1956 College Baseball All-America Team

1956 All-Americans included former Arizona Wildcats baseball head coach Jerry Kindall.

An All-American team is an honorary sports team composed of the best amateur players of a specific season for each team position—who in turn are given the honorific "All-America" and typically referred to as "All-American athletes", or simply "All-Americans". Although the honorees generally do not compete together as a unit, the term is used in United States team sports to refer to players who are selected by members of the national media. Walter Camp selected the first All-America team in the early days of American football in 1889.[1]

From 1947 to 1980, the American Baseball Coaches Association was the only All-American selector recognized by the NCAA.[2]

Key

Player (X) Denotes the number of times the player had been named an All-American at that point
♦ Inducted into the National College Baseball Hall of Fame

All-Americans

Position Name School Notes
PitcherDon LeeArizona36 career complete games (tied for 7th all-time in Division I)[3]
PitcherJerry ThomasMinnesotaCollege World Series Most Outstanding Player[4]
CatcherElmer KohorstNotre Dame
First basemanKent HadleyUSC
Second basemanDon ProhovichHoly Cross
Third basemanJohn BrownNebraska
ShortstopJerry KindallMinnesotaNamesake of Arizona's Jerry Kindall Field at Frank Sancet Stadium[5]
OutfielderDon NapierkowskiWyoming
OutfielderJohn RusoSanta Clara
OutfielderGeorge WattsLafayette

See also

References

  1. ↑ The Michigan alumnus. University of Michigan Library. 2010. p. 495. ASIN B0037HO8MY.
  2. ↑ "NCAA Baseball Award Winners" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved 12 April 2012.
  3. ↑ "Division I Records" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved 14 April 2012.
  4. ↑ "College World Series Most Outstanding Player". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved 12 April 2012.
  5. ↑ "Sancet Field Renamed Jerry Kindall Field At Frank Sancet Stadium". CSTV. CBS Sports Network. 12 January 2004. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
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