one of the best defensive lines in NFL history. All four also did some acting; Lundy portrayed the boulder-hurling cyclops in the unaired pilot of ''Lost in Space'' (this pilot was later made into episode 4 of the series, entitled "There Were Giants in the Earth"). Lundy was born in Richmond, Indiana, and graduated from Richmond High School; a 2 sport star, Lamar led the Red Devils to the State Finals in basketball, playing for Hall of Fame Coach, Art Beckner. He was selected to the Indiana All-Star team; he was also an All-State player in football. When it came time to choose a college, Lamar selected and attended Purdue University, where he was the first black student to receive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Gilliam (American Football)
Frank Gilliam (January 7, 1934, in Steubenville, Ohio) was an All-American football player and coach for the University of Iowa. He later played several seasons in the Canadian Football League. Gilliam is a member of the University of Iowa’s all-time football team. Background Frank Gilliam attended high school in Steubenville, Ohio, and was football teammates with Calvin Jones and Eddie Vincent. Frank was nicknamed "Shag" because of the baggy pants he liked to wear. Gilliam and Vincent committed to play for the Iowa Hawkeyes, while Cal Jones committed to play for Ohio State. However, at the last minute, Jones switched his commitment and decided to accompany Gilliam and Vincent to Iowa City. Gilliam, Vincent, and Jones became affectionately known as the "Steubenville Trio". Iowa career As a sophomore in 1953, Frank Gilliam, who played the right end position, helped Iowa to an excellent season. Iowa’s final game of that season was against #1 Notre Dame in South Bend. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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