1956 All-Southwest Conference football team

The 1956 All-Southwest Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations for All-Southwest Conference teams for the 1956 college football season. The selectors for the 1956 season included the Associated Press (AP) and the United Press (UP). Players selected as first-team players by both the AP and UP are designated in bold.

Backs

 * Roddy Osborne, Texas A&M (AP-1; UP-1 [QB])
 * Jim Swink, TCU (AP-1; UP-1 [HB])
 * John David Crow, Texas A&M (AP-1; UP-1 [HB]) (1957 Heisman Trophy winner; College Football Hall of Fame)
 * Jack Pardee, Texas A&M (AP-1; UP-1 [FB])
 * Gerald Nesbitt, Arkansas (AP-1; UP-2)
 * Chuck Curtis, TCU (AP-2; UP-2)
 * Del Shofner, Baylor (AP-2; UP-2)
 * Walter Fondren, Texas (AP-2; UP-2)
 * King Hill, Rice (AP-2)

Ends

 * Tommy Gentry, SMU (AP-1; UP-1)
 * O'Day Williams, TCU (AP-2; UP-1)
 * Jerry Marcontell, Baylor (AP-1)
 * Earl Miller, Baylor (AP-2)
 * Bob Bryant, Texas (UP-2)
 * John Tracey, Texas A&M (UP-2)

Tackles

 * Charlie Krueger, Texas A&M (AP-1; UP-1)
 * Norman Hamilton, TCU (AP-1; UP-1)
 * Billy Ray Smith Sr., Arkansas (AP-1; UP-2)
 * Larry Whitmire, Rice (AP-2; UP-2)
 * Bob Blakeley, SMU (AP-2)

Guards

 * Bill Glass, Baylor (AP-1; UP-1)
 * Dennis Goehring, Texas A&M (AP-2; UP-1)
 * Smitty Keller, SMU (AP-2; UP-2)
 * Joe Williams, TCU (UP-2)

Centers

 * Lloyd Hale, Texas A&M (AP-1; UP-1)
 * Jay Donathan, Arkansas (AP-2; UP-2)

Key
AP = Associated Press

UP = United Press

Bold = Consensus first-team selection of both the AP and UP