1956 College Baseball All-America Team
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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 |
---|---|---|---|
Pitcher | Don Lee | Arizona | 36 career complete games (tied for 7th all-time in Division I)[3] |
Pitcher | Jerry Thomas | Minnesota | College World Series Most Outstanding Player[4] |
Catcher | Elmer Kohorst | Notre Dame | |
First baseman | Kent Hadley | USC | |
Second baseman | Don Prohovich | Holy Cross | |
Third baseman | John Brown | Nebraska | |
Shortstop | Jerry Kindall | Minnesota | Namesake of Arizona's Jerry Kindall Field at Frank Sancet Stadium[5] |
Outfielder | Don Napierkowski | Wyoming | |
Outfielder | John Ruso | Santa Clara | |
Outfielder | George Watts | Lafayette |
See also
References
- ^ The Michigan alumnus. University of Michigan Library. 2010. p. 495. ASIN B0037HO8MY.
- ^ "NCAA Baseball Award Winners" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved April 12, 2012.
- ^ "Division I Records" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved April 14, 2012.
- ^ "College World Series Most Outstanding Player". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved April 12, 2012.
- ^ "Sancet Field Renamed Jerry Kindall Field At Frank Sancet Stadium". CSTV. CBS Sports Network. January 12, 2004. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved April 13, 2012.
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