1955–56 Michigan Wolverines men's ice hockey season, Regular season, Denver: December 13 and 14, 1955
The Wolverines returned home for a Tuesday/Wednesday series against the Denver Pioneers on December 13 and 14, 1955. In the Tuesday night game, the teams played to a 3-3 tie before a crowd of 2,500 at the Coliseum in Ann Arbor. Michigan held a 3-1 lead with five minutes left in the game, but the Pioneers scored twice, including a tying goal with 49 second remaining. Neither team scored in the 10-minute overtime period, and the game ended in a tie. Wally Maxwell scored two goals in the game, and Ed Switzer scored one. With the tie, Michigan fell to 1-1-1 in three WIHL games.


1955–56 Michigan Wolverines men's ice hockey season, Regular season, Denver: December 13 and 14, 1955
Michigan won the Wednesday night game by a 6-2 score in front of a crowd of 2,700 at the Coliseum. Defenseman Bob Pitts was the star of the game with two goals and a strong defensive performance. Team captain Bill MacFarland also scored twice. Michigan's remaining goals were scored by Ed Switzer and Tom Rendall. Denver's second goal came on an errant effort by Michigan to clear the zone. A Michigan defender inadvertently passed the puck backward into the net. After the game, Michigan coach Vic Heyliger said, "When these boys want to play hockey, they can really get out there and play. This is what we've been waiting for."


1955–56 Michigan Wolverines men's ice hockey season, Regular season, Ineligible Players
On February 7 the Big Ten ruled that Mike Buchanan and Wally Maxwell were ineligible to play due to having accepted expense money from outside sources while playing in high school. While the ruling ended the college careers of both players, no action was taken against Michigan as the violations occurred prior to either player entering college. Furthermore, Michigan was not required to forfeit any games in which either player had participated (including the 1955 national championship in which Buchanan had played).


1955–56 Michigan Wolverines men's ice hockey season, 1956 NCAA championship
After compiling an 18–2–1 record and winning the Western Intercollegiate Hockey League (WIHL) championship, Michigan was invited to participate in the Frozen Four for the ninth consecutive year. The 1956 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was held at Broadmoor Arena at The Broadmoor, a luxury hotel located in Colorado Springs, Colorado. St. Lawrence University (from Canton, New York) and Boston College were invited from the East and Michigan and Michigan Technological University (from Houghton, Michigan) were invited from the West.


1955–56 Michigan Wolverines men's ice hockey season, 1956 NCAA championship, Semifinal vs. St. Lawrence
On March 16, 1956, the Wolverines faced the St. Lawrence Saints in the opening round. Neither team scored in the first period, as Michigan goalie Lorne Howes made 11 saves and the Wolverines were held to five shots on goal. St. Lawrence took a 1–0 lead with an unassisted goal by McKinnon with less than a minute remaining in the second period. St. Lawrence goalie Whittier had 15 saves in the second period.


1955–56 Michigan Wolverines men's ice hockey season, 1956 NCAA championship, Semifinal vs. St. Lawrence
At the 3:59 mark in the third period, Michigan tied the score at 1–1 as Ed Switzer scored a goal with assists by Neil McDonald and Bob Pitts. Howes made 13 saves in the third period (30 saves in the game), and the third period ended in a tie. In the overtime period, Tom Rendall scored the winning goal at the 1:21 mark with an assist from Don McIntosh.


1955–56 Michigan Wolverines men's ice hockey season, 1956 NCAA championship, Championship vs. Michigan Tech.
On March 17, 1956, the Wolverines faced the Michigan Tech Huskies in the championship game. The Wolverines and Huskies had played four times in the regular season with Michigan winning all four games by a combined score of 21–7. In the championship game, Michigan struck first with a goal by Ed Switzer, assisted by Neil McDonald, only 23 seconds into the game. The period ended with Michigan ahead 4–3. Michigan's remaining goals in the first period were scored by Neil McDonald (assist by Bob Schiller at 9:22), Aubrey (unassisted at 11:04), and Schiller (assist by McDonald at 13:11).


1955–56 Michigan Wolverines men's ice hockey season, 1956 NCAA championship, Championship vs. Michigan Tech.
Michigan goalie Lorne Howes made 19 saves in the first period. In the second period, Michigan Tech took a 5–4 lead, scoring two goals in the opening 7:15. The Wolverines tied the score at 5–5 on a goal by Ed Switzer, assisted by Bernie Hanna at 7:58. Michigan then took the lead, scoring two goals within 11 seconds of the other. Switzer scored at the 14:38 mark (assist by Dick Dunnigan), and Neil McDonald followed with an unassisted goal at 14:49. The third period was scoreless as Howes tallied 19 more saves. Switzer's third goal of the game gave him a hat trick.


1955–56 Michigan Wolverines men's ice hockey season, 1956 NCAA championship, All-Tournament Team
Michigan goalie Lorne Howes, who totaled 46 saves in the championship game, was named the Most Outstanding Player of the Tournament. Michigan players also took five of six first-team spots on the Associated Press All-Tournament Team. The Michigan players so honored were Howes, defensemen Bob Pitts and Bob Schiller, center Tom Rendall, and wing Ed Switzer. Shortly after winning the championship, the members of the Michigan hockey team selected Bob Pitts as captain of the 1956–57 Michigan hockey team.


1955–56 Michigan Wolverines men's ice hockey season, Roster and scoring statistics
Fourteen players received varsity letters for the 1955–56 Michigan hockey team. Those 14 players are listed in bold below. Richard T. Brown received the Manager's "M".


1955–56 Minneapolis Lakers season
The 1955–56 NBA season was the Lakers' eighth season playing in the NBA.


1955–56 Molde FK season
The 1955–56 season was Molde's 8th consecutive year in the second tier of Norwegian football, their fifth in Landsdelsserien.


1955–56 Molde FK season
This season, Molde competed in Landsdelsserien and the 1956 Norwegian Cup.


1955–56 Molde FK season, Season events
On 28 August 1955, Molde opened their new stadium with a 1–0 win against Aalesund. Arne Hemnes scored the first goal in the 34th minute of the game. Approximately 2,500 spectators attended the opening game at Molde Stadion.


1955–56 Molde FK season, Squad
Source:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1955–56 Montenegrin Republic League
The 1955–56 Montenegrin Republic League was 11th season of Montenegrin Republic League. Season began in March 1956 and ended in May same year.


1955–56 Montenegrin Republic League, Season
As nine Montenegrin teams played in 1955-56 edition of Yugoslav First League and Yugoslav Second League, third tier of competition became Competition of Titograd Football Association (Titogradski podsavez). Divided in two groups (Southern and Northern), competition had eight participants. Among them, for the first and only time was one team from non-Montenegrin territory, GOŠK Dubrovnik (SR Croatia). Because of that, results of GOŠK Dubrovnik are not included in the final table or in the all-time scores list of Montenegrin Republic League.


1955–56 Montenegrin Republic League, Season, Southern group
Title winner in Southern group was Bokelj, who was undefeated after six weeks.


1955–56 Montenegrin Republic League, Season, Northern group
Title winner in Northern group was Iskra, who was undefeated after six weeks.


1955–56 Montenegrin Republic League, Season, Final table
Winner of the season was Bokelj, who had one point more than Iskra. In final classification is not included score of GOŠK Dubrovnik.


1955–56 Montenegrin Republic League, Higher leagues
On season 1955–56, nine Montenegrin teams played in higher leagues of SFR Yugoslavia. Budućnost was a member of 1955–56 Yugoslav First League, while Sutjeska, Lovćen, Arsenal, Radnički Nikšić, Mladost Titograd, Radnički Ivangrad, Jedinstvo Bijelo Polje and Jedinstvo Herceg Novi played in 1955–56 Yugoslav Second League.


1955–56 Montreal Canadiens season
The 1955–56 Montreal Canadiens season was the team's 47th season of play. The Canadiens placed first in the regular season standings (with their 45 wins setting an NHL record) and won the Stanley Cup for the eighth time in the club's history.


1955–56 Montreal Canadiens season, Playoffs, Stanley Cup Finals
This was the first Finals for Henri Richard and Toe Blake's first Finals as coach. The Canadiens faced the Detroit Red Wings for the fourth time in five years, having lost in 1952, 1954, and 1955. This year, they won in five games.


1955–56 NBA season
The 1955–56 NBA season was the 10th season of the National Basketball Association. The season ended with the Philadelphia Warriors winning the NBA Championship, beating the Fort Wayne Pistons 4 games to 1 in the NBA Finals.


1955–56 NBA season, Playoffs
Bold Series winnerItalic Team with home-court advantage in NBA Finals


1955–56 NBA season, Statistics leaders
Note: Prior to the 1969–70 season, league leaders in points, rebounds, and assists were determined by totals rather than averages.


1955–56 NCAA men's basketball rankings
The 1955–56 NCAA men's basketball rankings was made up of two human polls, the AP Poll and the Coaches Poll.


1955–56 NCAA men's basketball season
The 1955–56 NCAA men's basketball season began in December 1955, progressed through the regular season and conference tournaments, and concluded with the 1956 NCAA Basketball Tournament Championship Game on March 24, 1956, at McGaw Hall in Evanston, Illinois. The San Francisco Dons won their second NCAA national championship with an 83–71 victory over the Iowa Hawkeyes.


1955–56 NCAA men's basketball season, Rule changes
The two-shot free-throw penalty for a foul committed in the last three minutes of a game was eliminated. The "one-and-one" free throw, in which a player shoots a second free throw only if he makes his first, went into effect for the entire game.


1955–56 NCAA men's basketball season, Season outlook, Pre-season polls
The top 20 from the AP Poll during the pre-season.


1955–56 NCAA men's basketball season, Post-Season Tournaments, NCAA Tournament
Coach Phil Woolpert and his star Bill Russell successfully guided San Francisco to its second consecutive championship, capping an undefeated season. The Dons became the first team in college basketball history to go undefeated and win the NCAA tournament. Temple's Hal Lear was named tournament Most Outstanding Player.


1955–56 NCAA men's basketball season, Post-Season Tournaments, National Invitation Tournament
Louisville won its first NIT title, defeating Dayton 83–80. Louisville's Charlie Tyra won MVP honors


1955–56 NCAA men's basketball season, Coaching changes
A number of teams changed coaches during the season and after it ended.


1955–56 NCAA men's ice hockey season
The 1955–56 NCAA men's ice hockey season began in November 1955 and concluded with the 1956 NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament's championship game on March 17, 1956 at the Broadmoor Ice Palace in Colorado Springs, Colorado. This was the 9th season in which an NCAA ice hockey championship was held and is the 61st year overall where an NCAA school fielded a team.


1955–56 NCAA men's ice hockey season
Clarkson completed the first undefeated season, going 23-0, since the inception of the NCAA tournament. As of 2016 only Cornell (in 1970) has been able to accomplish the same feat.


1955–56 NCAA men's ice hockey season, Regular season, Standings
When teams met each other four times, one point was awarded for a win, one-half point for a tie. Maximum of 24 points available.


1955–56 NCAA men's ice hockey season, Player stats, Scoring leaders
The following players led the league in points at the conclusion of the season.


1955–56 NCAA men's ice hockey season, Player stats, Scoring leaders
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes


1955–56 NCAA men's ice hockey season, Player stats, Leading goaltenders
The following goaltenders led the league in goals against average at the end of the regular season while playing at least 33% of their team's total minutes.


1955–56 NCAA men's ice hockey season, Player stats, Leading goaltenders
GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime/shootout losses; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average


1955–56 NHL season
The 1955–56 NHL season was the 39th season of the National Hockey League. Six teams each played 70 games. The Montreal Canadiens were the Stanley Cup champions as they beat the Detroit Red Wings four games to one in the best-of-seven final series.


1955–56 NHL season, League business
At a governors' meeting in December, a discussion took place concerning the uniforms worn by officials. It was contended that the present orange and black uniforms were confusing to players and fans, particularly when red uniforms are worn by either of the participating teams. Furthermore, it was pointed out that the existing uniforms showed up black on television. It was unanimously agreed that officials' uniforms should be changed to black and white vertical stripes. The black and white uniforms were first worn on December 29, 1955.


1955–56 NHL season, League business
With Montreal frequently racking up two or three goals on any one power play, NHL President Clarence Campbell said he'd like the penalty rule revised to a penalized player returning to the ice when a power play goal is scored on a minor penalty. The Canadiens were the lone club to vote against the new legislation.


1955–56 NHL season, Regular season
The streak of seven straight seasons at the top of the NHL held by the Detroit Red Wings' dynasty came to an end as the Montreal Canadiens were tops. The Canadiens set a new record for wins in a season with 45. The Canadiens had a new coach, their one-time great former All-Star left-winger, Hector "Toe" Blake.


1955–56 NHL season, Regular season
Dick Irvin, formerly the coach in Montreal, whom Habs' GM Frank Selke Sr. found a little truculent, took over as coach in Chicago, but could not get them out of the cellar, though they did improve. It was sort of a homecoming for Irvin as he started his coaching career with Chicago in 1930.


1955–56 NHL season, Regular season, Highlights
When the Hawks went to the Montreal Forum on October 22, Irvin was presented with a set of silver flatware by William Northey, representing the Canadian Arena Company. In the game itself, rookie Henri Richard scored two goals as Montreal shut out Chicago 6–0.


1955–56 NHL season, Regular season, Highlights
On November 5, Jean Beliveau scored three goals in 44 seconds as Montreal beat Boston 4–3. The record for fastest hat trick still was held by Bill Mosienko with three goals in 21 seconds.


1955–56 NHL season, Regular season, Highlights
On December 29, officials debut the new "zebra" outfits in a game between the Canadiens and Maple Leafs.


1955–56 NHL season, Regular season, Highlights
On January 11, a crowd of 15,570 delighted fans at Madison Square Garden watched the Rangers trounce the Canadiens 6–1. Pete Conacher was a star for the Rangers with two goals. Lou Fontinato and Maurice Richard had a gala fight and Fontinato knocked out Richard with a punch that required several stitches above Richard's eye.


1955–56 NHL season, Regular season, Highlights
Montreal routed the Rangers 9–4 on February 18 as Beliveau had the hat trick and Richard two. The Rocket was incensed when referee Louis Maschio gave his brother a misconduct penalty and his teammates had to cool him off.


1955–56 NHL season, Regular season, Highlights
Beliveau set a record for goals by a center when he scored his 45th goal on March 15. Maurice Richard was hurt in this game when he fell over Hawk defenceman Pierre Pilote's skate and went headlong into the goal. He required stitches and was taken to hospital for X-rays. The Rocket was back in the lineup on St. Patrick's Day as the Canadiens trounced the Rangers 7–2 and Richard had the hat trick.


1955–56 NHL season, Regular season, Highlights
Rookie Glenn Hall had a fabulous year with 12 shutouts and a 2.11 goals against average for the ever-powerful Detroit Red Wings. He received the Calder Memorial Trophy over Henri "Pocket Rocket" Richard.


1955–56 NHL season, Player statistics, Scoring leaders
Note: GP = Games played, G = Goals, A = Assists, PTS = Points, PIM = Penalties in minutes


1955–56 NHL season, Player statistics, Leading goaltenders
Note: GP = Games played; Min – Minutes Played; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; SO = Shutouts


1955–56 NHL season, Debuts
The following is a list of players of note who played their first NHL game in 1955–56 (listed with their first team, asterisk(*) marks debut in playoffs):


1955–56 NHL season, Last games
The following is a list of players of note that played their last game in the NHL in 1955–56 (listed with their last team):


1955–56 National Football League (Ireland)
The 1955–56 National Football League was the 25th staging of the National Football League (NFL), an annual Gaelic football tournament for the Gaelic Athletic Association county teams of Ireland.


1955–56 National Hurling League
The 1955–56 National Hurling League was the 25th season of the National Hurling League.


1955–56 National Hurling League, New structure
As a result of a lack of interest from defeated first-round hurling teams in recent years, the GAA's Central Council introduced a new system of relegation and promotion for the 1955-56 league. Division 1 was confined to ten teams comprising two groups of five. The bottom-placed team in each group would play off to decide which of the two teams would be relegated. Division 2 was made up of eight teams comprising two groups of four. The first-placed teams in each group contested the final with the winners being promoted.


1955–56 National Hurling League, Division 1
Tipperary came into the season as defending champions of the 1954-55 season.


1955–56 National Hurling League, Division 1
On 6 May 1956, Wexford won the title after a 5–9 to 2–14 win over Tipperary in the final. It was their first ever league title.


1955–56 National Hurling League, Division 2
In a new departure the Gaelic Athletic Association introduced a second division for the 'second tier' hurling teams. Division 2 featured eight teams divided into two groups - 2A and 2B. The first group featured Down, Meath, Antrim and Wicklow. The second group featured Offaly, Roscommon, Kerry and Laois. Antrim finished top of group 2A and were crowned champions after defeating group 2B winners Kerry in the final. Antrim thus won promotion to division one for the following year.


1955–56 Nationalliga A, Overview
It was contested by 14 teams, and Grasshopper Club Zürich won the championship.


1955–56 Nationalliga A season
The 1955–56 Nationalliga A season was the 18th season of the Nationalliga A, the top level of ice hockey in Switzerland. Eight teams participated in the league, and EHC Arosa won the championship.


1955–56 Netherlands Football League Championship
The Netherlands Football League Championship 1955–1956 was contested by 36 teams participating in two divisions. The national champion would be determined by a play-off featuring the two best placed teams in both divisions of the Netherlands. Rapid JC won this year's championship by beating NAC, Elinkwijk and Sparta Rotterdam.


1955–56 New York Knicks season
The 1955–56 New York Knicks season was the tenth season for the team in the National Basketball Association (NBA). In the regular season, the Knicks finished with a 35–37 record and tied for third place in the Eastern Division with the Syracuse Nationals. New York lost to the Nationals in a one-game playoff for a berth in the Eastern Division Semifinals.


1955–56 New York Knicks season, NBA Draft
Note: This is not an extensive list; it only covers the first and second rounds, and any other players picked by the franchise that played at least one game in the league.


1955–56 New York Rangers season
The 1955–56 New York Rangers season was the 30th season for the team in the National Hockey League. In the regular season, the Rangers finished third overall in the league with a 32–28–10 record. New York qualified for the Stanley Cup playoffs, where they lost to the Montreal Canadiens 4–1 in a best of seven games series.


1955–56 New York Rangers season, Player statistics
†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Rangers. Stats reflect time with Rangers only. ‡Traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with Rangers only.


1955–56 New Zealand rugby tour of Great Britain and France
The 1955–1956 New Zealand rugby tour of Great Britain and France was a tour by the New Zealand national rugby league team. New Zealand lost both test series 1-2.


1955–56 New Zealand rugby tour of Great Britain and France, Squad
The team was coached by Harold Tetley and managed by Colin Siddle. Cliff Johnson was originally selected but withdrew and was replaced by Maxwell.


1955–56 New Zealand rugby tour of Great Britain and France, Squad
Vern Bakalich scored a then record twenty six tries while on tour.


1955–56 New Zealand rugby tour of Great Britain and France, Squad
Match Results and Players' Records (appearances, tries and goals) were printed in the 1956 edition of the Sydney-based publication, E.E. Christensen's Official Rugby League Yearbook.


1955–56 New Zealand rugby tour of Great Britain and France, Fixtures
A full list of fixtures is available at the  website.


1955–56 New Zealand rugby tour of Great Britain and France, Fixtures
The Kiwis were so ravaged by injuries that they only had twelve fully fit players available for the final Test against France.


1955–56 Newport County A.F.C. season
The 1955–56 season was Newport County's 28th season in the Football League and ninth consecutive season in the Third Division South since relegation from the Second Division at the end of the 1946–47 season.


1955–56 Newport County A.F.C. season, League table
P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average; Pts = Points


1955–56 Northern Football League
The 1955–56 Northern Football League season was the 58th in the history of the Northern Football League, a football competition in Northern England.


1955–56 Northern Football League, Clubs
The league featured 14 clubs which competed in the last season, no new clubs joined the league this season.


1955–56 Northern Rugby Football League season
The 1955–56 Rugby Football League season was the leagues's 61st season.


1955–56 Northern Rugby Football League season, Season summary
Belle Vue Rangers dropped out of the competition shortly before the start of the season. There was no time to reschedule and so percentages were used.


1955–56 Northern Rugby Football League season, Season summary
In 1955-56 Wigan took part in the Independent Television Association Trophy. This was a series of televised floodlit matches played in London and shown on the newly launched ITV. It only lasted one year but the idea would be picked up again by the BBC in 1965.


1955–56 Northern Rugby Football League season, Season summary
ITV Floodlit Competition winners were Warrington who beat Leigh 43-18 in the final.


1955–56 Northern Rugby Football League season, Season summary
Hull F.C. won their fourth Rugby Football League Championship when they beat Halifax 10-9 in the play-off final. Warrington had finished the regular season as league leaders.


1955–56 Northern Rugby Football League season, Season summary
The Challenge Cup winners were St. Helens who beat Halifax 13-2 in the final.


1955–56 Northern Rugby Football League season, Season summary
Warrington won the Lancashire League, and Halifax won the Yorkshire League. Leigh beat Widnes 26–9 to win the Lancashire County Cup, and Halifax beat Hull F.C. 10–10 (replay 7–0) to win the Yorkshire County Cup.


1955–56 Northern Rugby Football League season, Challenge Cup
In the Challenge Cup tournament's final St. Helens faced Halifax. Played on 28 April 1956 at Wembley Stadium in front of a crowd of 79,341, St Helens won 13-2. This was Saints' first Challenge Cup final win in five Final appearances. Alan Prescott, their prop forward was awarded the Lance Todd Trophy for man-of-the-match.


1955–56 Northern Rugby Football League season, Challenge Cup
The St Helens team was greeted enthusiastically upon their return to the North. After detraining at Liverpool the team's open-top coach ride to St Helens attracted an estimated 100,000 people despite pouring rain.


1955–56 Northern Rugby Football League season, European Championship
This was the fifteenth European Championship and was won for the second time by the Other Nationalities.


1955–56 Norwegian 1. Divisjon season
The 1955–56 Norwegian 1. Divisjon season was the 17th season of ice hockey in Norway. Eight teams participated in the league, and Gamlebyen won the championship.


1955–56 Norwegian Main League
The 1955–1956 Hovedserien was the 12th completed season of top division football in Norway.


1955–56 Norwegian Main League, Overview
It was contested by 16 teams, and Larvik Turn won the championship, their third league title.


1955–56 OB I bajnoksag season
The 1955–56 OB I bajnokság season was the 19th season of the OB I bajnokság, the top level of ice hockey in Hungary. Six teams participated in the league, and Kinizsi SE Budapest won the championship.


1955–56 Oberliga
The 1955–56 Oberliga  was the eleventh season of the Oberliga, the first tier of the football league system in West Germany and the Saar Protectorate. The league operated in five regional divisions, Berlin, North, South, Southwest and West. The five league champions and the runners-up from the west, south, southwest and north then entered the 1956 German football championship which was won by Borussia Dortmund. It was Borussia Dortmund's first-ever national championship and second appearance in the championship final, having previously lost to VfR Mannheim in 1949.


1955–56 Oberliga
A similar-named league, the DDR-Oberliga, existed in East Germany, set at the first tier of the East German football league system. The 1956 DDR-Oberliga was won by SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt.


1955–56 Oberliga, Oberliga Nord
The 1955–56 season saw two new clubs in the league, VfR Neumünster and Eintracht Nordhorn, both promoted from the Amateurliga. The league's top scorer was Uwe Seeler of Hamburger SV with 32 goals, the highest total for any scorer in the five Oberligas in 1955–56.


1955–56 Oberliga, Oberliga Berlin
The 1955–56 season saw two new clubs in the league, Tasmania 1900 Berlin and Hertha Zehlendorf, both promoted from the Amateurliga Berlin. The league's top scorer was Manfred Dommasch of Hertha Zehlendorf with 18 goals.


1955–56 Oberliga, Oberliga West
The 1955–56 season saw two new clubs in the league, Sportfreunde Hamborn and Wuppertaler SV, both promoted from the 2. Oberliga West. The league's top scorer was Alfred Niepieklo of Borussia Dortmund with 24 goals.


1955–56 Oberliga, Oberliga Südwest
The 1955–56 season saw two new clubs in the league, FV Speyer and Sportfreunde Saarbrücken, both promoted from the 2. Oberliga Südwest. The league's top scorer was Horst Schmutzler of TuS Neuendorf with 30 goals.


1955–56 Oberliga, Oberliga Süd
The 1955–56 season saw two new clubs in the league, TSV 1860 München and Viktoria Aschaffenburg, both promoted from the 2. Oberliga Süd. The league's top scorer was Ernst-Otto Meyer of VfR Mannheim with 30 goals, six less than the previous season when he also finished as the league's top scorer.


1955–56 Oberliga, German championship
The 1956 German football championship was contested by the nine qualified Oberliga teams and won by Borussia Dortmund, defeating Karlsruher SC in the final. The runners-up of the Oberligas, except Berlin, played pre-qualifying matches to determine which three of the four would go on to the group stage. The remaining eight clubs then played a home-and-away round of matches in two groups of four. The two group winners then advanced to the final.


1955–56 Oberliga (ice hockey) season
The 1955-56 Oberliga season was the eighth season of the Oberliga, the top level of ice hockey in Germany. Eight teams participated in the league, and EV Füssen won the championship.


1955–56 Oklahoma City Chiefs men's basketball team
The 1955–56 Oklahoma City Chiefs men's basketball team represented Oklahoma City University in the 1955–56 NCAA men's basketball season as an independent. They finished the season 20–7 overall record, and made it to the Elite Eight of the 1956 NCAA Basketball Tournament. They were coached by Abe Lemons in his first season as head coach of the Chiefs. They played their home games at the Municipal Auditorium in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.


1955–56 Panhellenic Championship
The 1955–56 Panhellenic Championship was the 20th season of the highest football league of Greece and an exceptional interesting championship, since 5 out of the 6 teams were challenging for the title until the final fixture, while Aris was left behind from the beginning. In the end Olympiacos won their 12th championship (3 consecutive) although he started with 4 consecutive draws. Before the final stage , in that year, they were two qualification stages. Initially from the groups of the "founding" associations the results were as follows:


1955–56 Panhellenic Championship
Subsequently, 3 new groups were created with geographical criteria where a total of 14 teams participated. The 7 came from the 3 founding associations and the other 7 came from the winners of the regional championships of the same number. Finally, the teams that participated in the final phase of the championship resulted as follows:


1955–56 Panhellenic Championship
The point system was: Win: 3 points - Draw: 2 points - Loss: 1 point.


1955–56 Philadelphia Warriors season
The 1955–56 Philadelphia Warriors season George Senesky took over for Eddie Gottlieb as coach, the Warriors had a strong start by winning 12 of their first 16 games. Paul Arizin and Neil Johnston were among the league's scoring leaders as the Warriors won the Eastern Division with a 45–27 record. The addition of rookie Tom Gola made the difference. In his first season Gola averaged 9.1 rebounds and 5.9 assists per game. In the Eastern Division Finals the Warriors beat the Syracuse Nationals in 5 games. In the NBA Finals, the Warriors won their 2nd Championship by beating the Fort Wayne Pistons 4 games to 1.


1955–56 Polska Liga Hokejowa season
The 1955–56 Polska Liga Hokejowa season was the 21st season of the Polska Liga Hokejowa, the top level of ice hockey in Poland. Eight teams participated in the league, and Legia Warszawa won the championship.


1955–56 Polska Liga Hokejowa season, Regular season
The league's top scorer was Hilary Skarżyński of Gornik Katowice with 28 goals.


1955–56 Port Vale F.C. season
The 1955–56 season was Port Vale's 44th season of football in the English Football League, and their second successive season (thirty-first overall) in the Second Division. Gaining ten points on their previous season's total, the club progressed well, achieving their best finish since 1933–34. Finishing one place above rivals Stoke City, it was the first time they outperformed Stoke since 1930–31. Part of the promotion-chasing pack at the season's end, they tailed off with four points from six games as Leeds United finished strongly to end up second. Vale's season was built on the defensive strength of the legendary 1953–54 season, along with record-signing England international Eddie Baily.


1955–56 Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, Second Division
The pre-season saw Stan Turner and Ken Griffiths undergo operations, keeping them out of action for the start of the campaign.


1955–56 Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, Second Division
The season began with just one loss in the opening eleven games, including victories at Upton Park and Craven Cottage, and a 1–0 home win over rivals Stoke City in front of a crowd of 37,261. Nevertheless, injuries began to affect the first eleven, leaving room for reserves like Derek Mountford, Stan Smith, and Tom Conway to make an impression. The 'Steele Curtain' defence was still in operation, picking up five clean sheets in these eleven games.


1955–56 Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, Second Division
Journalist Bernard Jones compared 'the Vale Plan' to the Brazilian method of defence, defending the penalty area at all costs as that was from where 95% of all goals were scored. However manager Freddie Steele responded by claiming there was no such plan, and that the main objective was simply 'to beat the opposition'. On 22 October, Sheffield Wednesday went away from Vale Park with a 1–0 win, this was followed with a 4–1 defeat at Filbert Street.


1955–56 Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, Second Division
Steele began to initiate a modern pre-match ritual of having the players warm up in their tracksuits fifteen minutes before kick-off, though on 12 November this did them no favours at Ewood Park, as Blackburn Rovers romped to a 7–1 victory. Steele made eight changes following the defeat, which made little difference as Vale extended their run without a win to nine games. This left them in fifteenth place by mid-December, with a host of players out with injuries.


1955–56 Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, Second Division
Cyril Done's return to match fitness was marked with a 2–1 win at the Memorial Stadium, beginning a sequence of one defeat in ten games. This left them in seventh place by February, in with a shot of promotion. In January, Eddie Baily was signed from Tottenham Hotspur for a club-record £7,000. Signing an inside-forward who was part of England's 1950 FIFA World Cup squad was a sign of the club's ambitions for top-flight football. Outclassed by Wednesday on 3 March, they lost 4–0 at Hillsborough, but followed this with wins over Blackburn Rovers and Bristol City.


1955–56 Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, Second Division
On 31 March they came to a 'hard-fought' 1–1 draw at Stoke's Victoria Ground, which left the "Valiants" in fifth place, level on points with second-placed Liverpool. In with a great chance of promotion by April, defeats at home to Nottingham Forest and Leicester City, and a 4–1 beating at Anfield ruined their chances. Harry Poole made his debut on the last day of the season, as Vale recorded a 3–2 win over Middlesbrough.


1955–56 Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, Second Division
They finished in twelfth position with 45 points, one point and one position above rivals Stoke. The Steele Curtain boasted the best defensive record in the division, though only the bottom five scored fewer goals.


1955–56 Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, Finances
On the financial side, a loss was made of £4,974, blamed upon a 'crippling burden' of £12,422 in entertainment tax. Home attendances were down by around 2,000 a game to 18,985, leaving gate receipts at £60,784. Steele retained thirty professionals, releasing Albert Mullard and Ray Hancock (Northwich Victoria), and Tom Conway (Leek Town).


1955–56 Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, Cup competitions
In the FA Cup, Vale narrowly defeated Third Division South Walsall 1–0 at Fellows Park to win a Fourth Round tie with First Division Everton. A crowd of 44,278 saw 'a match that had everything', as the "Toffees" escaped with a 3–2 victory, Vale having had two goals disallowed.


1955–56 Primeira Divisão, Overview
It was contested by 14 teams, and F.C. Porto won the championship.


1955–56 Purdue Boilermakers men's golf team
The 1955–56 Purdue Boilermakers men's golf team represented Purdue University. The head coach was Sam Voinoff, then in his seventh season with the Boilermakers. The team was a member of the Big Ten Conference. They won the Big Ten Conference championship and finished in a tie for second at the NCAA championships with North Texas. The co-captains of the team were Ed McCallum and Wayne Etherton.


1955–56 Rangers F.C. season
The 1955–56 season was the 76th season of competitive football by Rangers.


1955–56 Rangers F.C. season, Overview
Rangers played a total of 46 competitive matches during the 1955–56 season.


1955–56 Ranji Trophy
The 1955–56 Ranji Trophy was the 22nd season of the Ranji Trophy. Bombay won the title defeating Bengal in the final.


1955–56 Ranji Trophy, Zonal Matches, North Zone
(T) - Advanced to next round by spin of coin.


1955–56 Real Madrid CF season
The 1955–56 season was Real Madrid Club de Fútbol's 53rd season in existence and the club's 25th consecutive season in the top flight of Spanish football.


1955–56 Real Madrid CF season, Summary
The season is best remembered thanks to the first European Cup clinched ever defeating Raymond Kopa and Just Fontaine's Stade de Reims in an exciting Final with a 4–3 score.


1955–56 Real Madrid CF season, Summary
The team could reach the semi-finals of Copa del Generalísimo and finished third in League 10 points behind champion Athletic Bilbao a record 81 goals scored.


1955–56 Real Madrid CF season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1955–56 Rheinlandliga
The 1955–56 Rheinlandliga was the fourth season of the highest amateur class of the Rhineland Football Association under the name of 1. Amateurliga Rheinland. It was a predecessor of today's Rheinlandliga.


1955–56 Rheinlandliga
The 1. Amateurliga was below II. Division Southwest until 1963 and therefore the third-class in the hierarchy. In the seasons 1956–57 to 1962–63 the league was played in two divisions (East and West). The two division champions played to determine the Rhineland champion. With the introduction of the regional league Southwest as second highest class, starting in the 1963–64 season, the Amateur league Rheinland was again combined into one division.


1955–56 Rheinlandliga
Beginning in the 1974–75 season, the league played a role as a sub-team to the newly introduced 2. Bundesliga, where the Rhineland champion played in a relegation against the champion of the Verbandsliga Südwest and the Saarlandliga, for a position in the south divisions of the 2. Bundesliga. Starting from the 1978–79 season, the Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar was introduced as the highest amateur class and this class was renamed to the "Verbandsliga Rheinland" and since then only fourth class.


1955–56 Rheinlandliga, Results
Rhineland champion was SV Niederlahnstein, who rose through a second-place finish in the relegation round to the II. Division Southwest. As a Rhineland representative, Niederlahnstein also participated in the German football amateur championship 1956 and lost in the elimination game against Berlin's representative BFC Südring with 1–2. Sportfreunde Daaden and TuS Konz had to move down to the 2. Amateur League after this season. For the following season 1956–57, which was played with two divisions, FC Bitburg, Fortuna Kottenheim, Fortuna Saarburg, Germania Metternich, SC Moselweiss, SC Eitelborn, SG Betzdorf, Sportfreunde Herdorf, SV Trier-West, TuS Diez, and TuS Mayen moved up from the 2. Amateur League.


1955–56 Rochdale A.F.C. season
The 1955–56 season saw Rochdale compete for their 28th season in the Football League Third Division North.


1955–56 Rochester Royals season
The 1955–56 NBA season was the Royals eighth season in the NBA.


1955–56 Romanian Hockey League season
The 1955–56 Romanian Hockey League season was the 26th season of the Romanian Hockey League. Four teams participated in the league, and CCA Bucuresti won the championship.


1955–56 Rugby Union County Championship
The 1955–56 Rugby Union County Championship was the 56th edition of England's premier rugby union club competition at the time.


1955–56 Rugby Union County Championship
Middlesex won the competition for the fourth time after defeating Devon in the final.


1955–56 SK Rapid Wien season
The 1955–56 SK Rapid Wien season was the 58th season in club history.


1955–56 SM-sarja season
The 1955–56 SM-sarja season was the 25th season of the SM-sarja, the top level of ice hockey in Finland. 10 teams participated in the league, and TPS Turku won the championship.


1955–56 San Francisco Dons men's basketball team
The 1955–56 San Francisco Dons men's basketball team represented the University of San Francisco as a member of the California Basketball Association during the 1955–56 NCAA men's basketball season. The Dons ended the season undefeated, becoming the first NCAA tournament champion to record a perfect season and the first team to go wire-to-wire as No. 1 in the AP and UP polls. San Francisco finished the season with a 29–0 record (14–0 CBA) and had won 55 consecutive games.


1955–56 San Francisco Dons men's basketball team, Season summary
San Francisco won two straight NCAA titles behind a punishing defense led by Bill Russell, who turned shot blocking into an art form. He was also better scorer than history gives him credit for, averaging more than 20 points in both championship seasons. In 1956, Russell had support from guard K.C. Jones and a balanced lineup; besides Russell, five other players averaged between 7.1 and 9.8 points per game.


1955–56 Scottish Cup
The 1955–56 Scottish Cup was the 71st staging of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. The Cup was won by Heart of Midlothian who defeated Celtic in the final. The final was a repeat of the 1907 final and was Hearts' first appearance in the final since that date.


1955–56 Scottish Division One
The 1955–56 Scottish Division One was won by Rangers by six points over nearest rival Aberdeen. Clyde and Stirling Albion finished 17th and 18th respectively and were relegated to the 1956–57 Scottish Division Two.


1955–56 Scottish Division One, League reconstruction
Following league reconstruction, League Division One (known until then as Division A) was expanded from 16 to 18 teams this season with Airdrieonians and Dunfermline Athletic being promoted from the previous season with all Division A teams staying up.


1955–56 Scottish Division Two
The 1955–56 Scottish Division Two was won by Queen's Park who, along with second placed Ayr United, were promoted to Division One. Montrose finished bottom.


1955–56 Scottish Division Two
In the summer of 1955, the Scottish League expanded from 32 clubs to 37 clubs. The five new teams from the Scottish Division C were: Berwick Rangers, Dumbarton, East Stirlingshire, Montrose and Stranraer (Division C was disbanded, with most of its members, which were reserve teams, moving to a separate Scottish (Reserve) League).


1955–56 Scottish Inter-District Championship
The 1955–56 Scottish Inter-District Championship was a  rugby union competition for Scotland's district teams.


1955–56 Scottish Inter-District Championship
Glasgow District won the competition with two wins and a draw.


1955–56 Scottish League Cup
The 1955–56 Scottish League Cup was the tenth season of Scotland's second football knockout competition. The competition was won Aberdeen, who defeated St Mirren in the Final.


1955–56 Segunda División
The 1955–56 Segunda División season was the 25th since its establishment and was played between 10 September 1955 and 22 April 1956.


1955–56 Segunda División, Overview before the season
32 teams joined the league, including two relegated from the 1954–55 La Liga and 4 promoted from the 1954–55 Tercera División.


1955–56 Serie B
The Serie B 1955–56 was the twenty-fourth tournament of this competition played in Italy since its creation.


1955–56 Serie B, Teams
Bari and Livorno had been promoted from Serie C, while Udinese and Catania had been relegated from Serie A.


1955–56 Serie C
The 1955–56 Serie C was the eighteenth edition of Serie C, the third highest league in the Italian football league system.


1955–56 Sheffield Shield season
The 1955–56 Sheffield Shield season was the 54th season of the Sheffield Shield, the domestic first-class cricket competition of Australia. New South Wales won the championship for the third consecutive year.


1955–56 Southern Football League
The 1955–56 Southern Football League season was the 53rd in the history of the league, an English football competition.


1955–56 Southern Football League
No new clubs had joined the league for this season so the league consisted of 22 clubs from previous season. Guildford City were champions, winning their first Southern League title. Seven Southern League clubs applied to join the Football League at the end of the season, but none were successful.


1955–56 Southern Football League, Football League elections
Seven Southern League clubs applied for election to the Football League. However, none were successful as all four League clubs were re-elected.


1955–56 Soviet Cup (ice hockey)
The 1955–56 Soviet Cup was the sixth edition of the Soviet Cup ice hockey tournament. 46 teams participated in the tournament, which was won by CSK MO Moscow for the third consecutive season.


1955–56 Soviet League season
The 1955–56 Soviet Championship League season was the 10th season of the Soviet Championship League, the top level of ice hockey in the Soviet Union. Fifteen teams participated in the league, and CSK MO Moscow won the championship.


1955–56 Spartan League
The 1955–56 Spartan League season was the 38th in the history of Spartan League. The league consisted of 15 teams.


1955–56 Spartan League, League table
The division featured 15 teams, 14 from last season and 1 new team:


1955–56 St. Francis Terriers men's basketball team
The 1955–1956 St. Francis Terriers men's basketball team represented St. Francis College during the 1955–56 NCAA men's basketball season. The team was coached by Daniel Lynch, who was in his eighth year at the helm of the St. Francis Terriers. The team was a member of the Metropolitan New York Conference  and played their home games at the II Corps Artillery Armory in Park Slope, Brooklyn.


1955–56 St. Francis Terriers men's basketball team
The Terriers were led by Al Innis, Dan Mannix, Walt Adamushko, and Tony D'Elia in the 1955–56 season and were ranked as high as 13th nationally. The team at one point won 18 straight games and upset Niagara to reach the NIT Semi-Finals, before falling to Dayton. Also of note, Al Inniss set the St. Francis single-game rebounding record with 37 against Lafayette in the First Round of the National Invitational Tournament.


1955–56 St. Francis Terriers men's basketball team, 1956 National Invitation Tournament
Below is the 1956 National Invitation Tournament bracket. Only four of the twelve participating schools were seeded (Dayton-1, Louisville-2, Saint Joseph's-3, Niagara-4) and they received a bye in the first round. St. Francis was the only team to participate in the semifinals that was not seeded.


1955–56 St. Francis Terriers men's basketball team, NBA Draft
At the end of the season Dan Mannix was selected with the 63rd overall pick by the Rochester Royals.


1955–56 St. Louis Hawks season
The 1955–56 St. Louis Hawks season was the 10th season for the franchise. After 4 last-place seasons in Milwaukee, the Hawks relocated to St. Louis. The city had once been home to the St. Louis Bombers, an early BAA franchise that folded in 1950. The Hawks were on the verge of becoming one of the top teams in the NBA, led by second year forward Bob Pettit, who would earn the very first MVP award in NBA history. The Hawks would finish in third place with a 33–39 record.


1955–56 St. Louis Hawks season
In the playoffs against the Minneapolis Lakers, the Hawks were triumphant in Game 1 by a single point. Game 2 was played in Minneapolis, and the Hawks were blown out by 58 points in Game 2. The third game was contested in St. Louis. Once again, the Hawks would win by 1 point to advance to the Western Finals. In the three games, the Hawks were outscored by 56 points. In the Western Finals, the Hawks would win the first 2 games against the Fort Wayne Pistons. However, the Pistons would rebound to take the next 3 games and win the series.


1955–56 Stoke City F.C. season
The 1955–56 season was Stoke City's 49th season in the Football League and the 16th in the Second Division.


1955–56 Stoke City F.C. season
It was a season of what might have been for Stoke as they often looked capable of challenging for promotion but then played badly the next match. In the end Stoke had to settle for a final position of 13th after picking up a modest 44 points in what was a frustrating season.


1955–56 Stoke City F.C. season, Season review, League
Manager Frank Taylor now backed by his namesake Mr G. Taylor made only minor adjustments to his squad for the start of the 1955–56 season. However, after a decent start to the season with Stoke looking capable of challenging for promotion the Stoke board showed their ambition. In November Stoke made an ambitious approach for Blackpool legend Stan Mortensen and it seemed that Stoke had signed a forward with some reasonable credentials, however much to the disappointment of the board Mortensen instead joined Hull City. So Stoke instead went and paid £11,000 to Lincoln City for their prolific forward Andy Graver. However, despite the new arrival being met by approval by the fans Graver would have an unsuccessful spell at the Victoria Ground.


1955–56 Stoke City F.C. season, Season review, League
It was a season of what might have been as Stoke failed to impress after their good start, and slid down the table finally ending up in a rather poor position of 13th. They were often found wanting and their home form was very poor, a 3–2 win against Liverpool was the best of the season in what was a 'thrilling' contest.


1955–56 Stoke City F.C. season, Season review, FA Cup
Stoke beat Exeter City (3–0) and Leicester City (2–1) both in replays before losing 2–1 at Newcastle United in the fifth round.


1955–56 Sussex County Football League
The 1955–56 Sussex County Football League season was the 31st in the history of the competition.


1955–56 Sussex County Football League
Division 1 still remained at seventeen teams with Three Bridges United being promoted from Division 2. Division 2 now featured fourteen teams from which the winners would be promoted into Division 1.


1955–56 Sussex County Football League, Division One
The division featured 17 clubs, 16 which competed in the last season, along with one new club:


1955–56 Sussex County Football League, Division Two
The division featured 14 clubs, 10 which competed in the last season, along with four new clubs:


1955–56 Swedish Division I season
The 1955–56 Swedish Division I season was the twelfth season of Swedish Division I. Sodertalje SK won the league title by finishing first in the final round.


1955–56 Swedish football Division 2
Statistics of Swedish football Division 2 for the 1955–56 season.


1955–56 Swedish football Division 3
Statistics of Swedish football Division 3 for the 1955–56 season.


1955–56 Syracuse Nationals season
The 1955–56 NBA season was the Nationals' 7th season in the NBA.


1955–56 Tercera División
The 1955–56 Tercera División season was the 20th since its establishment.


1955–56 Texas Tech Red Raiders basketball team
The 1955–56 Texas Tech Red Raiders men's basketball team represented Texas Tech University in the Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association during the 1955–56 NCAA men's basketball season. This was Texas Tech's last year in the Border Conference before becoming members of the Southwest Conference. The head coach was Polk Robison, his 9th year with the team.


1955–56 Toronto Maple Leafs season
The 1955–56 Toronto Maple Leafs season was Toronto's 39th season in the National Hockey League (NHL).


1955–56 Tunisian National Championship
The 1955–56 Tunisian National Championship was the 30th season of top-tier football in Tunisia. It saw CS Hammam-Lif crowned as champions while Patriote de Sousse was relegated to Ligue 2.


1955–56 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team
The 1955–56 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team represented the University of California, Los Angeles during the 1955–56 NCAA men's basketball season and were members of the Pacific Coast Conference. The Bruins were led by eight year head coach John Wooden. They finished the regular season with a record of 22–6 and won the PCC regular season championship with a record of 16–0. UCLA lost to the San Francisco Dons in the NCAA regional semifinals and defeated the Seattle Chieftains in the regional consolation game. The victory over Seattle was UCLA's first victory in the NCAA tournament.


1955–56 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team, Previous season
The Bruins finished the regular season with a record of 21–5 and won the PCC Southern Division with a record of 11–1. UCLA lost to Oregon State in the PCC conference play-offs.


1955–56 USM Alger season
In the 1955–56 season, USM Alger competed in the Second Division for the 19th season French colonial era, as well as the Forconi Cup. They competed in Second Division, and the Forconi Cup.


1955–56 United States network television schedule
The following is the 1955–56 network television schedule for the four major English language commercial broadcast networks in the United States. The schedule covers primetime hours from September 1955 through March 1956. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning series, new series, and series cancelled after the 1954–55 season.


1955–56 United States network television schedule
The $64,000 Question had debuted on CBS during summer 1955 and became the #1 program on U.S. television. The three networks "rushed to copy this latest hit format, quickly filling prime time with similar contests". (It would not be until fall 1958 that it would be confirmed that several of these new quiz shows were rigged.)


1955–56 United States network television schedule
For years, ABC had "struggled to cobble together a TV schedule", but following the network's major success with Disney-produced series Disneyland in 1954, other Hollywood film companies began embracing television. MGM assembled clips for MGM Parade on ABC; ABC also hired Warner Bros. for a Tuesday night program called Warner Brothers Presents. The hour-long umbrella series featured TV adaptations of three Warner Brothers movies: Cheyenne, Casablanca, and Kings Row. Of the three new series, only Cheyenne was a hit with viewers, and ABC began contracting with other Hollywood studios for Westerns. Immediately following Warner Brothers Presents, ABC scheduled The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp. This Western was also produced in conjunction with a Hollywood studio: Desilu Productions.


1955–56 United States network television schedule
CBS had its own Western hit with Gunsmoke, which also debuted in fall 1955. Over the next few years, "the rush to Westerns had become a virtual stampede so that, by the fall of 1959, viewers had their choice from a staggering twenty-eight different Western-based prime time series." Around 1955, live drama anthologies, the staple of early television programming, were being phased out by the networks in favor of filmed fare: Westerns, police dramas, quiz shows, and adventure series.


1955–56 United States network television schedule
The struggling DuMont Television Network offered little during the 1955–56 television season. DuMont's final program line-up consisted of What's the Story on Wednesday nights at 9:30 and Boxing From St. Nicholas Arena on Monday nights at 9:00. By September 23, What's the Story was off the air. DuMont honored its few remaining network commitments until August 6, 1956, when it ceased operations as a major television network. DuMont hoped to go into independent television production; the company's studio facilities and Electronicam system were used to produce CBS's The Honeymooners during the 1955–56 season. DuMont's loss was ABC's gain, as some of DuMont's most popular programs, including Life Is Worth Living, Chance of a Lifetime, Life Begins at Eighty, and Down You Go, found their way onto ABC's 1955–56 prime time schedule.


1955–56 United States network television schedule
The crumbling and eventual death of the old DuMont Network meant the 1955–56 television season would be the first year in which the three major remaining U.S. television networks would be the only full-time commercial participants in prime time, a situation that was to remain for the next 31 years, until Fox entered prime time on Sunday, April 5, 1987.


1955–56 United States network television schedule
This was the first season that CBS and NBC aired some of their prime-time programs in color.


1955–56 United States network television schedule
All times are U.S. Eastern and Pacific time (except for some live sports or events). Subtract one hour for Central and Mountain times.


1955–56 United States network television schedule
Each of the 30 highest-rated shows is listed with its rank and rating as determined by Nielsen Media Research.


1955–56 United States network television schedule, Sunday
* The Ed Sullivan Show was formerly Toast of the Town. * * formerly The Colgate Comedy Hour.


1955–56 United States network television schedule, Monday
Note: On NBC, Producers' Showcase aired as a monthly series 8–9:30 p.m. No longer a network operation, DuMont continued airing its Boxing From St. Nicholas Arena on an occasional basis over individual stations until August 6, 1956. On CBS, in most areas, Douglas Edwards With the News aired at 6:45 p.m., while some cities (including New York) aired the 7:15 p.m. edition.


1955–56 United States network television schedule, Tuesday
Notes: The Martha Raye Show and The Chevy Show appeared monthly. As of November 1, You'll Never Get Rich officially became The Phil Silvers Show, swapping time periods with Navy Log.


1955–56 United States network television schedule, Tuesday
On NBC, Dear Phoebe consisted entirely of reruns of the series from the 1954–1955 season.


1955–56 United States network television schedule, Wednesday
** What's the Story aired only until September 23, before being cancelled.


1955–56 United States network television schedule, Friday
Note: On NBC, The Best in Mystery consisted entirely of reruns of episodes of Four Star Playhouse seen previously on CBS.


1955–56 United States network television schedule, By network, NBC
Note: The * indicates that the program was introduced in midseason.


1955–56 United States network television schedule (daytime)
The 1955–56 daytime network television schedule for the three major English-language commercial broadcast networks in the United States covers the weekday daytime hours from September 1955 to August 1956.


1955–56 United States network television schedule (daytime)
Talk shows are highlighted in yellow, local programming is white, reruns of prime-time programming are orange, game shows are pink, soap operas are chartreuse, news programs are gold and all others are light blue. New series are highlighted in bold.


1955–56 United States network television schedule (late night)
These are the late night Monday-Friday schedules on all three networks for each calendar season beginning September 1955. All times are Eastern and Pacific.


1955–56 United States network television schedule (late night)
Talk shows are highlighted in yellow, local programming is white.


1955–56 WHL season
The 1955–56 WHL season was the fourth season of the Western Hockey League. The Winnipeg Warriors were the President's Cup champions as they beat the Vancouver Canucks in six games in the final series.


1955–56 WHL season, Playoffs
The Winnipeg Warriors win the President's Cup 4 games to 2.


1955–56 WIHL season
1955–56 was the tenth season of the Western International Hockey League.


1955–56 WIHL season, Season recap
Spokane's Flyers, under the capable eye of coach Roy McBride, won the Dinah Shore-George Montgomery Trophy, emblematic of hockey supremacy of the WIHL, in 1955-56.


1955–56 WIHL season, Season recap
The Flyers enjoyed a good season and were in complete control of the league from the start of the hockey campaign, finished six points in front of the second place Nelson Maple Leafs. The WIHL returned to a balanced schedule, with each club playing 50 games, including interlocking games with the strong Okanagan Senior Hockey League.


1955–56 WIHL season, Season recap
The Flyers had many bright spots on their roster in 1955-56, with the brightest light the play of their sensational young rookie, Art "the dart" Jones. He not only won the rookie award by a wide margin, but also paced the league in the goal department with 44 goals, five more than his teammate Lorne Nadeau. Jack Lancien, Spokane's star defenceman, was unanimously chosen the winner of the Paul Kozak Memorial Trophy, as the league's best rearguard.


1955–56 WIHL season, Season recap
Lancien, a 33-year-old former pro, was a tower of strength on the Flyers blueline, and proved one point, that a defenceman doesn't have to be crude to win the respect of fans and players. He was a real leader, picking up only 13 minutes in penalties, and gathered 39 points, made up of seven goals and 32 assists.


1955–56 WIHL season, Season recap
Coach Roy McBride received a big break, when the Kamloops Elks, and coach Kevin "Crusher" Conway, released goalie Johnny Sofiak. John Panagrot, Flyers regular netminder, up and quit the club, and the Flyers were quick in signing Sofiak. Panagrot played real well in the 24 games he played, earning two shutouts. Sofiak performed in the remaining 26 Flyer contests, picking up one shutout. Earl Betker, who had the league's best goal average, despite the fact the Dynamiters finished deep in the cellar, registered the league's only other shutout.


1955–56 WIHL season, Season recap
The Flyers not only dominated the league with a record of 30 wins, against 20 defeats—but had the best road record of eleven victories, and only lost six games at home in the (Spokane) Coliseum. Trail's Smoke Eaters won three games in Spokane, while the Kimberley Dynamiters failed to win a single game in the Coliseum, out of seven meetings.


1955–56 WIHL season, Season recap
The Flyers locked horns with the Kimberley Dynamiters in one set of the WIHL semi-finals, and had easy pickings, winning four games to one. Trail's Smoke Eaters pulled off the biggest upset of the season by eliminating the second place Nelson Maple Leafs in five games. Spokane won the right to represent the WIHL in the Savage Cup playdowns, by beating the Smoke Eaters in the final.


1955–56 WIHL season, Season recap
The Vernon Canadians, who had an easy time in capturing the Okanagan League title, defeated the Flyers for the British Columbia championship and went all the way, and won the Allan Cup.


1955–56 WIHL season, Season recap
Hal Gordon was a standout in the Canadians' net, and had a powerhouse defence in Orval Lavell, Willie Schmidt, Don McLeod and Tom Stecyk. Sherman Blair, George Agar and Art Hart formed Vernon's number one line, with Odie Lowe playing centre on another line with Frank King and Merv Bidoski. Johnny Harms, Art Davison, Don Jakes and Walt Trentini, Vernon's only local product, rounded out the team. Vernon's Canadians, coached by George Agar, were the toast of the Okanagan valley.


1955–56 WIHL season, Season recap
The Flyers had plenty of scoring power in the regular season play, and managed to have five players in the top ten scoring parade. Lee Hyssop of the Nelson Maple Leafs, was the WIHL scoring king, with 94 points; with Spokane's Frank Kubasek, a former pro and a Blairmore (Crowsnet) boy, runner up with 83 points. Other Flyers who managed to score at a fast clip were Art Jones with 44; Lorne Nadeau with 39; Kubasek, 38; Gino Rozzini, 25; Carl Cirullo, 24; Jack Miller, 21; Bruno Pasqualotto, 20; and Red Tilson, 19.


1955–56 WIHL season, Season recap
Tom Hodges, Spokane's young defenceman, had to take a back seat in the penalty race. He picked up 106 minutes in fines, far behind the league's bad man, "Terrible" Ted Leboida of the Dynamiters' 165 minutes. Only two other players received over 100 minutes in penalties; Gordon Andre of Kimberley, with 163 minutes, and Joe Conn of the Trail Smoke Eaters, with 105 minutes.


1955–56 WIHL season, Season recap
Spokane's lineup in 1955-56: John Sofiak, John Panagrot (Goal); Ralph Luke, Tom Hodges, Cy Whiteside, Dan McDougald, Jack Lancien (Defence); Frank Kubasek, Art Jones, Jack Miller, Gino Rozzini, Bruno Pasqualotto, Carl Cirullo, Doug Toole, Lorne Nadeau, Dave Gordichuk and Hugh Scott.


1955–56 WIHL season, Season recap
Lee Hyssop, who played most of his minor hockey in Kimberley, paced the Nelson Maple Leafs to a second-place finish, with a record of 26 wins and two ties, against 22 defeats. The slick Leaf forward had little trouble in winning the scoring crown with 94 points, made up of 33 goals and a league high of 61 assists. Coach Chuck Rayner had his Leafs flying high late in the season, but ran up against a rejuvenated Trail team in their semi-final series; and bowed out in the fifth game of the best-of-seven affair. The Leafs had little trouble handling the Smoke Eaters in regular season play, winning nine of their fourteen meetings, and with five of their victories coming right in Trail's Cominco Arena.


1955–56 WIHL season, Season recap
The Maple Leafs introduced their rookie netminder, Gus Adams, who performed in 49 games for the Leafs and had a goal average of 4.90. Fritz Koehle was Nelson's second leading point getter with 60 points, made up of 29 goals and 31 assists. Bud Andrews, who saw action both with Trail and Nelson, paced the league in the hat trick division, with four three-goal performances to his credit. Andrews finished with 34 goals, Herb Jeffrey, 27; Joe Bell, 19; Wendy Keller, 19; and Red Koehle, 15. What had to be a big disappointment for the Leafs was the showing of Vic Howe, the 25-year-old brother of Detroit Red Wings's Gordie Howe. The ex-pro from Saskatoon was expected to give the Leafs the much needed scoring punch, but only managed ten goals in 29 games.


1955–56 WIHL season, Season recap
Jimmy Morris had a frustrating season as coach of the Trail Smoke Eaters, and it wasn't until playoff time did they manage to get rolling. The Smokies had the horses to win it all, but ran into salary disputes, which caused trouble in the Smokies' quarters. In the playoffs they shook hands and let bygones be bygones, and made short order of the Leafs, before bowing out to Spokane in the WIHL finals. The Smokies had a record of 24 wins, one tie and 25 losses for 49 points, good for a third-place finish.


1955–56 WIHL season, Season recap
Seth Martin and Reno Zanier shared the Smokies goaltending duties, with Martin having a goal average of 4.69, compared to Zanier's 5.36. The Smoke Eaters played well away from home, winning nine games, and had the best record against the Okanagan League, winning five of their eight games. Mike Shabaga's 72 points was high in the Smokies scoring column with 25 goals and 47 assists. Norm Lenardon was right on Shabaga's heels with 70 points, 32 of them goals. Gerry Penner had 30 goals, Bobby Kromm, 22; Frank Turik, 20; Mort Sapplywy, 20; and Ray Demore, 19.


1955–56 WIHL season, Season recap
The Kimberley Dynamiters occupied the basement suite most of the season, with a record of 18 wins, two ties and 30 losses, for 38 points.


1955–56 WIHL season, Season recap
Norm Larsen resigned as coach of the Dynamiters late in the season, with Johnny Achtzener moving up from the general manager's post to take over the reins. Larsen, despite the fact he had a knee injury, continued on as a player. The Dynamiters managed to finish with four players right up in the thick of the scoring parade. Cal Hockley held down third spot with 81 points; Buzz Mellor picked up 77 points, and Larsen and Claudie Bell 72 points apiece. Hockley had 37 goals, Mellor, 38; Larsen, 35; Bell, 30; and Gerry Barre 24.


1955–56 WIHL season, Season recap
The Dynamiters potent line of Hockley, Mellor and Bell paced the league in goals, collecting 103; with Spokane's powerful trio of Kubasek, Nadeau and Miller close behind with 98 goals. Kimberley did top the league in one department, and that was in penalties. They served a total of 619 minutes in penalties, and to break it down, they played a man short for over ten full games. Ted Lebodia was the loop's badman with 165 minutes in fines; with Andre not far behind with 163 minutes. During league play a total of 32 major penalties were dished out, with Andre picking up seven of them, and Lebodia four.


1955–56 WIHL season, Season recap
The Dynamiters had a disastrous road record, winning only two games on foreign ice all season. They played three of their home games on Cranbrook ice, and managed to win all three; and drew excellent crowds.


1955–56 WIHL season, Season recap
Gordon "Moe" Young was the playing coach of the Kelowna Packers in 1955-56, after serving Trail for four seasons, two of them as coach.


1955–56 WIHL season, Season recap
The WIHL hired two outside (non-BCAHA officials) referees to handle games in 1955-56. George Cullen, who officiated football in the Western International Football Union at Regina, Saskatchewan, was referee-in-chief; with Tommy Dunn his assistant. It was a costly experience and lasted only one year.


1955–56 WIHL season, Season recap
Bill Hyrciuk was the Kamloops Elks leading scorer, and managed two goals and four assists over the Dynamiters in Kimberley.


1955–56 WIHL season, Season recap
In 1955-56 the Dynamiters' swing through the Okanagan League, with stops at Kamloops, Vernon, Kelowna and Penticton, cost the club $1,950, which included transportation, hotels, meals and lost-time wages. It costs that much today to keep a date in Cranbrook, if you include lost-time wages from the injury.


1955–56 WIHL season, Season recap
Since the Savage Cup, emblematic of the senior hockey championship of B.C., was first played for in 1912-13, Trail has won the cup 16 times, Kimberley eight, Nelson five and Spokane five.


1955–56 WIHL season, Semi finals
Trail Smoke Eaters beat Nelson Maple Leafs 4 wins to 1.


1955–56 WIHL season, Final
Spokane Flyers beat Trail Smoke Eaters 4 wins to 1.


1955–56 WIHL season, Final
Spokane Flyers advanced to the 1955-56 British Columbia Senior Playoffs.


1955–56 Washington Huskies men's basketball team
The 1955–56 Washington Huskies men's basketball team represented the University of Washington for the 1955–56 NCAA college basketball season. Led by sixth-year head coach Tippy Dye, the Huskies were members of the Pacific Coast Conference and played their home games on campus at Hec Edmundson Pavilion in Seattle, Washington.


1955–56 Washington Huskies men's basketball team
The Huskies were 15–11 overall in the regular season and 11–5 in conference play, second in the standings.


1955–56 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team
The 1955–56 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team represented Washington State College for the 1955–56 college basketball season. Led by 28th-year head coach Jack Friel, the Cougars were members of the Pacific Coast Conference and played their home games on campus at Bohler Gymnasium in Pullman, Washington.


1955–56 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team
The Cougars were 4–22 overall in the regular season and 2–14 in conference play, last in the standings.


1955–56 Welsh Cup
The 1955–56 FAW Welsh Cup is the 69th season of the annual knockout tournament for competitive football teams in Wales.


1955–56 Welsh Cup, Fifth round
Nine winners from the Fourth round and seven new clubs.


1955–56 Welsh Cup, Semifinal
Swansea Town and Newport County played at Cardiff, Oswestry Town and Cardiff City played at Wrexham.


1955–56 Western Football League
The 1955–56 season was the 54th in the history of the Western Football League.


1955–56 Western Football League
The champions for the fourth time in their history were Trowbridge Town, and the winners of Division Two were the returning Torquay United Reserves.


1955–56 Western Football League, Final tables, Division One
Division One was reduced from eighteen to seventeen clubs after Ilfracombe Town and Street were relegated to Division Two, and Bath City Reserves left the league. Two clubs joined:


1955–56 Western Football League, Final tables, Division Two
Division Two was increased from eighteen to twenty clubs after Frome Town and Yeovil Town Reserves were promoted to Division One, and four new clubs joined:


1955–56 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers basketball team
The 1955–56 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers men's basketball team represented Western Kentucky State College during the 1955-56 NCAA University Division Basketball season. The Hilltoppers were led by future Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame coach Edgar Diddle and leading scorer Forest Able. Western finished in a three-way tie for the Ohio Valley Conference championship. There was no conference tournament, so a playoff was held to determine which team would advance to the NCAA tournament, which was won by Morehead Sate.


1955–56 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team
The 1955–56 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team represented the College of William & Mary in intercollegiate basketball during the 1955–56 NCAA men's basketball season. Under the fourth year of head coach Boydson Baird, the team finished the season 12–14, 9–7 in the Southern Conference. This was the 51st season of the collegiate basketball program at William & Mary, whose nickname is now the Tribe. William & Mary played its home games at Blow Gymnasium.


1955–56 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team
The Indians finished in 5th place in the conference and qualified for the 1956 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, held at the Richmond Arena. However, for the second consecutive year William & Mary fell to Richmond in the quarterfinals.


1955–56 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team
The 1955–1956 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team represented University of Wisconsin–Madison. The head coach was Harold E. Foster, coaching his twenty-second season with the Badgers. The team played their home games at the UW Fieldhouse in Madison, Wisconsin and was a member of the Big Ten Conference.


1955–56 Yorkshire Cup
1955–56 was the forty-eighth occasion on which the  Yorkshire Cup competition had been held.


1955–56 Yorkshire Cup
This year's final was a repeat of last years' final and between cup holder Halifax and last season runner-up Hull F.C. with the same outcome (albeit via a replay).


1955–56 Yorkshire Cup
Halifax won the trophy by beating Hull F.C. by the score of 10-10 in a replayed final.


1955–56 Yorkshire Cup
The original final, which ended in a 10-10 draw, was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 23,520 and receipts were £4,385.


1955–56 Yorkshire Cup
The replay was played 11 days later at Odsal in the City of Bradford, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 14,000 and receipts were £2,439.


1955–56 Yorkshire Cup
This was the second of Halifax's two successive victories, both against Hull FC, for whom it was their third successive cup final defeat.


1955–56 Yorkshire Cup, Background
This season there were no junior/amateur clubs taking part, no new entrants and no "leavers" and so the total of entries remained the same at sixteen.


1955–56 Yorkshire Cup, Background
This in turn resulted in no byes in the first round.


1955–56 Yorkshire Cup, Background
This season saw a continuation of the simple knock-out formulas, there was to be no return to the two-legged ties.


1955–56 Yorkshire Cup, Competition and results, Final - replay, Teams and scorers
three (3) - Try = points two (2) - Goal = points two (2) - Drop goal = points


1955–56 Yorkshire Cup, Notes and comments
1 * Headingley, Leeds, is the home ground of Leeds RLFC with a capacity of 21,000. The record attendance was  40,175 for a league match between Leeds and Bradford Northern on 21 May 1947.


1955–56 Yorkshire Cup, Notes and comments
2 * Odsal is the home ground of Bradford Northern from 1890 to 2010 and the current capacity is in the region of 26,000, The ground is famous for hosting the largest attendance at an English sports ground when 102,569 (it was reported that over 120,000 actually attended as several areas of boundary fencing collapse under the sheer weight of numbers) attended the replay of the Challenge Cup final on 5 May 1954 to see Halifax v Warrington


1955–56 Yorkshire Cup, Notes and comments, General information for those unfamiliar
The Rugby League Yorkshire Cup competition was a knock-out competition between (mainly professional) rugby league clubs from  the  county of Yorkshire. The actual area was at times increased to encompass other teams from  outside the  county such as Newcastle, Mansfield, Coventry, and even London (in the form of Acton & Willesden.


1955–56 Yorkshire Cup, Notes and comments, General information for those unfamiliar
The Rugby League season always (until the onset of "Summer Rugby" in 1996) ran from around August-time through to around May-time and this competition always took place early in the season, in the Autumn, with the final taking place in (or just before) December (The only exception to this was when disruption of the fixture list was caused during, and immediately after, the two World Wars)


1955–56 Yugoslav First League
The 1955–56 Yugoslav First League season was the tenth season of the First Federal League (Serbian: Prva savezna liga, Croatian: Prva savezna liga), the top level association football competition of SFR Yugoslavia, since its establishment in 1946. Fourteen teams contested the competition, with Red Star winning their third title.


1955–56 Yugoslav First League, Teams
At the end of the previous season Lokomotiva and Vardar were relegated from top level. They were replaced by Velež and Budućnost Titograd.


1955–56 Yugoslav Ice Hockey League season
The 1955–56 Yugoslav Ice Hockey League season was the 14th season of the Yugoslav Ice Hockey League, the top level of ice hockey in Yugoslavia. Six teams participated in the league, and Zagreb have won the championship.


1955–56 in American soccer
The 1955–56 season was the 46th season of FIFA-sanctioned soccer in the United States.


1955–56 in American soccer, National Challenge Cup
The 43rd staging of the National Challenge Cup was held during the 1955–56 season. The competition began January 23, 1956, and the final leg of the championship was held on July 28, 1956. The Harmarville Hurricanes of Harmarville, Pennsylvania, won the title. It was the Hurricanes second title, and their first since 1952.


1955–56 in Belgian football
The 1955–56 season was the 53rd season of competitive football in Belgium. RSC Anderlechtois won their 7th Division I title. This was also their third consecutive title, for the second time. RSC Anderlechtois also entered the first European Champion Clubs' Cup as Belgian champion. The Belgium national football team played 7 friendly games (2 wins, 1 draw, 4 losses). RRC Tournaisien won the Belgian Cup but after this season the competition was stopped due to the pressure of the top clubs in the vote to maintain or not the competition. The Belgian Cup would eventually resume in the 1963–64 season after the creation of the European Cup Winners' Cup.


1955–56 in Belgian football, Overview
At the end of the season, K Waterschei SV Thor and KFC Malinois were relegated to Division II and were replaced by Division II winner RCS Verviétois and runner-up OC Charleroi. The bottom 2 clubs in Division II (SRU Verviers and KFC Herentals) were relegated to Division III, to be replaced by (RCS Brugeois and VV Patro Eisden) from Division III. The bottom 2 clubs of each Division III league KAV Dendermonde, KVK Waeslandia Burcht, RCS Hallois and RFC Bressoux were relegated to Promotion, to be replaced by FC Eeklo, K Olse Merksem SC, R Jeunesse Arlonaise and KFC Diest from Promotion.


1955–56 in Belgian football, European competitions
RSC Anderlechtois lost in the first round of the first European Champion Clubs' Cup to Vörös Lobogo of Hungary (defeat 6-3 away and defeat 1-4 at home).


1955–56 in English football
The 1955–56 season was the 76th season of competitive football in England.


1955–56 in English football, Overview
Defending league champions Chelsea decided not to compete in the new European Champions Cup, following opposition from the Football League about the participation of English clubs in the competition.


1955–56 in English football, Overview
The league title is taken by a Manchester United side with an average age of just 22, which finished an incredible 11 points ahead of their nearest contenders, Blackpool and Wolverhampton Wanderers.


1955–56 in English football, Overview
It was a Manchester double for trophies, with Manchester City winning the FA Cup, with goalkeeper Bert Trautmann famously playing on despite suffering what was later diagnosed as a broken neck in a collision with a Birmingham City player.


1955–56 in English football, Honours
Notes = Number in parentheses is the times that club has won that honour. * indicates new record for competition


1955–56 in English football, Football League, First Division
Manchester United won the First Division title by 11 points, featuring a squad of players with an average age of just 22, with manager Matt Busby's emphasis on youth paying dividends and answering the critics who felt that his policy would not be able to maintain United's place among the game's elite. Second place was occupied by Blackpool, with Stanley Matthews still a dominant presence in the team in his 41st year, while Wolves finished third, FA Cup winners Manchester City finished fourth, and Arsenal completed the top five. Birmingham City finished sixth to record their best ever final position.


1955–56 in English football, Football League, Second Division
Sheffield Wednesday crossed paths with their cross city rivals to return to the First Division by winning the Second Division title, joined by runners-up Leeds United. Liverpool narrowly missed out on a First Division comeback by finishing third.


1955–56 in Israeli football
The 1955–56 season was the 8th season of competitive football in Israel and the 30th season under the Israeli Football Association, established in 1928, during the British Mandate.


1955–56 in Israeli football, Domestic leagues, 1954–55 Liga Alef
The league, which started during the previous season, was completed on 16 October 1955 and was won by Hapoel Petah Tikva, its first ever championship. At the bottom, Hapoel Hadera and Hapoel Balfouria relegated to 1955–56 Liga Alef. Beitar Jerusalem and Hapoel Kfar Saba finished 11th and 12th and faced 1954–55 Liga Bet regional divisions' winners, Hapoel Kiryat Haim and Maccabi Jaffa, at the end of which, Hapoel Kfar Saba retained its place in the top division, joined by Maccabi Jaffa.


1955–56 in Israeli football, Domestic leagues, 1955–56 Liga Leumit
The league started on 3 December 1955 and was played until 2 June 1956. Maccabi Tel Aviv won the title, while Maccabi Rehovot and Hapoel Kfar Saba finished bottom and relegated to 1956–57 Liga Alef. Maccabi Jaffa, who finished 10th, played a promotion/relegation play-offs against Hakoah Tel Aviv, and won both matches to stay in the top division.


1955–56 in Israeli football, Domestic leagues, 1955–56 Liga Leumit, Promotion/Relegation playoffs
The 10th-placed Maccabi Jaffa faced 1955–56 Liga Alef winner, Hakoah Tel Aviv. The matches took place on June 10 and 17, 1956.


1955–56 in Israeli football, Domestic leagues, 1955–56 Liga Leumit, Promotion/Relegation playoffs
Maccabi Jaffa won 4–1 on aggregate and remained in Liga Leumit. Hakoah Tel Aviv remained in Liga Alef.


1955–56 in Israeli football, Domestic cups, 1954–55 Israel State Cup
The competition, which started on 22 January 1955, was played until autumn 1956, with the final being played on 19 November 1956. Maccabi Tel Aviv had beaten Hapoel Petah Tikva 3–1 in the final.


1955–56 in Israeli football, Domestic cups, 1956–57 Israel State Cup
The competition started on 11 February 1956 and was completed during the next season.


1955–56 in Israeli football, Domestic cups, Netanya 25th Anniversary Cup
In October and November, while the promotion playoffs and the State Cup were being played, two cup competitions were organized by Liga Leumit Clubs, the second edition of the Shapira Cup, and the Netanya 25th Anniversary Cup. The Shapira Cup, in which Hapoel Tel Aviv, Maccabi Tel Aviv, Maccabi Haifa and Hapoel Petah Tikva participated, was abandoned after two rounds of play.


1955–56 in Israeli football, Domestic cups, Netanya 25th Anniversary Cup
Maccabi Netanya, Beitar Tel Aviv, Maccabi Petah Tikva and Hapoel Ramat Gan took part in a second cup competition, dedicated to the 25th anniversary of Netanya.


1955–56 in Israeli football, National Teams, National team
After more than a year of inactivity, the national team was reorganized under a new coach, Jack Gibbons. The national team played several matches against local teams and visiting teams, travelled to the U.S. to play an American Soccer League XI in an Israeli Independence Day celebration and competed against the Soviet Union in the 1956 Olympics qualification. The national team was also due to participate in the 1956 AFC Asian Cup qualification and was drawn to play Pakistan in the first round and Afghanistan in the second round. However, both teams declined playing Israel. As all the other teams in the western zone withdrew, the national team qualified as regional winner.


1955–56 in Israeli football, International club matches, Visiting foreign teams, Kapfenberger SV
In February 1956 the Israeli government lifted the ban on hosting teams from Austria and Hapoel and Maccabi Petah Tikva invited Kapfenberger SV to a tour of Israel. The visit was met with criticism from right-wing politicians and acts of sabotage in order to stop the Austrian team from playing, but the matches went ahead as planned.


1955–56 in Scottish football
The 1955–56 season was the 83rd season of competitive football in Scotland and the 59th season of the Scottish Football League.


1955–56 in Scottish football, Overview
Following league reconstruction, the top tier was expanded from 16 to 18 teams with Airdrieonians and Dunfermline Athletic being promoted. The second tier was expanded from 16 to 19 teams with Berwick Rangers, Dumbarton, East Stirlingshire, Montrose and Stranraer joining the league from the third tier.


1955–56 in Scottish football, Overview
The leagues were rebranded at the start of season 1955–56. Division A was now the newly named Division One and Division B was now the newly named Division Two. Division C was disbanded, with most of its members, which were reserve teams, moving to a separate Scottish (Reserve) League).


1955–56 in Scottish football, Scotland national team
1956 British Home Championship - Joint winners with  England,  Northern Ireland and  Wales


1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
The first Inter-Cities Fairs Cup took place over three seasons from 1955 to 1958. The competition began with a group stage with each team playing home and away against each other. Due to the competition rules which stated only one side from each city was allowed to compete, many cities with several football clubs picked the best players from those teams to create a city representative side. One of these, the London XI, went on to reach the final where they were beaten over two legs by the Barcelona XI (later recognized as FC Barcelona).


1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, Knockout stage, Semi-finals
1 Barcelona beat Birmingham City 2–1 in a play-off to qualify for the Final.


1955–58 Magyar Kupa
The 1955–58 Magyar Kupa (English: Hungarian Cup) was the 24th season of Hungary's annual knock-out cup football competition. The 1955 Magyar Kupa season was interrupted by the 1956 Hungarian uprising. Therefore, the final was held in 1958.


1955–60 Central European International Cup
The 1955–60 Central European International Cup was the final edition of the Central European International Cup. It was replaced by the European Nations Championship. Yugoslavia took part for the first time.


1956
1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1956th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 956th  year of the 2nd millennium, the 56th  year of the 20th century, and the  7th   year of the 1950s decade.


1956 (album)
1956 is an album by hip hop group, Soul-Junk. It was released in July, 2000 on 5 Minute Walk. Some tracks were selected to appear on the MTV reality show Road Rules.


1956 (album), Covers
"ill-m-i" was covered by TobyMac on his albums Welcome to Diverse City and Renovating Diverse City.


1956 10 Hours of Messina
The 4th 10 Hours of Messina was a sports car race, held on 26 August 1956 in the street circuit of Messina, Italy.


1956 10 Hours of Messina
In this edition Automobile Club d'Italia to avoid the cancellation he decided to reduce the race to only 5 hours starting at 20 and arriving at 1 in the night, moreover, the route has been reduced by about a kilometer to free the transit for the Regina Margherita hospital.


1956 1000 km Buenos Aires
The 1956 1000 km Buenos Aires took place on 29 January, on the Autódromo Municipal-Avenida Paz, (Buenos Aires, Argentina). It was the third running of the race, and once again, it was opening round of the F.I.A. World Sports Car Championship. For this event, a longer section of the Autopista General Pablo Riccheri route was removed, returning the circuit to 9.476 km in length, as it was in 1954.


1956 1000 km Buenos Aires, Report, Entry
A grand total of 32 racing cars were registered for this event, of which 28 arrived for practice and 27 for qualifying. Although this was the first major sports car race of the year, the race was poorly supported by the work of teams. Only Ferrari and Maserati sent cars from Europe. Both teams were represented by three cars in the race. Ferrari send a Ferrari 857 S for Olivier Gendebien and Phil Hill, and a pair of Ferrari 410 S Scaglietti Spyders for Juan Manuel Fangio/Eugenio Castellotti and Luigi Musso/Peter Collins. Meanwhile, Officine Alfieri Maserati was represented a trio of Maserati 300S in the hands of Stirling Moss/Carlos Menditéguy; Jean Behra/José Froilán González and Francisco Landi/Gerino Gerini. The remainder of the field were cars from South American teams.


1956 1000 km Buenos Aires, Report, Qualifying
After a three-hour qualifying session held on the prior to the race, the local hero, Juan Manuel Fangio took pole position for Scuderia Ferrari, in their Ferrari 410 S.


1956 1000 km Buenos Aires, Report, Race
The race was held over 106 laps of the 5.888 miles, Autódromo Municipal-Avenida Paz, giving a distance of 624.162 miles (1,004.490 km). It was the winner of the 1955 race, Enrique Saenz Valiente who took an early lead from Fangio and Musso. By lap ten, both the works Ferrari had moved ahead of the privately entered Ferrari 375 Plus of Valinete. On lap 20, Moss and Gendebien were also moving up the leaderboard.


1956 1000 km Buenos Aires, Report, Race
However, with just 20 laps left Gendebien were in the pits with problems, while Fangio’s car, now in the hands of Castellotti, was also in the pits following a collision with a dog. With the retirement of Musso just after half distance, the Maserati of Moss and Menditéguy was now in a clear lead. With his car now repaired, Fangio launches a relentless pursuit of the Maserati although the distance is too great and the Ferrari’s differential explodes into many pieces.


1956 1000 km Buenos Aires, Report, Race
As a result of Fangio’s retirement, Moss and Menditéguy in car number 31, took an impressive victory, winning in a time of 6hrs 29:37.9 mins., averaging a speed of 96.116 mph. In second was the sole remaining Scuderia Ferrari of Gendebien and Hill, albeit two laps drift. The podium was complete by another works Maserati 300S, of Behra and González, who were a further three laps adrift.


1956 1000 km Buenos Aires, Standings after the race
Championship points were awarded for the first six places in each race in the order of 8-6-4-3-2-1. Manufacturers were only awarded points for their highest finishing car with no points awarded for positions filled by additional cars. Only the best 3 results out of the 5 races could be retained by each manufacturer. Points earned but not counted towards the championship totals are listed within brackets in the above table.


1956 1000km of Nürburgring
The 2. Internationales ADAC 1000 Kilometer Rennen auf dem Nürburgring  took place on 27 May, on the Nürburgring Nordschleife, (West Germany). It was also the fourth round of the F.I.A. World Sports Car Championship. This was the first time the event had taken place, since it was dropped from the championship following its inaugural event in 1953. It was also round two of the German Sportscar Championship.


1956 1000km of Nürburgring, Report, Entry
A grand total 71 racing cars were registered for this event, of which 61 arrived for practice and qualifying. Fresh from their domination on the Mille Miglia, came two work teams of Scuderia Ferrari, and Officine Alfieri Maserati. The team from Maranello arrived with four cars, two 860 Monzas and two 290 MMs. The pairing to beat was that of Juan Manuel Fangio and Eugenio Castellotti driving the more powerful 860 Monza. This car was powered by a 3.4 litre 4-cylinder engine, producing 280 bhp.


1956 1000km of Nürburgring, Report, Entry
Their Modenese rivals, who were 12 points going into the meeting need a victory to reopened the Constructors’ Championship. Do to this, their arrived with four cars, two 300Ss, plus a 350s and a 150S. Their stars drivers, headed by the young Englishman, Stirling Moss, were in the 300Ss with a smaller 3.0 litre 6-cylinder engine, but it still produced 245 bhp.


1956 1000km of Nürburgring, Report, Qualifying
Qualifying was held over three sessions for a total of 1,590 minutes over the three prior to the race. The Ferrari 860 Monza of Fangio took pole position, averaging a speed of 84.534 mph around the 14.173 mile circuit. This was an incredible lap time, especially when compared to the time set by team-mate Luigi Musso, into the slower 290 MM – which was a full three seconds slower. The ’53 pole winner was on pole yet again, having given everyone a lesson on how to drive the 174 corner of the ‘Ring. When the finish session had finished, Ferrari had secured the first three places, the 300S driver by Moss and Jean Behra was fourth. The first non-Italian car was fifth, the Jaguar D-Type of Mike Hawthorn and Desmond Titterington.


1956 1000km of Nürburgring, Report, Race
The day of the race would be warm and dry, with a crowd of approximately 70,000 in attendance to witness for is regarded one of Maserati’s finest ever race victory.


1956 1000km of Nürburgring, Report, Race
The start of the 1,000 kilometer race did not bode well for the Modenese marque, despite Moss taking the lead. On lap 11, after Behra had replaced Moss after the first pit stop, the rear transverse leaf spring of their 300S broke, forcing the Frenchman to the wheel of the second 300S. This was being driven by Harry Schell and Piero Taruffi, which was laying in third place at the time. Behra immediately embarked on charge back through the field to catch the leading Ferrari of Fangio and Castellotti. It was then decided by the team to put Moss into the car. At this point of the race, Moss was lying 66 seconds behind Fangio.


1956 1000km of Nürburgring, Report, Race
As soon as Moss got into the car, he began to lap the 22km circuit at a pace that no-one would match. He was lapping 4/5 seconds faster than the ‘Maestro’ Fangio. At this pace, the seemingly safe win in the hands of the Ferrari duo, suddenly was in doubt. On lap 26 of the 44 scheduled, Fangio was unhappy with his car’s handling, so he got his mechanics to check its suspension while refueling, losing about a minute in the process.


1956 1000km of Nürburgring, Report, Race
Sensing the threat to his victory, Fangio delayed handed the car over to Castellotti, as long as possible, in an attempt to stave off Moss’s assault. However, the fate of the race was sealed, when the lap 40, the “Maestro” re-entered to pits for fuel, the 300S of Moss charged on towards an astounding victory.


1956 1000km of Nürburgring, Report, Race
The winning partnership of Moss/Behra/Taruffi/Schell, won in a time of 7hr 43:54.5mins., averaging a speed of 80.658 mph. The margin of triumph over the Ferrari of Fangio/Castelloti was 26 seconds, and led another Ferrari driven by Hill/De Portago/Gendebien by 10 min 01.4s. Porsche snatched fourth place with Wolfgang von Trips/Umberto Maglioli, but their 550 RS finished almost 20 minutes adrift of the Maserati. Moss’s pace was so quick that he lapped event he fifth placed Aston Martin DB3S of Peter Collins and Tony Brooks. Race did not end when Moss cross the finishing line, but continued for another hour to allow the other classes/division to try and complete the full 1000 km.


1956 1000km of Nürburgring, Report, Race
To add to Fangio’s woes, Ferrari mechanics checked his after the race and found his 860 Monza did not actually problem with its suspension, as the quirky handling had simply been caused by the wrong tyre pressures.


1956 12 Hours of Reims
The 12 Hours of Reims were a sports car endurance racing series held from 1953 to 1967 at the circuit Reims-Gueux.


1956 12 Hours of Sebring
The 1956 Florida International Grand Prix of Endurance powered by Amoco took place on 24 March, on the Sebring International Raceway, (Florida, United States). It was the second round of the F.I.A. World Sports Car Championship. For the sixth running of the event, was a sign to many in the automotive community that this race had become North America's premier sports car race, and from an international standpoint second only to the 24 Hours of Le Mans.


1956 12 Hours of Sebring
However, this race came just eight months after the disaster at Le Mans. The United States was not immune to the fallout following that race, and the American Automobile Association decide to withdraw from all participation in motor sport. This left the promoters with no international recognition for the race, and therefore no FIA approval. It was very simple; no FIA approval, no international race.


1956 12 Hours of Sebring
Alec Ullmann, one of those promoters, and founder of Sebring, approached the Sports Car Club of America, but could not maintain its amateur status, if it supported the race. Ullmann did however obtain "special permission" from the FIA to allow him organise the event himself, through his Automobile Racing Club of Florida, and issued the international licenses.