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1956 AFL Draft

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    Round 1 1 - Philadelphia - RB Mickey Greene - Pittsburgh State - DireBear 2 - St Louis - LB Isaac Bullock - Pennsylvania - QCS 3 - Pittsburgh (via DET) - QB Aksel Kahr - Pittsburgh State - Darknes 4 - Boston - OL Harvey Leonard - Los Angeles State - DireBear 5 - New York - DB Joe Bellisario - New Jersey - DireBear 6 - Cleveland - LB Matt Ross - Texas State - Kingsfan11 7 - Detroit (from PIT) - DL Rusty Shankles - Wisconsin State - Dan O’Mac 8 - Tri-Cities - DL Moe Greene - Monongalia State - QCS 9 - Buffalo - WR Julian Washington - UCleveland - Kingsfan11 10 - Chicago - TE Isaac Vella - Chicago Christian - Darknes 11 - Washington - S Bobby Loes - Staten Island - DireBear 12 - Cincinnati - WR Jimmy Woods - Rogers Clark - Dan O’Mac Like the year before, the draft was held in one of the new expansion cities instead of the traditional location of Chicago. Philadelphia would both host the draft and have the first overall pick, and there may have been a reason why they wanted the first p

1956 Draft Preview

AACA Top 20: 1) Oklahoma - 10-0  2) Calvert - 9-1  3) Iowa A&M - 8-1   4) Georgia A&M - 9-1  5) Texas State - 9-0-1 6) Rogers Clark - 8-0-1  7) Michigan - 7-2  8) Brooklyn College - 7-2  9) Wisconsin State - 7-2  10) Pittsburgh State - 7-2-1  11) Tryon - 8-2  12) Minnesota State - 6-1-2 13) Oregon - 7-2-1  14) Southwestern Christian - 7-3 15) UCleveland - 6-3 16) Navy - 6-1-2 17) Columbian - 7-1-1 18) ULA - 8-2  19) New Jersey - 7-1-2  20) Nebraska State - 7-2-1  AACA Bowls: Tournament of Roses Bowl (Los Angeles, CA) - (13) Oregon 27 -21 (19) New Jersey Palm Bowl (Miami, FL) - (6) Rogers Clark 35 -19 (17) Columbian Magnolia Bowl (Houston, TX) - (5) Texas State 27- 28 (20) Nebraska State Columbian Bowl (Chicago, IL) -  (1) Oklahoma 13 -7 (3) Iowa A&M Gold Bowl (San Francisco, CA) - (7) Michigan 27 -13 (18) ULA Cigar Bowl (Tampa, FL) -  (2) Calvert 13 -0 (12) Minnesota State Syrup Bowl (New Orleans, LA) - (4) Georgia A&M 14- 32 (10) Pittsburgh State Sun Bowl (El Paso, TX)