1956 NFL Player Debuts

Passing Leader: Tobin Rote, 2203 Yds

Rushing Leader: Rick Casares, 1126 Yds

Receiving Leader: Billy Howton, 1188 Yds

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1956 Player Debuts

1956 Player Debuts Table
			Misc					Passing					Rushing			Receiving
Player	Pos	To	AP1	PB	St	wAV	G	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Att	Yds	TD	Rec	Yds	TD	Solo	Int	Sk
Charlie Anderson	DE-E	1956	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lou Baldacci	HB	1956	0	0	0	0	10	0	1	0	0	0	31	140	0	5	62	0
Emery Barnes	DE	1956	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Will Berzinski	HB	1956	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	15	72	0	3	35	0
Don Bingham	HB	1956	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	7	36	0	1	7	0
Bruce Bosley	C-G-DE	1969	0	4	12	53	175	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
M.L. Brackett	DE-DT-LB	1958	0	0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1
John Bredice	E	1956	0	0	1	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	146	1
Carl Brettschneider	LB	1963	0	0	7	27	89	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	13.5
Alex Burl	HB	1956	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	24	1
Hank Burnine	E	1957	0	0	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	271	2
Harland Carl	HB	1956	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	29	66	1	2	31	0
J.C. Caroline	DB-HB	1965	0	1	7	24	118	0	0	0	0	0	68	263	2	6	111	1		24
Preston Carpenter	E-HB	1967	0	1	11	29	149	1	3	2	0	0	223	884	1	305	4457	23
Howard Cassady	HB-SE-FL	1963	0	0	4	6	84	0	3	0	0	1	316	1229	6	111	1601	18
Jesse Castete	DB	1957	0	0	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2
John Cenci	C	1956	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Don Chandler	P-K	1967	0	1	0	38	154	3	3	67	0	0	13	146	0	1	5	0
Joe Childress	HB-FB-FL	1965	0	0	4	22	96	1	3	43	0	1	530	2210	3	121	1700	13
Erik Christensen	DE	1956	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Leon Clarke	E-FL	1963	0	1	3	7	79	0	0	0	0	0	1	-4	0	141	2215	18
Clyde Conner	E	1963	0	0	6	13	82	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	203	2643	18
Gene Cronin	DE-LB-G	1962	0	0	3	9	87	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	2.0
Frank D'Agostino	G-T	1960	0	0	0	1	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Art Davis	DB-HB	1956	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	5	6	0	1	9	0
Tom Dimmick	C-T-LB	1960	0	0	1	4	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
John Dittrich	G	1961	0	0	1	5	47	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tom Feamster	T-DE	1956	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gene Filipski	HB	1957	0	0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	35	174	1	4	44	0
Galen Fiss	LB	1966	0	2	8	39	139	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		13	6.5
Bernie Flowers	E	1956	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Fulcher	LB-G	1958	0	0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1
Fred Glatz	E	1956	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gary Glick	DB-HB	1963	0	0	4	10	71	0	0	0	0	0	1	15	0	0	0	0		14
Paul Goad	FB	1956	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
John Gonzaga	T-G-DE-DT	1966	0	0	7	28	132	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			2.5
Donald Goss	T-DT	1956	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forrest Gregg	T-G-DT	1971	7	9	11	96	193	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hank Gremminger	DB	1966	0	0	8	35	131	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		29
Jim Haluska	QB	1956	0	0	0	0	5	1	4	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Harness	DB	1956	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Herchman	DT	1962	0	0	4	13	85	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	1.0
Johnny Hermann	DB	1956	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Holladay	DB	1957	0	0	1	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1
Sam Huff	LB	1969	2	5	13	64	168	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		30	29.0
Jerry Huth	G	1963	0	0	6	24	74	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Harry Jagielski	DT-T	1961	0	0	2	13	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	1.0
Dick James	HB-DB	1965	0	1	7	22	117	1	7	15	0	1	502	1930	19	104	1669	15		12
Perry Jeter	HB	1957	0	0	0	0	16	0	1	0	0	0	70	327	2	7	61	0
Jim Katcavage	DE-DT	1968	2	3	12	67	165	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	91.5
Ken Keller	HB	1957	0	0	1	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	169	628	4	11	67	0
Billy Kinard	DB-HB	1960	0	0	2	6	45	0	0	0	0	0	1	27	1	0	0	0		4
Dick Klawitter	C	1956	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Koman	LB	1967	0	2	11	54	156	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		7	24.5
Bob Konovsky	G-DE	1961	0	0	2	4	49	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			1.0
Joe Krupa	DT	1964	0	1	8	33	110	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			22.5
Larry Lauer	C	1957	0	0	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jack Losch	HB	1956	0	0	0	0	12	1	1	63	1	0	19	43	0	7	85	0
Gary Lowe	DB-HB	1964	0	0	4	23	97	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		20	2.0
Bob Lusk	C	1956	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
John Macerelli	T-G	1956	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Marconi	FB	1966	0	1	2	21	135	0	0	0	0	0	673	2771	30	136	1326	9
Don McIlhenny	HB	1961	0	0	3	4	64	0	1	0	0	0	414	1581	7	70	655	7
Steve Meilinger	E	1961	0	0	3	2	52	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	0	60	863	8
John Mellekas	C-DT-T	1963	0	0	4	16	84	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			3.0
Johnny Miller	T-DT-DE	1960	0	0	2	3	41	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ron Miller	E	1956	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	129	0
Henry Moore	DB-HB	1957	0	0	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	2	-2	0	0	0	0		1
Lenny Moore	HB-FL	1967	5	7	10	61	143	3	12	33	2	2	1069	5174	63	363	6039	48
Earl Morrall	QB	1976	2	2	7	68	255	1379	2689	20809	161	148	235	878	8	0	0	0
George Morris	C-LB	1956	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
John Morrow	C-G	1966	0	2	9	52	125	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dick Murley	T	1956	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dick Nyers	DB-HB	1957	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	-4	0	0	0	0
Bob O'Neil	G-DE-LB	1961	0	0	2	1	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	-13	0
John Paluck	DE	1965	0	1	7	39	105	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	31.5
Ken Panfil	T	1962	0	1	4	9	58	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Pellegrini	LB-G	1965	0	0	4	19	107	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		13	5.5
Lowell Perry	E	1956	0	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	37	0	14	334	2
Jerry Peterson	DT	1956	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hugh Pitts	LB-C	1960	0	0	2	7	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	1.0
Jerry Planutis	HB	1956	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	0	1	5	0
Jerry Reichow	E-QB	1964	0	1	5	22	95	12	38	187	0	4	20	105	0	172	2579	24
Pete Retzlaff	E-HB-TE	1966	1	5	10	59	132	0	0	0	0	0	6	-4	0	452	7412	47
John Roach	QB-DB	1964	0	0	1	12	64	182	413	2765	24	37	42	99	2	0	0	0
Bill Roberts	HB	1956	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	14	0
Tom Roggeman	G	1957	0	0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Leo Rucka	LB	1956	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tommy Runnels	HB	1957	0	0	1	0	21	2	4	69	0	0	116	386	0	7	60	1
Rocky Ryan	DB-E	1958	0	0	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	188	2		2
Tony Sardisco	G-DE-LB	1962	0	0	3	18	50	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			2.0
Don Schaefer	FB	1956	0	0	1	0	12	1	3	11	1	0	102	320	2	13	117	0
Charlie Shepard	HB-DB	1956	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	30	91	0	1	31	0
Rex Shiver	DB	1956	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1
Bob Skoronski	T-C	1968	0	1	9	48	146	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Charlie Smith	DE	1956	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	13	0
J.D. Smith	FB-HB-DB	1966	0	2	6	36	131	0	1	0	0	1	1100	4672	40	127	1122	6		2
Jim Ray Smith	G-T-DE	1964	3	5	6	41	93	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Julian Spence	DB-FL	1961	0	0	1	10	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	14	0		6
Bart Starr	QB	1971	1	4	13	91	196	1808	3149	24718	152	138	247	1308	15	0	0	0
John Stock	E	1956	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Taylor	C-LB	1958	0	0	1	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1
Tom Tracy	HB-FB	1964	0	2	4	17	89	24	67	854	6	5	808	2912	17	113	1468	14
Johnny Unitas	QB	1973	5	10	14	113	211	2830	5186	40239	290	253	450	1777	13	1	1	0
Billy Vessels	HB	1956	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	44	215	2	11	177	1
Jesse Whittenton	DB	1964	1	2	8	46	112	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		24
Tommy Wilson	HB-FB	1963	0	1	2	10	91	0	2	0	0	1	508	2553	18	61	617	5
Junior Wren	DB	1961	0	0	3	5	62	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		14
Fred Wyant	QB	1956	0	0	0	0	10	1	2	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Glenn Young	DB	1956	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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