1956 Montana gubernatorial election
The 1956 Montana gubernatorial election took place on November 6, 1956. Incumbent Governor of Montana J. Hugo Aronson, who was first elected Governor in 1952, ran for re-election. He was unopposed in the Republican primary and advanced to the general election, where he faced Arnold Olsen, the Attorney General of Montana and the Democratic nominee. Despite the fact that then-President Dwight D. Eisenhower won the state in a landslide that year in the presidential election, Aronson only narrowly defeated Arnold to win his second and final term as governor.


1956 Moomba TT
The 1956 Moomba TT was a motor race for open and closed sports cars, staged at the Albert Park Circuit in Victoria, Australia on 11 March 1956. It was the second Moomba TT, with a similar race having been run at Albert Park in 1955. Contested over 150 miles, it was the feature race on the first day of a two-day race meeting which was conducted on the two Sundays of Melbourne's Moomba Festival. The meeting was organised by the Light Car Club of Australia for the Argus Moomba Motor Races Committee.


1956 Moomba TT
The race was won by  Tony Gaze driving a HWM Jaguar.


1956 Motocross European Championship
The 1956 Motocross European Championship was the 4th edition of the Motocross European Championship organized by the FIM and reserved for 500cc motorcycles.


1956 Motocross European Championship
Since 1957 this championship has then become the current Motocross World Championship.


1956 Motocross European Championship
It should not be confused with the European Motocross Championship, now organized by the FIM Europe, whose first edition was held in 1988.


1956 Motocross European Championship, Final standings
From May to September 9 grand prix were held which awarded points to the first six classified, respectively: 8, 6, 4, 3, 2, 1. The score in the final classification of each rider was calculated on the best four results.


1956 Moyen-Congo municipal elections
Municipal elections were held for the first time in Moyen-Congo on 18 November 1956. Voting took place in three municipalities; Brazzaville, Pointe-Noire and Dolisie. The Democratic Union for the Defence of African Interests won the polls in all three municipalities. Fulbert Youlou became mayor of Brazzaville.


1956 Murray River flood
The 1956 Murray River flood involved the rising of waters in the Murray River and flooding of many towns in New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia. The flood occurred due to higher than average rainfalls in Western Queensland and heavy rains in the proceeding three months in the Murray-Darling basin. Flood waters moved down the Murray and Darling rivers for seven months and peaked between 11 and 14 August at Merbein in Victoria and 12.3 metres (40 ft) at Morgan in South Australia.


1956 Murray River flood
Some areas were flooded up to 100 kilometres (62 mi) from the natural flow of the river. The flood was and still is considered the biggest flood in the recorded history of the Murray and described as "the greatest catastrophe in South Australia's history", in spite of no lives being lost.


1956 Murray River flood
From upstream to downstream, flooding occurred in the towns of Wentworth in New South Wales; Colignan, Iraak, Mildura, Nangiloc, and Red Cliffs in Victoria; and Mannum, Murray Bridge, and Renmark to store high flows from the Darling River.


1956 Murray River flood, Impact, Mannum, South Australia
0 deaths, Hotels in the main street of Mannum operated their bars from the second floor with boats tying up to the balcony. The flood water broke the levee bank on 24 August, and had not fully receded until Christmas. To many locals it is common knowledge that the beginning of the roof on the Visitors' Centre in Main Street was the height in Main Street.


1956 Murray River flood, Impact, Mildura, Victoria
In 2006, historic flood markers were erected at Apex Park and the lawns of the Mildura Rowing Club at Mildura, indicating the height the river reached in 1956. Additional markers are to be erected at various locations along the river from Wentworth to Colignan. Several towns in South Australia also have depth markers showing how high the floodwaters rose.


1956 Murray River flood, Impact, Wentworth, New South Wales
The town of Wentworth, located on the junction of the Darling and Murray Rivers, erected a statue in 1959 in honour of the Fergie TE20 tractor, responsible for helping to erect a levee around the town which kept floodwaters at bay for months. A tractor rally is also held every five years to celebrate the Fergie.


1956 Murray River flood, In popular culture
Author Philip Pullman used his childhood memories of being taken to see the flood as a basis for his 2017 fantasy novel La Belle Sauvage.


1956 NAIA Football National Championship
The 1956 NAIA Football National Championship (also known as the 1956 Aluminum Bowl) was played on December 22, 1956 at War Memorial Stadium in Little Rock, Arkansas. Montana State and Saint Joseph's (IN) played to a 0–0 tie, and both teams were declared co-champions. During its one season stay in Little Rock, the NAIA Championship game was called the Aluminum Bowl.


1956 NAIA Men's Basketball Tournament
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1956 NAIA Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1956 NAIA Men's Basketball Tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 19th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format. 1956 would be the last year for unseeded teams going into the tournament. The championship game featured McNeese State University (La.) and Texas Southern University. It was the first and only appearance for the McNeese State made in the NAIA tournament. The Cowboys beat the Tigers 60 to 55. The third place game featured Pittsburg State University (Ks.) Gorillas who defeated the Wheaton College (Ill.) Thunder 77 to 70. This tournament featured six all-time leading scorers.


1956 NAIA Men's Basketball Tournament, Awards and honors
Many of the records set by the 1956 tournament have been broken, and many of the awards were established much later:


1956 NAIA Men's Basketball Tournament, 1956 NAIA bracket, 3rd place game
The third place game featured the losing teams from the national semifinalist to determine 3rd and 4th places in the tournament. This game was played until 1988.


1956 NAIA football season
The 1956 NAIA football season was the first season of college football sponsored by the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics.


1956 NAIA football season
The season was played from August to December 1956, culminating in the inaugural NAIA Football National Championship, played at War Memorial Stadium in Little Rock, Arkansas. Saint Joseph's (IN) and Montana State played to a 0–0 tie in the championship game known as the 1956 Aluminum Bowl.


1956 NASCAR Grand National Series
The 1956 NASCAR Grand National (now NASCAR Cup Series) Season began on November 13, 1955, and ended on November 18, 1956, lasting slightly longer than a full year. Driver Tim Flock was the defending champion, and started off with a win at the opening Hickory Speedway, but it was Buck Baker who captured the championship. Along with the trophies, Baker also collected $34,076.35 in prize money, and finished more than 400 points ahead of his closest competitor.


1956 NASCAR Grand National Series
Baker competed in 48 races throughout the 1956 season as Speedy Thompson and Herb Thomas rounded out the top three in points by the final race. Even though auto manufactures Chevrolet and Ford both contributed millions of dollars into their cars during the season, it was Carl Kiekhaefer's Chryslers and Dodges that dominated the season including a 16 win stretch through the summer months.


1956 NASCAR Grand National Series, 1956 Season Recap
The season started on a somber note; as former driver Buddy Shuman died the night before the season started, in a Hickory hotel fire. The coroner reported that the mattress had been on fire, and it appeared that Shuman had attempted to escape, but broke down the bathroom door instead of the hallway. Shuman had been put in charge of the factory effort by Ford to succeed in NASCAR.


1956 NASCAR Grand National Series, 1956 Season Recap
Buck Baker won the NASCAR Grand National championship with 14 wins in the 1956 race season. The season involved races on 40 dirt tracks, 3 road courses, and 2 superspeedways. More than 300 drivers competed in at least one race throughout the season With Baker and Speedy Thompson competing in 48 of the 56 races. Baker finished the season with 31 top five finishes, 39 top ten, and 12 poles.


1956 NASCAR Grand National Series, 1956 Season Recap
Baker had been improving his season finishing position for a couple years; with a 4th place finish in 1953, 3rd in 1954, and runner-up in 1955. For the 1956 season Baker joined the Carl Kiekhaefer team who already boasted Speedy Thompson and Tim Flock. The powerhouse Kiekhaifer team finished with a total of 30 races in the 56 race season, including 16 straight races by 4 different drivers during one stretch of the season.


1956 NASCAR Grand National Series, 1956 Season Recap
Baker took home the championship, Thompson finished second, and Flock only started 4 races for Kiekhaifer but still brought home a 9th place for his season efforts. Flock quit the Kiekhaifer team part way into the season citing a overly oppressive and driven to win Kiekhaifer. Rules and living arrangements were established by Kiekhaifer; Husbands and wives as well as driver and girlfriends were not allowed to share quarters the night before the race. Herb Thomas replaced Flock on the team, but he refused to remain for the whole season as well.


1956 NASCAR Grand National Series, The Races, 1955
Race 1: Hickory SpeedwayOn November 13, 1955 at Hickory Speedway 7500 people watched as the 1956 NASCAR season got underway, with Tim Flock capturing the win in one of Carl Kiekhaefer's Mercury Outboard motors sponsored Chryslers. Flock started on the pole and led the first 121 laps of the 200 lap event before spinning in turn three. Lee Petty took the lead and led through lap 138 when Flock caught and passed him; then Flock led from lap 139 to finish. Petty would finish third behind Flock and Curtis Turner, with Dink Widenhouse and Jim Paschal rounding out the top 5. There were 4 cautions on the .4 mile dirt track, for a total of 23 laps.


1956 NASCAR Grand National Series, The Races, 1955
Race 2: Charlotte SpeedwayRace 2 the following week took place at the 3/4 mile dirt track Charlotte Speedway. Tim Flock's brother Flonty, who also drove for Kiekhaefer, would lead the race from start to finish, narrowly edged out his brother Tim by half a car length. Lee Petty, Joe Weatherly and, Buck Baker would round out the top five. This would be Kiekhaefer's 10th win in 12 races, dating back to the 1955 season.


1956 NASCAR Grand National Series, The Races, 1955
Race 3: Willow Springs SpeedwayMeanwhile in California at Willow Springs Speedway, NASCAR was also running a 200 mile road race. Chuck Stevenson grabbed that win in his 1956 Ford; followed by Marvin Panch and Johnny Mantz as November came to a close.


1956 NASCAR Grand National Series, The Races, 1955
Race 4: Palm Beach SpeedwayOn December 11 the series, along with 4500 spectators, gathered at the Palm Beach Speedway in West Palm Beach, Florida. The race is notable in that the first two drivers across the finish line, Joe Weatherly and Jim Reed, were disqualified due to technical violations. The race was awarded to Herb Thomas. Although Weatherly and Reed finished more than a lap ahead of Thomas NASCAR found that their cars were no strictly stock. Weatherly had a special cam installed, and Reed was found to be using modified valves, and both were stripped of their finishing positions.


1956 NASCAR Grand National Series, The Races, 1955
Thomas won the 200 lap, half mile track, race in an hour and a half. Al Keller finished second, Billy Myers grabbed the third spot with Buck Baker and Lee Petty rounding out the top 5. After the race Big Bill France announced that anyone caught cheating again would not only forfeit their finishing position, but their prize money and all their season points to date as well. This ended the 1955 year for NASCAR racing, and January 22, 1956 would begin the titular 1956 season.


1956 NASCAR Grand National Series, The Races, 1956 begins
Race 5: Arizona State FairgroundsRace number 5 was contested at the Arizona State Fairgrounds where Buck Baker in his 55 Chrysler grabbed the first win of the new year, and Kiekhaefer drivers Billy Meyers and Ralph Moody captured second and third. Baker's victory was his first start for the juggernaut Kiekhaefer team. When Kiekhaefer realized how formidable Baker was on the track he was quoted as saying "There's only one thing to do with a man like that; and that is to hire him." Slowed by 8 cautions, the one mile dirt track hosted the 150 mile race in two and a half hours.


1956 NASCAR Grand National Series, The Races, 1956 begins
Race 6: Daytona Beach and Road CourseOn February 25, the day before the scheduled Grand National race, Daytona Beach Beach & Road Course hosted convertibles, their drivers, and owners assembled and ran the first NASCAR Convertible Division race. Along with drivers, owners, mechanics and, officials, 13,500 spectators gathered at the 4.1 mile road course to watch Curtis Turner in his 56 Ford convertible beat Fireball Roberts and 26 other drivers to the checkered flag through 160 miles of racing. The next day on February 26, the Grand National series cars raced on Daytona Beach.


1956 NASCAR Grand National Series, The Races, 1956 begins
Team owner KKiekhaefer fielded 6 of his drivers for the race: Buck Baker, Tim Flock, his brother Fonty Flock, Charlie Scott, Frank Munday and Speedy Thompson. Tim Flock survived the track and 70-plus other drivers to win the race, marking his second in a row win at the beach. Charlie Scott was noted as a 19th-place finisher, and being one of the first African-American drivers in NASCAR. The race was flagged to a stop 2 laps before the scheduled 160 miles due to a high tide on the beach.


1956 NASCAR Grand National Series, The Races, 1956 begins
Race 7: Daytona Palm Beach SpeedwayFor the next race on March 4 the drivers returned to Palm Beach Speedway for race number 7, a 100 mile event. Once again disqualification would play a part in who received the winner accolades. Al Keller beat Billy Meyer to the checkered flag, but was found to running with modified pistons, and Keller was awarded the victory. Buck Baker and Herb Thomas grabbed the second and third spots respectively.


1956 NASCAR Grand National Series, The Races, 1956 begins
Race 8: Wilson SpeedwayOn March 18 5000 spectators gathered for Race 8; which was contested on the half mile dirt track of Wilson Speedway. Herb Thomas captured his second win of the season in a Smokey Yunick prepared Chevy when rain cut the scheduled 200 lap event to 106 laps.


1956 NASCAR Grand National Series, The Races, 1956 begins
Race 9: Lakewood SpeedwayThe following week the Grand National series traveled to the one mile dirt track of Lakewood Speedway in Atlanta Georgia. The event was darkened by the death of Lou Moore who suffered a intracerebral hemorrhage while at the track, and died in the hospital before the end of the race. Moore was a well known Indianapolis 500 car driver, builder and owner. Buck Baker came away with the Wilson Speedway win, and Speedy Thompson finished second, giving Kiekhaefer another 1-2 finish and bringing the March contests to a close.


1956 NASCAR Grand National Series, The Races, Spring of '56
I couldn't take Kiekhaefer's drill-sergeant attitude anymore. I had to quit to save my own life.


1956 NASCAR Grand National Series, The Races, Spring of '56
The new month and race 10 would bring one of the 1956 season's biggest turning points as April 8 ushered the NASCAR crew to .6 mile North Wilkesboro Speedway in North Wilkesboro, N.C. for the Wilkes County 160. Tim Flock posted his third win of the season, and Billy Myers finished second, as 7500 spectators looked on. Jim Paschal grabbed the third spot, as Herb Thomas and Ralph Moody rounded out the top 5.


1956 NASCAR Grand National Series, The Races, Spring of '56
The news of the day was when Flock shocked the NASCAR family and abruptly quit the highly successful Kiekhaefer Chrysler team after the race, citing worsening ulcers and Kiekhaefer's attitude as the reasons. Kiekhaefer tried to convince Flock to stay with the team, but Flock was adamant about leaving for a Chevy team.


1956 NASCAR Grand National Series, The Races, Spring of '56
Race 11: Langhorne SpeedwayRace number 11 was at the 1 mile dirt track of Langhorne Speedway, in Langhorne, PA on April 22. Tragedy struck once again as young driver John McVitty died of massive internal injuries after being thrown from his car as it rolled the day before the race during qualifying. To fill the empty seat left by Flock's leaving, and now driving a Smokey Yunick prepared ride, Kiekhaefer hired Herb Thomas to join his NASCAR team. Flock moved into the lead on lap 115, but would give way to eventual winner Buck Baker with six laps remaining in the 150 lap event. Thomas finished second and Flock dropped to third by the end of the race.


1956 NASCAR Grand National Series, The Races, Spring of '56
Race 12: Atlantic Rural FairgroundsApril 29 brought 5000 spectators to the Atlantic Rural Fairgrounds for the Richmond 100 mile event on the half mile dirt track. Buck Baker dominated, leading all but two laps and lapped the entire field including second place Herb Thomas by the time the checkered flag fell. Backer's win coupled with Flocks last place finish moved Baker into first place in the standings.


1956 NASCAR Grand National Series, The Races, Spring of '56
Race 13: Arclite 100Race number 13 on May 5 saw Speedy Thompson win the 100 miler in Concord N.C., and marked the fourth consecutive race that the Kiekhaefer cars fished 1-2. The win at Columbia Speedway brought Thompson career total to 5, and was his first of the 1955 season. Buck Baker finished second in his number 500B, and the number 9 of Joe Weatherly snagged the number 3 spot. Tiny Lund and Bob Flock rounded out the top 5 while 5000 people looked on for an hour and 50 minutes.


1956 NASCAR Grand National Series, The Races, Spring of '56
Race 14: Harris SpeedwayThe next day of the double-duty weekend had the NASCAR family gathering at Harris Speedway in Concord NC for a 100 mile event on their half-mile dirt track. Speedy Thompson grabbed his second checkered flag in a row, besting Buck Baker and Herb Thomas who finished second and third respectively. It was another 1-2-3 victory for the powerful Kiekhaefer team. Thompson led all but one lap in the one hour and 37 minute event.


1956 NASCAR Grand National Series, The Races, Spring of '56
Race 15: Greenville-Pickens SpeedwayFans and drivers gathered for race 15 at the Greenville-Pickens Speedway in SC on Thursday to watch Buck Baker give Kiekhaefer his 7th victory in a row. That May 10 would not go quietly into the record books however. After Baker managed to run the full 200 laps on the half-mile dirt track without a single pit stop, Schwam Motor Co., who fielded Fords for Joe Weatherly and Curtis Turner, went to NASCAR officials and filed a protest against the Kiekhaefer team.


1956 NASCAR Grand National Series, The Races, Spring of '56
An enraged Kiekhaefer filed a counter protest against the Schwam Fords, claiming they ran with illegal motors and rear-ends. Technical inspector Jim Ross reviewed both claims, and held that both cars were legal, giving Baker a 100 point lead in the standings. The final results for the race were that the 500B Chrysler of Baker's was the winner, Curtis Turner in his number 99 second, and Joe Eubanks third. Gwyn Staley and Joe Weatherly rounded out the top five.


1956 NASCAR Grand National Series, The Races, Spring of '56
Race 16: Hickory Speedway On May 12 the Grand National series returned to the Hickory Speedway. While 4500 people looked on Speedy Thompson led the race from start to finish. The race was filled with cautions, 6 in total throughout the 200 lap event. There were no driver injuries, and Billy Meyers finished second with Buck Baker, Herb Thomas, and Gwyn Stanley filling out the top five spots. Thompson's win gave Kiekhaefer his eighth straight win.


1956 NASCAR Grand National Series, The Races, Spring of '56
Race 17: Orange Speedway Race 17 was run on May 13 at the .9 mile Orange Speedway dirt track in Hillboro, NC. In a near photo finish Buck Baker barely squeaked past Speedy Thompson at the end of the 90 mile event. Number 9 for Kiekhaefer as 7500 people enjoyed the 1 hour race.


1956 NASCAR Grand National Series, The Races, Spring of '56
May 20 brought everyone to the picturesque half-mile paved track of Martinsville Speedway. The 20,000 strong spectator collective enjoyed a 4 hour, 500 lap event with seven caution flags. The newly named event had Speedy Thompson leading a race high 259 laps, but falling to Buck Baker on lap 382. Baker never lost the lead after passing Thompson, and Kiekhaefer had win number 10. Lee Petty, Paul Goldsmith and Gwyn Stanley finished third through fifth respectively


1956 NASCAR Grand National Series, The Races, Spring of '56
Race 19: Lincoln Speedway Five days after the Martinsville race 17 drivers competed on the half-mile dirt track of Lincoln Speedway for 200 laps. Another close finish, and the man who once drove buses, Buck Baker, grabbed his third win in a row. Billy Myers led the first 43 laps until his fuel pump failed, and pole sitter Speedy Thompson retired on lap 97 with a hole in his radiator. Lee Petty put on a show for the fans when he lost a lap after spinning on lap 21. Petty then drove back into the lead lap, and into contention with some yellow flag help. Only eight cars completed the race, and Baker, Jim Paschal, Petty, Herb Thomas, and Nace Mattingly were the top five.


1956 NASCAR Grand National Series, The Races, Spring of '56
Race 20, 21: Charlotte Speedway, Portland Speedway: On May 27 NASCAR once again hosted a double-decker race day. Returning to the Charlotte Speedway three quarter mile track, Kiekhaefer drivers once again finished 1-2-3 as Speedy Thompson, newly acquired Junior Johnson, and points leader Buck Baker finished in the coveted top three spots. Thompson's win was number 12 for Kiekhaefer. Across the country at the Portland Speedway in Oregon, driver Herb Thomas added another win for the powerful Kiekhaefer team. John Kieper finished second and Clyde Palmer finished third.


1956 NASCAR Grand National Series, The Races, Spring of '56
Race 22, 23: Redwoood Speedway, Syracuse MileThree days later on May 30 NASCAR once again pulled double duty with races at each end of the country. One contingent gathered at the Redwood Speedway in California. The race was halted early due to poor track conditions with ruts and holes in the .624 dirt track and swirling dust storms which made the track unsafe to race on. After 78 of a scheduled 100 miles, Herb Thomas walkeded away with another win. Crosscountry at the New York State Fairgrounds in Syracuse NY, drivers battled for 150 miles on the 1 mile dirt oval. The Kiekhaefer team grabbed the second win of the day with Buck Baker in his Chrysler besting Jim Paschal in his Merc. by 3 laps.


1956 NASCAR Grand National Series, The Races, Summer of '56
Race 24 Merced FairgroundsHerb Thomas wins easily in Merced , CA., in the 100-mile event. The win was the 16th consecutive win for the Carl Kiekhaefer team and it is a record that still stands as of 2019, and is unlikely to be broken in the modern era. The win streak ended on June 10.


1956 NASCAR Grand National Series, The Races, Summer of '56
Race 25 West Memphis SpeedwayIt's June 10 when Ralph Moody wins at West Memphis Speedway in a DePaolo Engineering Ford, breaking the stranglehold that the Kiekhaefer team has had on the field for 16 races, dating back to the middle of March.


1956 NASCAR Grand National Series, The Races, Summer of '56
race 26 Southern States Fairgrounds6/15/56	in Charlotte, NC the Southern States Fairgrounds was the scene of Speedy Thompson winning a 200 lap event on the half mile dirt track by 5 laps in his Chrysler over nearest competitor Curtis Turner. Lee Petty finished third with Fireball Roberts and Buck Baker bringing up the 4th and 5th spots.


1956 NASCAR Grand National Series, The Races, Summer of '56
race 27 Monroe County FairgroundsFor the June 22nd race the NASCAR family traveled north to the New York, for another 200 laps on a half mile dirt track where Speedy Thompson makes it back to back victories by a full lap over Jim Paschal and Herb Thomas. Buck Baker finished fourth to give the Kiekhaefer team 3 of the top four finishing spots. Six Thousand fans showed up to watch 21 drivers compete for the checkered flag.


1956 NASCAR Grand National Series, The Races, Summer of '56
race 28  Portland SpeedwayOn 6/24/56 across the country in Portland, OR John Kieper grabbed a win in his own 56 Olds. The paved half mile Portland Speedway was witness to the hour and a half race.


1956 NASCAR Grand National Series, The Races, Summer of '56
On July 4, Fireball Roberts wins Raleigh Speedway after 250 miles, his first on a super-speedway. Kiekhaefer files a protest with NASCAR officials claiming Robert's flywheel weight was illegal. At that time NASCAR didn't have scales at the track; they took the flywheel to a fish market to weigh it, and Roberts's victory stood. against the weight of Roberts' flywheel. No scales are available at the speedway, so NASCAR officials take the flywheel to a local fish market to be weighed. Roberts' win is upheld by NASCAR.


1956 NASCAR Grand National Series, The Races, Summer of '56
On October 23 NASCAR heads into Shelby N.C. for a 100 mile race. At the time Herb Thomas led the standings by 246 points.


1956 NBA All-Star Game
The 1956 NBA All Star Game was the sixth NBA All-Star Game.


1956 NBA Finals
The 1956 NBA World Championship Series was the championship series played at the conclusion of the 1955–56 National Basketball Association (NBA) season. The Philadelphia Warriors defeated the Fort Wayne Pistons four games to one. The series is notable for being one of only two Finals in which the two teams alternated home games, the other being in 1971.


1956 NBA draft
The 1956 NBA draft was the tenth annual draft of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The draft was held on April 30, 1956, before the 1956–57 season. In this draft, eight NBA teams took turns selecting amateur U.S. college basketball players. In each round, the teams select in reverse order of their win–loss record in the previous season, except for the defending champion and runner-up, who were assigned the last two pick on each round. The draft consisted of 10 rounds comprising 92 players selected.


1956 NBA draft, Draft selections and draftee career notes
Sihugo Green from Duquesne University was selected first overall by the Rochester Royals. Tom Heinsohn from the College of the Holy Cross was selected before the draft as Boston Celtics' territorial pick. Heinsohn went on to win the Rookie of the Year Award in his first season. Bill Russell from the University of San Francisco was selected second overall by the St. Louis Hawks and immediately traded to the Boston Celtics for Ed Macauley and Cliff Hagan.


1956 NBA draft, Draft selections and draftee career notes
Three players from this draft, Tom Heinsohn, Bill Russell, and K. C. Jones, have been inducted to the Basketball Hall of Fame after championship careers with the Boston Celtics. Elgin Baylor and Sam Jones, who were selected by the Minneapolis Lakers in the later rounds, have also been inducted to the Basketball Hall of Fame, although they did not enter the league immediately after the draft. In the 1957 draft, Sam Jones was selected in the first round by the Boston Celtics, with whom he played for in his whole career. In the 1958 draft, Elgin Baylor was selected first overall by the Lakers, with whom he played for in his whole career.


1956 NBA draft, Other picks
The following list includes other draft picks who have appeared in at least one NBA game.


1956 NBA playoffs
The 1956 NBA playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 1955-56 season. The tournament concluded with the Eastern Conference champion Philadelphia Warriors defeating the Western Conference champion Fort Wayne Pistons 4 games to 1 in the NBA Finals.


1956 NBA playoffs
It was the Warriors' second NBA title; their first was in 1947 back when the NBA was known as the BAA. They would have to wait until 1975 to taste championship gold again; by that time they had moved to the Bay Area and become the Golden State Warriors. Philadelphia's later team, the Philadelphia 76ers, would win the title in 1967.


1956 NBA playoffs
This was the Pistons' second straight trip to the NBA Finals, but they would not make another appearance until 1988 as the Detroit Pistons. No team from Indiana would return to the NBA Finals until the Indiana Pacers did so in 2000.


1956 NBA playoffs
The play-in game between the Syracuse Nationals and the New York Knicks was the last play-in game to determine a playoff spot until 2020.


1956 NBA playoffs, Bracket
Bold Series winnerItalic Team with home-court advantage in NBA Finals


1956 NBA playoffs, Division Semifinals, Eastern Division Semifinals, (2) Boston Celtics vs. (3) Syracuse Nationals
This was the fifth playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Nationals winning three of the first four meetings.


1956 NBA playoffs, Division Semifinals, Western Division Semifinals, (2) Minneapolis Lakers vs. (3) St. Louis Hawks
This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams.


1956 NBA playoffs, Division Finals, Eastern Division Finals, (1) Philadelphia Warriors vs. (3) Syracuse Nationals
This was the fourth playoff meeting between these two teams, with the 76ers/Nationals winning the first three meetings.


1956 NBA playoffs, Division Finals, Western Division Finals, (1) Fort Wayne Pistons vs. (3) St. Louis Hawks
This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams.


1956 NBA playoffs, NBA Finals: (E1) Philadelphia Warriors vs. (W1) Fort Wayne Pistons
This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams.


1956 NC State Wolfpack football team
The 1956 NC State Wolfpack football team represented North Carolina State University during the 1956 NCAA University Division football season. The Wolfpack were led by third-year head coach Earle Edwards and played their home games at Riddick Stadium in Raleigh, North Carolina. They competed as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference, finishing in sixth. NC State's victory over rival North Carolina was the school's first ACC victory, coming in their fourth year in the conference.


1956 NCAA Baseball Tournament
The 1956 NCAA Baseball Tournament was played at the end of the 1956 NCAA baseball season to determine the national champion of college baseball. The tournament concluded with eight teams competing in the College World Series, a double-elimination tournament in its tenth year. Eight regional districts sent representatives to the College World Series with preliminary rounds within each district serving to determine each representative. These events would later become known as regionals.


1956 NCAA Baseball Tournament
Each district had its own format for selecting teams, resulting in 24 teams participating in the tournament at the conclusion of their regular season, and in some cases, after a conference tournament. The College World Series was held in Omaha, NE from June 9 to June 14. The tenth tournament's champion was Minnesota, coached by Dick Siebert. The Most Outstanding Player was Jerry Thomas of Minnesota.


1956 NCAA Baseball Tournament, Tournament, District 4
Games played at Athens, Ohio (Ohio vs. Cincinnati and Ohio vs. Minnesota) and Minneapolis, Minnesota (Minnesota vs. Notre Dame).


1956 NCAA Basketball Tournament
The 1956 NCAA Basketball Tournament involved 25 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA college basketball. It began on March 12, 1956, and ended with the championship game on March 24 on Northwestern University's campus in Evanston, Illinois. A total of 29 games were played, including a third-place game in each region and a national third-place game.


1956 NCAA Basketball Tournament
The 1955–56 season was the last in which only one NCAA Tournament was held. Effective in 1956–57, the NCAA divided its membership into two competitive levels. The larger and more competitive athletic programs were placed in the University Division, and smaller programs in the College Division. Accordingly, that season would see separate tournaments contested in the University and College Divisions. In 1973, the University Division would be renamed NCAA Division I, while the College Division would be split into today's Divisions II and III.


1956 NCAA Basketball Tournament
This was the first NCAA tournament in which the four regionals were given distinct names, although the concept of four regional winners advancing to a single site for the "Final Four" had been introduced in 1952.


1956 NCAA Basketball Tournament
San Francisco, coached by Phil Woolpert, won the national title with an 83–71 victory in the final game over Iowa, coached by Bucky O'Connor. Hal Lear of Temple was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.


1956 NCAA Basketball Tournament, Locations
For the second time, the city of Evanston, Illinois hosted the Final Four. For the first time, a repeat host city used a different venue, this time using McGaw Memorial Hall, the second replacement for the original Patten Gym, home of the 1939 final. The tournament saw two new venues, both in the state of Kansas, and both of which would join in rotation with Ahearn Field House as host of the Midwestern final for most of the next decade.


1956 NCAA Basketball Tournament, Locations
In its first year of operation, Allen Field House on the campus of the University of Kansas hosted tournament games for the first time, acting as the West regional site. And also in the West region, the University of Wichita Field House, also in its first year of operation, hosted the first-round game. This tournament would also mark the final tournament to include the Allen County War Memorial Arena; neither the arena, which is still in operation, nor the city have hosted since.


1956 NCAA College Division football season
The 1956 NCAA College Division football season saw the NCAA split member schools into two divisions: larger schools were part of the University Division, later known as NCAA Division I, and smaller schools were placed in the College Division, later split into NCAA Division II and NCAA Division III.


1956 NCAA College Division football season, Champions, Black college championship
The Tennessee State Tigers (9–0) and the Florida A&M Rattlers (8–0) were considered to be the No. 1 and No. 2 teams "among the nation's Negro grid powers". The teams from the two historically black universities played at the Orange Bowl stadium in Miami, which hosted the Orange Blossom Classic as well as the New Year's Day, historically white universities, Orange Bowl game. A crowd of 41,808 watched Tennessee State win 41–39.


1956 NCAA College Division football season, Postseason, Burley Bowl
The Memphis State Tigers faced off against the East Tennessee State Buccaneers in the Burley Bowl in Johnson City, Tennessee.


1956 NCAA College Division football season, Postseason, Refrigerator Bowl
The Refrigerator Bowl in Evansville, Indiana featured the Ohio Valley Conference champion Middle Tennessee State against the undefeated Lone Star Conference champion Sam Houston State.


1956 NCAA College Division football season, Postseason, Tangerine Bowl
The 1957 Tangerine Bowl featured College Division Independent Mississippi Southern (later known as Southern Miss) against the West Texas State Buffaloes from the University-division Border Conference.


1956 NCAA College Division football season, Undefeated teams
Other schools that finished their seasons unbeaten and untied were Lenoir Rhyne College, New Haven Teachers College, Hillsdale College, Central Michigan University, Kearney State College, Redlands College, Westminster College (Pennsylvania), St. Thomas (Minn.) College, Alfred University and Milton College (Wisconsin).


1956 NCAA Cross Country Championships
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1956 NCAA Cross Country Championships
The 1956 NCAA Cross Country Championships were contested at the 18th annual NCAA-sanctioned cross country meet to determine the team and individual national champions of men's collegiate cross country running in the United States. Held on November 26, 1956, the meet was hosted by Michigan State College at the Forest Akers East Golf Course in East Lansing, Michigan. The distance for the race was 4 miles (6.4 kilometers).


1956 NCAA Cross Country Championships
Since the current multi-division format for NCAA championship did not begin until 1973, all NCAA members were eligible. In total, 14 teams and 115 individual runners contested this championship.


1956 NCAA Cross Country Championships
The team national championship was won by the Michigan State Spartans, their fifth and second consecutive. The individual championship was won by Walter McNew, from Texas, with a time of 19:55.94.


1956 NCAA Golf Championship
The 1956 NCAA Men's Golf Championship was the 18th annual tournament to determine the national champions of NCAA men's collegiate golf.


1956 NCAA Golf Championship
The tournament was held at the Ohio State University Golf Club in Columbus, Ohio.


1956 NCAA Golf Championship
Houston won the team title and Rick Jones from Ohio State won the individual title over Houston's Rex Baxter Jr.


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 (NEA), Collier's Magazine and the International News Service.


1956 NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
The 1956 NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the culmination of the 1955–56 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season, the 9th such tournament in NCAA history. It was held between March 15 and 17, 1956, and concluded with Michigan defeating Michigan Tech 7-5. All games were played at the Broadmoor Ice Palace in Colorado Springs, Colorado.


1956 NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
Vic Heyliger captured his 6th and final National title with the Wolverines, all done in the first 9 years of the tournament. As of 2016 he stands as the coach with the most championships overall and the most with one team (6).


1956 NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Qualifying teams
Four teams qualified for the tournament, two each from the eastern and western regions. The two best WIHL teams and a Tri-State League representative received bids into the tournament as did one independent school.


1956 NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Qualifying teams
Clarkson, who had completed a 23-0 record in the regular season, were offered a bid by the selection committee. The Golden Knights, however, had 8 four-year seniors on the team (who would not have been allowed to play in the tournament) and declined the invitation, leaving the second place team from the Tri-State League to go in their stead.


1956 NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Format
The eastern team judged as better was seeded as the top eastern team while the WIHL champion was given the top western seed. The second eastern seed was slotted to play the top western seed and vice versa. All games were played at the Broadmoor Ice Palace. All matches were Single-game eliminations with the semifinal winners advancing to the national championship game and the losers playing in a consolation game.


1956 NCAA Skiing Championships
The 1956 NCAA Skiing Championships were contested in Winter Park, Colorado at the third annual NCAA-sanctioned ski tournament to determine the individual and team national champions of men's collegiate alpine, cross country skiing, and ski jumping in the United States.


1956 NCAA Skiing Championships
Led by coach Willy Schaeffler, co-host Denver claimed their third national championship in as many years, with Dartmouth repeating as the runner-up in the team standings.


1956 NCAA Skiing Championships
Repeat individual champions were Dartmouth's Chiharu Igaya (Alpine, Slalom), Denver's Willis Olson (Jumping, third consecutive), and Idaho's Eirik Berggren (Nordic). Less than two months earlier, Igaya was the silver medalist in slalom at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.


1956 NCAA Skiing Championships, Venue
This year's championships were held March 23–25 in Colorado at Winter Park, west of Denver.


1956 NCAA Skiing Championships, Venue
The third edition, these were the first NCAA championships in Colorado and the Rocky Mountains.


1956 NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships
The 1956 NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships were contested in March 1956 at Kiputh Pool at Payne Whitney Gymnasium at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut at the 20th annual NCAA-sanctioned swim meet to determine the team and individual national champions of men's collegiate swimming and diving in the United States.


1956 NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships
Ohio State once again retained the national title, the Buckeyes' tenth, after finishing fourteen points ahead of hosts Yale in the team standings.


1956 NCAA Tennis Championships
The 1956 NCAA Tennis Championships were the 11th annual NCAA-sponsored tournaments to determine the national champions of men's singles, doubles, and team collegiate tennis in the United States.


1956 NCAA Tennis Championships
UCLA won the Team Championship, the Bruins' Fifth such title (and fourth in five years). UCLA finished just one point ahead of rivals (and defending champions) USC, 15–14, in the team standings.


1956 NCAA Tennis Championships, Host site
This year's tournaments were contested at Stowe Tennis Stadium at Kalamazoo College in Kalamazoo, Michigan.


1956 NCAA Tennis Championships, Team scoring
Until 1977, the men's team championship was determined by points awarded based on individual performances in the singles and doubles events.


1956 NCAA Track and Field Championships
The 1956 NCAA Track and Field Championships were held in Berkeley, California in June 1956. UCLA won the team title, ending a seven-year streak by the University of Southern California. Nine NCAA meet records and one American record were broken at the event.


1956 NCAA Track and Field Championships
Bobby Morrow of Abilene Christian led all athletes with 20 points in the meet. Morrow won both the 100-meter and 200-meter dashes. Morrow went on to win three gold medals in the 1956 Summer Olympics.


1956 NCAA Track and Field Championships
Rafer Johnson led the scoring for team champion UCLA. Johnson scored 16 of UCLA's 55-7/10 points with second-place finishes in the broad jump and high hurdles. Johnson went on to win the gold medal in the decathlon at the 1960 Summer Olympics.


1956 NCAA Track and Field Championships
The one American record that was broken at the meet was in the 800-meter run. Arnie Sowell of the University of Pittsburgh set the new American mark with a time of 1:46.7.


1956 NCAA Track and Field Championships, Team scoring
1. UCLA – 55-7/10 2. Kansas - 50 3. University of Southern California – 34½ 4. Michigan State – 29 5. Abilene Christian – 25 6. Villanova – 24 7. Oregon – 20 8. Michigan – 19-7/10 9. Oklahoma A&M – 19 10. Manhattan - 17


1956 NCAA Track and Field Championships, Track events
100-meter dash 1. Bobby Morrow, Abilene Christian – 10.4 2. Dave Sime, Duke – 10.6 3. Agostini, Fresno State – 10.6


1956 NCAA Track and Field Championships, Track events
110-meter high hurdles 1. Lee Calhoun, North Carolina College – 13.7 2. Rafer Johnson, UCLA – 13.8 3. Looween, Mankato State – 14.0


1956 NCAA Track and Field Championships, Track events
200-meter dash 1. Bobby Morrow, Abilene Christian – 20.6 2. Blair, Kansas – 21.0 3. Bobby Whilden, Texas – 21.2


1956 NCAA Track and Field Championships, Track events
400-meter dash 1. Jesse Mashburn, Oklahoma A&M  – 46.4  2. Haines, Penn – 46.6 2. Jenkins, Villanova – 46.62. Ellis, Russ UCLA – 46.6


1956 NCAA Track and Field Championships, Track events
400-meter hurdles 1. Lewis, Notre Dame – 51.0 2. Glenn Davis, Ohio State – 51.4 3. Thompson, Rice – 51.8


1956 NCAA Track and Field Championships, Track events
800-meter run 1. Arnie Sowell, Pittsburgh – 1:46.7 2. Stanley, San Jose State – 1:49.2 3. Brew, Dartmouth – 1:50.5 3. Johnson, Abilene Christian – 1:50.5


1956 NCAA Track and Field Championships, Track events
1,500-meter run 1. Ron Delany, Villnova – 3:47.3 2. Bailey, Oregon – 3:47.4 3. Sid Wing, Univ. South. Calif. – 3:49.7


1956 NCAA Track and Field Championships, Track events
3,000-meter steeplechase 1. Kennedy, Michigan State – 9:16.5 2. Matza, BYU – 9:17.2 3. Kielstrup, Michigan – 9:34.4


1956 NCAA Track and Field Championships, Track events
5,000-meter run1. Bill Dellinger, Oregon – 14:48.5 2. Jim Beatty, North Carolina  – 14:51.1 3. Jones, Michigan State – 14:52.2


1956 NCAA Track and Field Championships, Field events
Broad jump 1. Bell, Indiana – 25 feet, 4 inches 2. Rafer Johnson, UCLA - 25 feet, 4 inches3. Floerke, Kansas – 24 feet, 5 inches


1956 NCAA Track and Field Championships, Field events
High jump 1. Reavis, Villanova – 6 feet, 8¼ inches 1. Lang, Missouri – 6 feet, 8¼ inches  1. Dyer, UCLA – 6 feet, 8¼ inches


1956 NCAA Track and Field Championships, Field events
Pole vault 1. Bob Gutowski, Occidental – 14 feet, 8 inches 1. Graham, Oklahoma A&M – 14 feet, 8 inches 3. Levack, Univ. South. Calif. – 14 feet, 4 inches 3. Landstrom, Michigan – 14 feet, 4 inches


1956 NCAA Track and Field Championships, Field events
Discus throw 1. Drummond, UCLA – 173 feet, 1/2 inch 2. Vick, UCLA – 171 feet, 5 inches 3. Rink Babka, Univ. South. Calif. – 170 feet, 9½ inches


1956 NCAA Track and Field Championships, Field events
Javelin 1. Conley, Cal Tech – 239 feet, 11 inches 2. Maijala, Univ. South. Calif. – 229 feet, 10 inches 3. Bitner, Kansas – 223 feet, 11½ inches


1956 NCAA Track and Field Championships, Field events
Shot put 1. Bantum, Manhattan – 60 feet, 1/2 inch 2. Bill Nieder, Kansas – 57 feet, 3⅛ inches 3. Owen, Michigan – 57 feet, 2/3 inch


1956 NCAA Track and Field Championships, Field events
Hammer throw 1. McWilliams, Bowdoin – 195 feet, 3 inches (new NCAA meet record) 2. Hall, Cornell – 193 feet, 8½ inches 3. Morefield, MIT – 193 feet, 2 inches


1956 NCAA Track and Field Championships, Field events
Hop, step and jump 1. Sharp, West Chester St. – 50 feet, 4¾ inches 2. Floerke, Kansas – 49 feet, 6¼ inches 3. Davis, LaSalle – 49 feet, 3¼ inches


1956 NCAA University Division football rankings
Two human polls comprised the 1956 NCAA University Division football rankings. Unlike most sports, college football's governing body, the NCAA, does not bestow a national championship, instead that title is bestowed by one or more different polling agencies. There are two main weekly polls that begin in the preseason—the AP Poll and the Coaches' Poll.


1956 NCAA University Division football rankings, AP Poll
The final AP Poll was released on December 3, at the end of the 1956 regular season, weeks before the major bowls. The AP would not release a post-bowl season final poll regularly until 1968.


1956 NCAA University Division football rankings, Final Coaches' Poll
The final UP Coaches Poll was released prior to the bowl games, on December 4. Oklahoma received 26 of the 35 first-place votes; Tennessee received five, Iowa three, and Miami one.


1956 NCAA University Division football season
The 1956 NCAA University Division football season saw the University of Oklahoma Sooners finish a third consecutive season unbeaten and untied to again win the national championship.


1956 NCAA University Division football season
The 1956 season saw the NCAA split member schools into two divisions: larger schools were part of the University Division, later known as NCAA Division I, and smaller schools were placed in the College Division, later split into NCAA Division II and NCAA Division III.


1956 NCAA University Division football season
During the 20th century, the NCAA had no playoff for the major college football teams in the University Division, later known as Division I-A and now known as Division I FBS. The NCAA did recognize a national champion based upon the final results of "wire service" (AP and UPI) polls. The extent of that recognition came in the form of acknowledgment in the annual NCAA Football Guide of the "unofficial" national champions. The AP poll in 1956 consisted of the votes of as many as 198 sportswriters.


1956 NCAA University Division football season
Though not all writers voted in every poll, each would give their opinion of the twenty best teams. Under a point system of 20 points for first place, 19 for second, etc., the "overall" ranking was determined. Although the rankings were based on the collective opinion of the representative sportswriters, the teams that remained "unbeaten and untied" were generally ranked higher than those that had not. A defeat, even against a strong opponent, tended to cause a team to drop in the rankings, and a team with two or more defeats was unlikely to remain in the Top 20.


1956 NCAA University Division football season
Generally, the top teams played on New Year's Day in the four major postseason bowl games: the Rose Bowl (near Los Angeles at Pasadena), the Sugar Bowl (New Orleans), the Orange Bowl (Miami), and the Cotton Bowl (Dallas). Because the rules of the time for Oklahoma's conference (at that time, Big 7) did not permit consecutive bowl appearances, No. 1 Oklahoma did not play in the postseason, with runner-up Colorado going to the Orange Bowl instead.


1956 NCAA University Division football season, September
In the preseason poll released on September 17, the defending champion Oklahoma Sooners were the first place choice for 116 of 149 writers casting votes, followed by Michigan State, Notre Dame, Georgia Tech and Ohio State. New polls were issued weekly on Monday.


1956 NCAA University Division football season, September
On September 22, No. 1 Oklahoma and No. 2 Michigan State were idle. No. 3 Notre Dame lost in Dallas to unranked SMU, 19–13 and dropped out of the top 5 for the season (and finished 2–8), while SMU would rise to fifth. No. 4 Georgia Tech won at Kentucky, 14–6. No. 5 Ohio State, which had not started play, fel out of the Top 5 and was replaced by No. 7 TCU, which had opened with a 32–0 win at Kansas. The first regular AP poll was 1.Oklahoma 2.Georgia Tech 3.Michigan State, 4.TCU and 5.SMU.


1956 NCAA University Division football season, September
September 29, No. 1 Oklahoma opened its season with a 36–0 win over North Carolina. In Dallas, No. 2 Georgia Tech visited No. 5 SMU and narrowly won 9–7. No. 3 Michigan State won 21–7 at No. 12 Stanford. No. 4 TCU was idle and dropped to 8th, while No. 8 Ohio State rose to 4th after a 34–7 win hosting Nebraska. No . 13 Michigan, which had beaten UCLA 42–13, rose to 5th. The next poll was 1.Oklahoma 2.Michigan State 3.Georgia Tech 4.Ohio State 5.Michigan.


1956 NCAA University Division football season, October
October 6 No. 1 Oklahoma registered another shutout, beating Kansas State 66–0. No. 2 Michigan State met No. 5 Michigan in the rain before a crowd of 101,001 at Ann Arbor, and MSU Coach Duffy Daugherty's "umbrella defense" forced two Michigan turnovers that led to their 9–0 win   No. 3 Georgia Tech was idle, and No. 4 Ohio State won 32–20 at home before 82,881 over Stanford. The poll saw Michigan drop to 12th, while No. 8 TCU (which beat Arkansas 41–6 on national television) returned to the top five: 1.Oklahoma 2.Michigan State 3.Georgia Tech 4.TCU 5.Ohio State


1956 NCAA University Division football season, October
October 13 At Dallas, No. 1 Oklahoma beat Texas 45–0, having outscored its opposition 147–0 in three games. A commentator of the day wrote, "The overpowering charge of the big red-shirted Oklahoma line ahead of adroit Quarterback Jimmy Harris is just one of the reasons why Oklahoma may be the greatest college football team of all time... They showed it in the sudden, lifting charge of a line which moved all of a piece, like a wave breaking evenly along a beach." No. 2 Michigan State defeated Indiana 53–6 at home. No. 3 Georgia Tech beat LSU, 39–7. No. 4 TCU won at Alabama 23–6, and No. 5 Ohio State won 26–6 at Illinois. The poll remained unchanged: 1.Oklahoma 2.Michigan State 3.Georgia Tech 4.TCU 5.Ohio State


1956 NCAA University Division football season, October
October 20 No. 1 Oklahoma gave up its first points of the season, but registered its fourth win, 34–12, at Kansas. No. 2 Michigan State stayed unbeaten with a 47–14 win at Notre Dame. No. 3 Georgia Tech beat Auburn 28–7. In a game that would ultimately determine the SWC championship, No. 4 TCU lost at No. 14 Texas A&M, 7–6. No. 5 Ohio State lost to Penn State by the same 7–6 score. No. 7 Tennessee, which had beaten Alabama 24–0 rose to 4th, and No. 8 Michigan returned to the Top 5 after its 34–20 win over Northwestern. The poll: 1.Michigan State 2. Oklahoma 3.Georgia Tech 4.Tennessee 5.Michigan.


1956 NCAA University Division football season, October
October 27 The new No. 1 Michigan State went to Champaign, and had a 13–0 lead over the unranked Illini at halftime. Abe Woodson plunged for a score to cut the lead to 13–6 after three quarters. In the fourth, Woodson ran 70 yards from scrimmage to help tie the game 13–13. After an MSU field goal was short, Woodson ran the ball up to the Illini 18.


1956 NCAA University Division football season, October
Woodson, who had once held the world record in the 50 yard high hurdles, took a short pass and dashed 82 yards for a touchdown, leaping over State's Art Johnson 30 yards from goal, to pull off the 20–13 upset. No. 2 Oklahoma was determined to prove itself number 1, and Coach Bud Wilkinson directed the team to six touchdowns for a 40–0 win at Notre Dame. No. 3 Georgia Tech beat No. 15 Tulane by the same 40–0 margin. No. 4 Tennessee beat Maryland 34–7 to stay unbeaten. No. 5 Michigan had its second loss, falling to unranked Minnesota at home, 20–7. No. 7 Texas A&M, which had extended its record to 5–0–1 with a 19–13 win at No. 8 Baylor, replaced the Wolverines. The poll: 1.Oklahoma 2.Georgia Tech 3.Tennessee 4.Michigan State 5.Texas A&M.


1956 NCAA University Division football season, November
November 3 Unbeaten No. 1 Oklahoma (5–0), met the Colorado Buffaloes (5–1) on the road, and were losing 19–6 at halftime to a team that was four-touchdown underdog, but came back with touchdowns by Tommy McDonald and Clendon Thomas for a difficult 27–19 win. and the rest of top five won in shutouts: No. 2 Georgia Tech won 7–0 at Duke, No. 3 Tennessee over North Carolina 20–0, No. 4 Michigan State crushed Wisconsin 33–0, and No. 5 Texas A&M beat Arkansas 27–0. The poll remained unchanged.


1956 NCAA University Division football season, November
November 10 While No. 1 Oklahoma registered its fifth shutout in seven games, trouncing Iowa State 44–0, No. 2 Georgia Tech and No. 3 Tennessee met in Atlanta for a game that proved to determine the SEC title. There were 23 punts altogether, and no score until midway through the third quarter, when Tennessee end Buddy Cruze noticed that Tech had stopped double-teaming him.


1956 NCAA University Division football season, November
Halfback Johnny Majors (who would later be head coach for UT) passed to Cruze at the 35–yard line, and Cruze ran 64 yards down to the Tech goal line, setting up the touchdown that won the game 6–0. In the poll that followed, Tennessee was the new No. 1 by a margin of 2 points (1,446 to 1,444) over Oklahoma. No. 4 Michigan State narrowly beat Purdue, 12–9.


1956 NCAA University Division football season, November
No. 5 Texas A&M beat SMU 33–7 in Dallas, and increased its record to 7–0–1, with the Southwest Conference title and a trip to the Cotton Bowl, and on November 12, was still fifth in the poll. Though on probation since 1955 for recruiting violations, the Aggies had appealed to the NCAA to allow them to play postseason. The next day, however, the NCAA announced that Texas A&M was still banned, because of an additional recruiting violation of a basketball player. The poll: 1.Tennessee 2.Oklahoma 3.Michigan State 4.Georgia Tech 5.Texas A&M.


1956 NCAA University Division football season, November
November 17 No. 1 Tennessee beat visiting No. 19 Ole Miss 27–7, while No. 2 Oklahoma showed off its offense in crushing Missouri 67–14, sufficiently enough to regain the top spot in the next poll. No. 3 Michigan State traveled to Minnesota, which had been No. 6 a week before, but dropped to No. 17. The MSU visitors lost, 14–13, and dropped to tenth place in the next poll. No. 4 Georgia Tech beat Alabama 27–0. No. 5 Texas A&M beat visiting Rice, 21–7. No. 7 Iowa, which had beaten No. 6 Ohio State 6–0, took Michigan State's place in the poll that followed. The Top 5 was 1.Oklahoma 2.Tennessee 3.Iowa 4.Texas A&M 5.Georgia Tech.


1956 NCAA University Division football season, November
November 24 No. 1 Oklahoma gained 656 net yards in a defeat of visiting Nebraska 54–6. No. 2 Tennessee beat Kentucky 20–7. No. 3 Iowa, which had captured the Big Ten title with a 5–1 conference record, finished its season with a 48–8 non-league win over Notre Dame, then accepted a bid to the Rose Bowl to play Oregon State. No. 4 Texas A&M was idle as it prepared for its Thanksgiving Day game with Texas, which it won 34–21. In Jacksonville, No. 5 Georgia Tech beat No. 13 Florida 28–0, and traded places with A&M. Tech would be invited back to the city for the Gator Bowl at season's end. The poll: 1.Oklahoma 2.Tennessee 3.Iowa 4.Georgia Tech 5.Texas A&M.


1956 NCAA University Division football season, November
December 1 No. 1 Oklahoma closed its season with a 53–0 win over Oklahoma State, finishing 10–0, and with a 466–51 finish in points. Only one of its ten opponents (Colorado) finished 1956 with a winning record. In Nashville, No. 2 Tennessee beat Vanderbilt 27–7 to close with a 10–0 record and a spot in the Sugar Bowl, where it would face 9–1 Baylor. No. 4 Georgia Tech closed with a 35–0 win at Georgia. Unbeaten and once-tied (9–0–1), No. 5 Texas A&M won the Southwest Conference title, but the ban against post-season play sent runner-up TCU to the Cotton Bowl instead.


1956 NCAA University Division football season, Rankings, Final polls
Final polls were released at the end of the regular season. Records include bowl games.


1956 NCAA Wrestling Championships
The 1956 NCAA Wrestling Championships were the 26th NCAA Wrestling Championships to be held. Oklahoma A&M in Stillwater, Oklahoma hosted the tournament at Gallagher Hall.


1956 NCAA Wrestling Championships
Oklahoma A&M took home the team championship with 65 points and having one individual champion.


1956 NCAA Wrestling Championships
Dan Hodge of Oklahoma was named the Most Outstanding Wrestler.


1956 NCAA baseball season
The 1956 NCAA baseball season, play of college baseball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) began in the spring of 1956. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1956 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the tenth time in 1956, consisted of one team from each of eight geographical districts and was held in Omaha, Nebraska at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium as a double-elimination tournament. Minnesota claimed the championship.


1956 NCAA baseball season, Conference winners
This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1956 season. Each of the eight geographical districts chose, by various methods, the team that would represent them in the NCAA Tournament. 12 teams earned automatic bids by winning their conference championship while 13 teams earned at-large selections.


1956 NCAA baseball season, College World Series
The 1956 season marked the tenth NCAA Baseball Tournament, which culminated with the eight team College World Series. The College World Series was held in Omaha, Nebraska. The eight teams played a double-elimination format, with Minnesota claiming their first championship with a 12–1 win over Arizona in the final.


1956 NFL Championship Game
In the 1956 National Football League Championship Game was the league's 24th championship game, played at Yankee Stadium in The Bronx in New York City on December 30.


1956 NFL Championship Game
The New York Giants (8–3–1) won the Eastern Conference title and hosted the Chicago Bears (9–2–1), the Western Conference champions. The teams had met in the regular season five weeks earlier on November 25 at Yankee Stadium and played to a 17–17 tie; the Bears entered the championship game in late December as slight favorites. The Giants hosted because the home field for the title game alternated between the conferences; home field advantage was not implemented until 1975.


1956 NFL Championship Game
Both teams had been absent from the league title game for a decade, when the Bears won the championship over the Giants at the Polo Grounds in 1946. The Giants' most recent NFL title was before World War II, in 1938. The 1956 season marked the Giants' first at Yankee Stadium, moving across the Harlem River from the Polo Grounds. This was the first championship since 1949 without the Cleveland Browns, who had appeared in six consecutive since joining the NFL in 1950.


1956 NFL Championship Game
The 1956 Giants featured a number of Hall of Fame players, including running backs Frank Gifford and Alex Webster, offensive tackle Roosevelt Brown, linebacker Sam Huff, and defensive end Andy Robustelli. Two assistants of Giants head coach Jim Lee Howell, offensive coordinator Vince Lombardi and defensive coordinator Tom Landry, later became Hall of Fame head coaches with other franchises; Lombardi coached the Green Bay Packers to five NFL Championships during the 1960s and Landry led the Dallas Cowboys to five Super Bowls, with two wins, during the 1970s. He was the head coach of the Cowboys for 29 seasons, through 1988.


1956 NFL Championship Game, Game summary
The game was played on an icy field, with temperatures hovering around 20 °F (−7 °C). To adjust to the slick conditions, the Giants opted to wear sneakers instead of traditional football cleats. The advantage the white sneakers provided in footing was cited as a major factor in New York's romp. Twenty-two years earlier on an icy Polo Grounds field, the Giants had employed the same tactic and beat the Bears to win the 1934 NFL Championship Game in the famous "Sneakers Game."


1956 NFL Championship Game, Game summary
The Giants led 13–0 after the first quarter and built a 34–7 halftime lead on their way to a  47–7 win before 56,836. Although the home team, the Giants wore their white jerseys and the Bears their navy blue. New York's custom at the time was to alternate between blue and white jerseys at home. The blue jerseys were designated as the "home jerseys" beginning in 1957.


1956 NFL Championship Game, Game summary
The 1956 NFL title was the Giants' fourth; they played in five of the six title games from 1958 through 1963, but did not win any of them. After the 1956 title, it was another thirty years before their next, Super Bowl XXI in January 1987.


1956 NFL Championship Game, Officials
The NFL had five game officials in 1956; the line judge was added in 1965 and the side judge in 1978. A total of twelve officials were on hand for this championship: the game crew, a full alternate crew (headed by referee Ron Gibbs), and two to operate the clock.


1956 NFL Championship Game, Players' shares
The gross receipts for the game, including $205,000 for radio and television rights, were over $517,000, the highest to date. Each player on the winning Giants team received $3,779, while Bears players made $2,485 each.


1956 NFL Draft
The 1956 National Football League draft had its first three rounds held on November 28, 1955, at the Bellevue-Stratford Hotel in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and its final twenty-seven rounds on January 17–18, 1956, at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, California


1956 NFL Draft
The previous NFL drafts in the 1950s were held in January; the first three rounds (37 selections) were moved up this year to late November to better compete with teams from Canada.


1956 NFL season
The 1956 NFL season was the 37th regular season of the National Football League.


1956 NFL season
With previous television partner DuMont Television Network ending operations prior to the 1956 season, CBS began carrying regular season games across its network nationwide.


1956 NFL season
The season ended when the New York Giants defeated the Chicago Bears in the NFL Championship Game, 47–7.


1956 NFL season, Draft
The 1956 NFL Draft was held on November 28, 1955 and from January 17–18, 1956 at Philadelphia's Warwick Hotel, The Bellevue-Stratford Hotel and Los Angeles' Ambassador Hotel. With the first pick, the Pittsburgh Steelers selected quarterback and safety Gary Glick from the Colorado State University.


1956 NFL season, Conference races
The Lions and the Cardinals had both finished 1955 poorly, 3–9 and 4–7–1, but both got off to fast starts in 1956. Both ended up finishing second in the Conference races.


1956 NFL season, Conference races
The Chicago Cardinals got off to their best start ever, going 4–0, until the Redskins beat them 17–14 on October 28. At the midway point, they and the Giants had 5–1 records. In the Western Conference, the Detroit Lions roared to a 6–0 start. In Week Seven (November 11), the Giants pulled ahead with a 23–10 win over the Cards. In Washington, the Lions finally lost. Trapped on his own 1-yard line, Yale Lary took a safety in order to get a free kick. That, and Sam Baker's field goal, gave the Redskins an 18–10 lead to put the game out of reach, and the Lions lost 18–17. The Bears, who had dropped their opener at Baltimore, 28–21, beat Green Bay 38–14 for their sixth straight game, matching Detroit's 6–1 record.


1956 NFL season, Conference races
In Week Nine, the Lions dropped their Thanksgiving Day game as Tobin Rote guided Green Bay to three last-quarter touchdowns in a 24–20 win. On Sunday, the Cards 38–27 win over Pittsburgh put them a half game out. The Bears cancelled a loss, while the Giants watched a win elude them, as Harlon Hill caught a last-ditch 56-yard touchdown pass from Ed Brown in tying the Giants, 17–17. Both the Bears and the Giants continued to lead their conferences, but only by half a game.


1956 NFL season, Conference races
The Cards lost the next two games and any chance at the Eastern title, which the Giants clinched, in part because of a 28–14 win over Washington on December 2. The Western race came down to the Bears and Lions. In Week Ten (December 2), the Lions hosted the Bears and won 42–10, to take the lead. When both teams won the following week, the trip to the championship came down to December 16, the last game of the season, which would have the 9–2 Detroit Lions visiting the 8–2–1 Chicago Bears, who hadn't forgotten the earlier drubbing.


1956 NFL season, Conference races
The game at Wrigley Field was marked by numerous fights, including a fourth quarter melee involving players, fans, and the police, and a vicious hit well behind the play by the Bears' Ed Meadows that knocked Detroit quarterback Bobby Layne out of the game with a concussion. So, the Bears exacted their revenge with a 38–21 victory. After the game Lions' coach Buddy Parker appealed to the commissioner to punish what the Lions felt was the dirty play of George Halas's Bears, but no ruling was forthcoming.


1956 NFL season, Final standings
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.


1956 NFL season, NFL Championship Game
NY Giants 47, Chi. Bears 7 at Yankee Stadium, New York City, December 30, 1956


1956 NFL season, Stadium changes
The New York Giants moved from the Polo Grounds to Yankee Stadium


1956 NSWRFL season
1956's New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership was the 49th season of the rugby league competition based in Sydney. Ten teams from across the city competed for the J. J. Giltinan Shield during the season, which culminated in a Grand Final between St. George and Balmain.


1956 NSWRFL season, Season summary, Teams
49th seasonGround: Sydney Sports GroundCoach: Frank O'Connor Captain: Kevin Hansen


1956 NSWRFL season, Season summary, Teams
49th seasonGround: Pratten Park Coach: Jack Walsh Captain: Keith Holman


1956 NSWRFL season, Finals, Grand Final
Up and coming Balmain fullback Keith Barnes came into the game with confidence, having booted 17 goals in his previous two games. In the most recent of those contests, the Preliminary Final against South Sydney, Tigers half-back, playmaker and captain Brian Staunton had been flattened by a Clive Churchill stiffarm tackle and as a consequence was still out-of-sorts on grand final day.


1956 NSWRFL season, Finals, Grand Final
St George centre Merv Lees cracked his collar bone in a tackle in the 13th minute and hardman prop Billy Wilson moved out from the pack to play in the centres in spite of being constrained himself with a knee ligament injury. Wilson tormented Hawkey and Mosman in both attack and defence and set up both his own wingers for a number of long dashes. He was later selected by his teammates as Man of the Match with Kevin Brown, Bob Bugden and Norm Provan also starring in the game.


1956 NSWRFL season, Finals, Grand Final
The sides were evenly matched for the first 38 minutes before a backline move from a scrum saw Dragons winger Tommy Ryan draw Barnes and pass to prop Kevin Brown who had freed himself from the scrum to be present in support.


1956 NSWRFL season, Finals, Grand Final
Tries to Bugden and Kevin O'Brien came quickly after the break with Harry Melville's final try for the Dragons 18 minutes into the second half putting the game out of the Tigers' reach. Staunton responded with his second try for Balmain late in the game.


1956 NSWRFL season, Finals, Grand Final
Norm Tipping had coached the Dragons to an excellent season result of 15 wins, 4 losses and 1 draw but would be ousted regardless from the coaching job shortly after the grand final. He was the loser in a power struggle with Dragons on-field leader Ken Kearney who that year had captained Australia to a three Test whitewash of New Zealand, had captained New South Wales to state victory over Queensland, won the Sunday Telegraph's Player of the Year award and ultimately captained the Saints to a premiership.


1956 NSWRFL season, Finals, Grand Final
Kearney had lost the coaching role to Tipping at the end of the 1955 season. At the end of 1956 the St George committee chose to back Kearney's fine football brain and his advanced English-learned strategies on attack, defense and conditioning in choosing him as their captain-coach to go forward. In the process they laid the foundation for the Dragons' record-breaking premiership stranglehold.


1956 NSWRFL season, Finals, Grand Final
St George 18 (Tries: O'Brien, Bugden, Brown, Melville. Goals: Fleming 3.)


1956 NYU Violets baseball team
The 1956 NYU Violets baseball team represented New York University in the 1956 NCAA baseball season. The Violets played their home games at Ohio Field. The team was coached by Bill McCarthy in his 35th year as head coach at NYU.


1956 NYU Violets baseball team
The Violots won the District II playoff to advance to the College World Series, where they were defeated by the Wyoming Cowboys.


1956 Naples Grand Prix
The 9th Naples Grand Prix was a motor race, run to Formula One rules, held on 6 May 1956 at Posillipo Circuit, Naples. The race was run over 60 laps of the circuit, and was won by French driver Robert Manzon in a Gordini Type 16.


1956 National Challenge Cup
The 1956 National Challenge Cup was the 43rd edition of the United States Soccer Football Association's annual open soccer championship. The final was contested over two legs between Harmarville Hurricanes and Chicago Schwabens, which the Hurricanes won 3–2 on aggregate score after a comeback from a two-goal deficit. Schwaben won the first leg 1–0 at home in Winnemac Park, Chicago and also scored the first goal in the return leg. The Hurricanes then scored three consecutive goals, including the clinching goal in the 142nd minute.


1956 National Invitation Tournament, Selected teams
Below is a list of the 12 teams selected for the tournament. The top four teams are seeded and receive a bye for the first round.


1956 Nations motorcycle Grand Prix
The 1956 Nations motorcycle Grand Prix was the sixth and final round of the 1956 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 9 September 1956 at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza.


1956 Navy Midshipmen football team
The 1956 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy (USNA) as an independent during the 1956 NCAA University Division football season. The team was led by seventh-year head coach Eddie Erdelatz.


1956 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team
The 1956 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team was the representative of the University of Nebraska and member of the Big 7 Conference in the 1956 NCAA University Division football season. The team was coached by Pete Elliott and played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska.


1956 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Before the season
Nebraska's quest to return to its dominating winning ways was rather far off the track, the last three bright spots on the record books increasingly far into the past. The last season resulting in a convincing win record was 1950, where Nebraska finished 6-2-1. Prior to that, you had to look to the 8-2-0 finish in 1940.


1956 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Before the season
Under this ongoing low period in program history, seven-year coach Bill Glassford had stepped down and was replaced by first-time head coach Pete Elliott, previously the Backfield Coach at Oklahoma, and a former college quarterback who helped lead the 1948 Michigan Wolverines football team to a national championship. With four new assistants on the staff, Elliott set to the task of proving he could run a football team and succeed.


1956 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, South Dakota
Coach Elliott's first game as a head coach went down as a victory as the Cornhuskers had little trouble with South Dakota in Lincoln. It was the seventh straight loss by the Coyotes to Nebraska, and the 14th straight in the series without a South Dakota Victory since their one and only win against the Cornhuskers from 1899.


1956 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Ohio State
In front of one of the larger crowds to watch a Nebraska football game, the Cornhuskers stumbled out of the gate in Columbus and found themselves behind 0-27 by the end of the first half. Nebraska avoided the shutout only by blocking a punt and falling on the ball in the end zone to secure a single touchdown. It was only the second time these teams had met, and the Buckeyes held both victories. Ohio State would go on to finish the season 6-3-0 and ranked #15 by the AP Poll.


1956 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Iowa State
Nebraska's Big 7 season opened with the Cyclones arriving in Lincoln and bringing with them a real battle. As the game was drawing to a close, the Cornhuskers still trailed 6-7 when Nebraska PK George Harshman booted a 24-yard field goal in the final seconds to extract the win. The victory extended Nebraska's winning streak over Iowa State to 11 in a row, as the record now stood at 41-8-1.


1956 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Kansas State
Kansas State arrived in Lincoln as the underdog, and perhaps few expected the Wildcats to put up much of a fight, as the stadium was relatively empty. As expected, just five minutes into the game, Nebraska scored to set the tone of a game that seemed decided before it started. However, if the outcome was foretold, someone failed to tell the Wildcat team, as Kansas State then put up a solid defensive effort to hold off any further Nebraska scores while punching in one of their own. In a turn of fortunes from the previous week, it was a field goal that made the difference and this time handed Nebraska a defeat. Kansas State had far to go to catch up in the series, however, as this win moved them only to 7-31-2 against Nebraska all time.


1956 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Indiana
Nebraska looked to be in form to bounce back from the upset loss to Kansas State the week prior, and made a statement suggesting as much when they jumped out to a 14-0 lead over the Hoosiers. Following that second touchdown, however, the game was all Indiana as the undaunted visitors rolled off an unanswered 19 straight points to hand the Cornhuskers a third loss for the season, leaving them winless in their previous nine attempts against Indiana as they fell to 3-8-3 in the series.


1956 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Colorado
The Cornhuskers were handed their first shutout loss of 1956 by Colorado, whose two touchdowns and safety provided the points to break their two-game losing streak to Nebraska. The win moved the Buffaloes to 6-9-0 over the Cornhuskers all-time, and left Nebraska nursing three straight losses, with just a 1-2 record in conference play so far for the season.


1956 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Missouri
Underdog Nebraska managed to create an exciting finish for the homecoming crowd at Memorial Stadium by staying within a score as time marched on. With Missouri holding onto the lead 14-9 and less than two minutes remaining, the Cornhuskers threw for a touchdown to go up by one point and snatch the victory from the Tigers. Nebraska's series lead remained comfortable at 28-18-3. This victory was the 350th all-time win for the Nebraska football team.


1956 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Kansas
Turning their attention to the homecoming event in Lawrence, Nebraska once again faced an opponent they were not expected to defeat. BY the end of the contest as the Jayhawks filed disappointed from the field on the wrong end of a 20-26 defeat, it may have seemed that coach Elliott had begun to figure out how to manage his football team, and that the season, now 4-4 and 3-2 in the Big 7, might be salvageable. Nebraska's win was the fifth straight in the series, and they improved to 46-13-3 over Kansas overall.


1956 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Baylor
Nebraska fought a fairly even battle against the Bears until into the third quarter, when the line began to falter and allow Baylor to march down the field. The momentum of the game finally turned completely when Baylor returned a punt 91 yards for a score, and the Bears eventually pulled away by 19 points. It was the first time these teams had met since their first matchup in 1939, and the series was now tied at 1-1-0. Baylor went on to finish the season 8-2-0 and ranked #11 by the AP Poll.


1956 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma
The vaunted Oklahoma football powerhouse was Nebraska's final challenge of the year, and the Cornhuskers brought everything they had to bear against the Sooners. Despite their best efforts, Nebraska was fortunate to escape Norman without having suffered a shutout loss thanks to a single touchdown on a five-yard pass. Oklahoma moved to 17-16-3 against Nebraska to date, taking the lead in the series for the first time in the history of the games between these programs dating back to 1912. Oklahoma went on to finish the season undefeated at 10-0-0, Big 7 champions, and AP national champions.


1956 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, After the season
Coach Elliott's first season did not bring any significant change to the fortunes of the program, finishing with a losing season to extend by another year the stretch of relatively unsuccessful campaigns waged by the Cornhuskers since the dawn of the 1940s. At the conclusion of the season, Elliott announced that he had accepted the head coaching position at California, making his first Nebraska season also his last. His California tenure lasted only three years as he compiled a disappointing 10-21 record, and his last two head coaching jobs at Illinois and Miami produced only four winning seasons over nine years.


1956 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, After the season
Nebraska's conference record under Elliott slipped to 146-58-12 (.704) while the overall program record fell to 351-189-34 (.641). Backfield Coach Bill Jennings was subsequently named as Elliott's successor and assumed control over the struggling Cornhusker football program.


1956 Nebraska gubernatorial election
The 1956 Nebraska gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 1956, and featured incumbent Governor Victor E. Anderson, a Republican, defeating Democratic nominee, former state Senator Frank Sorrell, as well as independent George Morris, to win a second two-year term in office.


1956 Nemzeti Bajnokság I, Overview
It was performed by 12 teams. Season did not finish due to the Hungarian Revolution of 1956.


1956 Nevada Wolf Pack football team
The 1956 Nevada Wolf Pack football team represented the University of Nevada during the 1956 NCAA College Division football season. Nevada competed as a member of the Far Western Conference (FWC). The Wolf Pack were led by second-year head coach Gordon McEachron and played their home games at Mackay Stadium.


1956 Nevada Wolf Pack football team, Previous season
The Wolf Pack finished the 1955 season 2–5 and 1–4 in FWC play to finish in fifth place.


1956 New Brunswick general election
The 1956 New Brunswick general election was held on June 18, 1956, to elect 52 members to the 43rd New Brunswick Legislative Assembly, the governing house of the province of New Brunswick, Canada. The incumbent Progressive Conservative government of Hugh John Flemming was re-elected.


1956 New Hampshire Wildcats baseball team
The 1956 New Hampshire Wildcats baseball team represented the University of New Hampshire in the 1956 NCAA baseball season. The Wildcats played their home games at Brackett Field. The team was coached by Hank Swasey in his 11th year as head coach at New Hampshire.


1956 New Hampshire Wildcats baseball team
The Wildcats won the District I to advance to the College World Series, where they were defeated by the Arizona Wildcats.


1956 New Hampshire Wildcats football team
The 1956 New Hampshire Wildcats football team was an American football team that represented the University of New Hampshire as a member of the Yankee Conference during the 1956 college football season. In its eighth year under head coach Chief Boston, the team compiled a 3–4–1 record (2–1–1 against conference opponents) and finished third out of six teams in the Yankee Conference.


1956 New Hampshire gubernatorial election
The 1956 New Hampshire gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 1956. Incumbent Republican Lane Dwinell defeated Democratic nominee John Shaw with 54.73% of the vote.


1956 New Mexico A&M Aggies football team
The 1956 New Mexico A&M Aggies football team was an American football team that represented New Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanical Arts (now known as New Mexico State University) as a member of the Border Conference during the 1956 NCAA University Division football season. In their second year under head coach Tony Cavallo, the Aggies compiled a 1–9 record (0–4 against conference opponents), finished last in the conference, and were outscored by a total of 276 to 131. The team played its home games at Memorial Stadium.


1956 New Mexico Lobos football team
The 1956 New Mexico Lobos football team represented the University of New Mexico in the Skyline Conference during the 1956 NCAA University Division football season. In their first season under head coach Dick Clausen, the Lobos compiled a 4–6 record (2–4 against Skyline opponents), finished in a tie for fifth in the conference, and were outscored by opponents by a total of 205 to 167.


1956 New Mexico Lobos football team
On December 29, 1955, the university announced the hiring of Dick Clausen as the new head football coach. Clausen had been the head coach at Coe College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, from 1948 to 1955.


1956 New Mexico gubernatorial election
The 1956 New Mexico gubernatorial election took place on November 6, 1956, in order to elect the Governor of New Mexico. Incumbent Democrat John F. Simms ran for reelection to a second term.


1956 New Mexico gubernatorial election, Democratic primary
The Democratic primary was won by incumbent governor John F. Simms.


1956 New Mexico gubernatorial election, Republican primary
The Republican primary was won by former governor Edwin L. Mechem.


1956 New South Wales Road Racing Championship for Racing Cars
The 1956 New South Wales Road Racing Championship for Racing Cars was a motor race   held at the Mount Panorama Circuit, Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia on 1 October 1956. It was staged over 26 laps, a total distance of 100 miles (160 km). The race utilised a handicap format with the first car, the MG TF of Barry Topen, scheduled to start 18 minutes and 12 seconds before the last car, the Maserati 250F of Stan Jones. The championship was awarded to the driver setting the fastest time for the event, regardless of handicap result.


1956 New South Wales Road Racing Championship for Racing Cars
The championship was won by Stan Jones driving a Maserati 250F.


1956 New South Wales state election
The 1956 New South Wales state election  was held on 3 March 1956. It was conducted in single member constituencies with compulsory preferential voting and was held on boundaries created at a 1952 redistribution. The election was for all of the 94 seats in the Legislative Assembly.


1956 New South Wales state election, Issues
In March 1956, Labor had been in power for 15 years and Joseph Cahill who had won a landslide victory at the 1953 election had been premier for 4 years. Cahill, who was commonly known as "old smoothie" had been a popular premier and had shown some flair in leadership by announcing a design competition for the Sydney Opera House in September 1955. However, nationally the Labor party was divided on sectarian and ideological grounds. In Victoria, many members of the predominantly Catholic right-wing of the party had left the party and joined the nascent Democratic Labor Party (DLP).


1956 New South Wales state election, Issues
Cahill was desperate to keep the New South Wales branch of the ALP united. He achieved this by controlling the anti-DLP faction led by his ex-minister Clive Evatt (brother of H V Evatt) while at the same time keeping the right-wing faction within the party. Cahill's attempts at unity were assisted by the state's Catholic hierarchy who were less politically involved than their Victorian counterparts under Daniel Mannix. As a result, the effects of this split were not as severe in New South Wales and the DLP did not contest the 1956 state election. However, the split did have a significant effect on the Labor Party's vote and contributed to the loss of the seat of Waratah.


1956 New South Wales state election, Issues
Labor's election promises included making the supply of state housing a top priority, reviving the State Bank which had been under the control of the federal government since 1932 and revitalizing the state's railways including the long delayed Eastern Suburbs line.


1956 New South Wales state election, Issues
The coalition of the Liberal Party and Country Party coalition continued to suffer from leadership issues. Murray Robson had replaced Vernon Treatt as the Liberal Party leader and Leader of the Opposition in August 1954, but had proved inept for the position and was replaced by Pat Morton as leader in September 1955. Morton was a somewhat aloof figure, with a public presence more typical of pre-war conservative politicians, and found it difficult to connect with the public. Michael Bruxner continued as the leader of the Country Party.


1956 New South Wales state election, Issues
The opposition campaigned on the government's broken promises and uncompleted public works as well as resentment against compulsory unionism and the implementation of the Cumberland Plan, which reserved a large area of the Sydney Basin from development. The coalition promised that the state transport system would be run along the lines of private enterprise and cease to be a drain on the state's budget. Bruxner called Cahill's plans a death bed repentance with no incentives for rural development.


1956 New South Wales state election, Results
The result of the election was a clear victory for Labor despite a net loss of 7 seats:


1956 New South Wales state election, Results
The results gave Labor a parliamentary buffer of 3 seats plus the usual support of Tom Armstrong.


1956 New South Wales state election, Results
Labor losses were largely confined to the marginal or usually conservative seats that it had unexpectedly won at the 1953 election including Armidale, Coogee, Drummoyne, Georges River, Parramatta, and Sutherland. Labor regained the seat of Hartley from Independent Labor member Jim Chalmers who unsuccessfully contested Nepean as an independent. The loss of the usually safe seat of Waratah was a shock for Labor and was caused by a number of factors. The popular Labor incumbent Robert Cameron had retired and after a bitter pre-selection battle, Labor endorsed a Tighes Hill butcher, Harry Sheedy.


1956 New South Wales state election, Results
Sheedy was a member of the socialist wing of the party and, at a time when the party was split on sectarian and ideological grounds, was disliked by many among the large and usually Labor voting Catholic population in the electorate. His main opponent and the winner of the seat was the independent, Frank Purdue who was prominent in local Government and the popular Lord Mayor of Newcastle.


1956 New South Wales state election, Seats changing party representation
‡ The seat of Kahibah was won by Independent Labor candidate Tom Armstrong at the 1953 by-election caused by the resignation of Labor's Joshua Arthur


1956 New South Wales state election, Tabulated results
New South Wales state election, 3 March 1956Legislative Assembly << 1953–1959 >>


1956 New South Wales state election, Aftermath
Joe Cahill's triumph at this election ensured that he remained premier during the course of the parliament. Pat Morton remained Leader of the Opposition but Michael Bruxner finally retired as Leader of the New South Wales Country Party, a position he had held since 1932 and was replaced by Davis Hughes in 1958. During the parliament there were 6 by-elections.


1956 New South Wales state election, Aftermath
This led to changes in party representation in Kahibah where the endorsed Labor candidate Jack Stewart won the by-election caused by the death of the Independent Labor incumbent Tom Armstrong and in Wagga Wagga the Liberal's Wal Fife won the by-election caused by the death of the Labor incumbent Eddie Graham. These results effectively reduced the government's majority by 1.


1956 New Year Honours
The New Year Honours 1956 were appointments in many of the Commonwealth realms of Queen Elizabeth II to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries. They were announced on 2 January 1956 to celebrate the year passed and mark the beginning of 1956.


1956 New Year Honours
The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour, and arranged by honour, with classes (Knight, Knight Grand Cross, etc.) and then divisions (Military, Civil, etc.) as appropriate.


1956 New Year Honours, United Kingdom and Commonwealth, Royal Victorian Order, Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO)
At this time the two lowest classes of the Royal Victorian Order were "Member (fourth class)" and "Member (fifth class)", both with post-nominal letters MVO. "Member (fourth class)" was renamed "Lieutenant" (LVO) from the 1985 New Year Honours onwards.


1956 New Year Honours (New Zealand)
The 1956 New Year Honours in New Zealand were appointments by Elizabeth II on the advice of the New Zealand government to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by New Zealanders. The awards celebrated the passing of 1955 and the beginning of 1956, and were announced on 2 January 1956.


1956 New Year Honours (New Zealand)
The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour.


1956 New York Film Critics Circle Awards
The 22nd New York Film Critics Circle Awards, honored the best filmmaking of 1956.


1956 New York Giants (MLB) season
The 1956 New York Giants season was the franchise's 74th season. The team finished in sixth place in the National League with a 67-87 record, 26 games behind the Brooklyn Dodgers.


1956 New York Giants (MLB) season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1956 New York Giants (MLB) season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1956 New York Giants (MLB) season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1956 New York Giants (MLB) season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1956 New York Giants (MLB) season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1956 New York Giants season
The 1956 New York Giants season was the franchise's 32nd season in the National Football League. After finishing with an 8–3–1 record, the Giants won their fourth league title by defeating the Chicago Bears 47–7 in the NFL championship game. It was their first NFL title in eighteen years; the Giants did not win another for thirty more.


1956 New York Giants season, Game Summaries, Standings
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.


1956 New York Yankees season
The 1956 New York Yankees season was the 54th season for the team in New York, and its 56th season overall. The team finished with a record of 97–57, winning their 22nd pennant, finishing 9 games ahead of the Cleveland Indians. New York was managed by Casey Stengel. The Yankees played their home games at Yankee Stadium. In the World Series, they defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers in 7 games. The Series featured the only no-hitter in Series play, a perfect game, delivered by the Yankees' Don Larsen in Game 5.


1956 New York Yankees season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1956 New York Yankees season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1956 New York Yankees season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1956 New York Yankees season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1956 New York Yankees season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1956 New York Yankees season, 1956 World Series
AL New York Yankees (4) vs. NL Brooklyn Dodgers (3)


1956 New Zealand Grand Prix
The 1956 New Zealand Grand Prix was a motor race held at the Ardmore Circuit on 7 January 1956.


1956 New Zealand Māori rugby league tour of Australia
The 1956 New Zealand Māori rugby league tour of Australia was the fourth overseas tour by a Māori rugby league team. The previous three tours were also to Australia. There had been tours in both 1908 and 1909 during the code’s formative years. The third tour occurred in 1922. In the rival code, New Zealand Māori Rugby Union teams had undertaken taken three tours since the conclusion of World War II:— to Fiji in 1948 and 1954, and to Australia in 1949. In Rugby League, Māori teams had played touring teams in 1946, 1949, 1953, 1954 and 1955.


1956 New Zealand Māori rugby league tour of Australia
This Māori tour, which began on August 1, followed a tour by the New Zealand national team which had concluded in early July. Two players, Henry Maxwell and Mauriohooho (Joe) Murray participated in both tours. Simon Yates was on the Māori tour, whilst his brother John Yates had been on the Kiwis tour. The October 1955 issue of the Rugby League News mentioned the prospect of a Māori tour to Australia. The December 1955 issue included a draft itinerary.


1956 New Zealand Māori rugby league tour of Australia, Leadership
The Māori team was managed by Ernie Asher who had been a player on the 1908 and 1909 tours, and Wilf Davies. Travers Hardwick coached the team. Hardwick had toured Australia with the New Zealand national team in 1948 and 1952. The team was captained by Henry Maxwell, with George Turner serving as vice-captain.


1956 New Zealand Māori rugby league tour of Australia, Squad
The Rugby League News published a ,  (Age, Height and Weight) and  of the tourists.