1956 Green Bay Packers Roster

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 4-8
Finishing 5th in the NFL's West Division
Coach: Lisle Blackbourn (4-8)
Location: Green Bay, Wisconsin
1956 Green Bay Packers Statistics
1956 Green Bay Packers Results

The Green Bay Packers of the National Football League ended the 1956 season with a record of 4 wins and 8 losses, finishing fifth in the NFL's West Division.

The Packers chalked up 264 points, but the shaky defensive squad allowed 342, most in the circuit. Tobin Rote passed for 2,203 yards. Billy Howton paced pass catchers, snagging 55 passes for 1,188 yards.

Tobin Rote carried the ball for a team-best 398 yards for Green Bay, and Howie Ferguson also aided the ground game.

Bobby Dillon picked off 7 opponent throws.

Lisle Blackbourn coached the team.

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# Player Pos. Birth Date Height Weight College Hometown GP GS
85Emery BarnesDEDecember 15, 19296'6"235OregonHermiston, OR USA20
65Tom BettisLLBMarch 17, 19336'2"228PurdueChicago, IL USA120
20Billy BookoutRDHJanuary 1, 19325'11"180OklahomaChoice, TX USA70
87Nate BordenRDESeptember 22, 19326'0"234IndianaDetroit, MI USA120
62Buddy BrownRGOctober 19, 19266'1"220ArkansasWynne, AR USA120
26Jim CapuzziDB-QBMarch 12, 19326'0"190MarquetteNiles, OH USA70
48Al CarmichaelKRNovember 10, 19286'1"200USCBoston, MA USA120
31Fred ConeFB-KJune 21, 19265'11"199ClemsonPine Apple, AL USA120
80Dick DeschainePApril 28, 19326'0"206noneMenomonie, MI USA120
44Bobby DillonRSFebruary 23, 19306'1"180TexasTemple, TX USA120
37Howie FergusonFBAugust 5, 19306'2"218noneNew Iberia, LA USA110
69Bill ForesterMGAugust 9, 19326'3"237SMUDallas, TX USA120
26Ken GorgalDBFebruary 13, 19296'2"200PurdueLa Salle, IL USA50
75Forrest GreggT-G-DTOctober 18, 19336'4"249SMUBirthright, TX USA110
46Hank GremmingerLDHSeptember 1, 19336'1"201BaylorWindthorst, TX USA120
79Dave HannerRDTMay 22, 19306'2"257ArkansasParkin, AR USA120
72Jerry HelluinLDTAugust 8, 19296'2"272TulaneHouma, LA USA120
86Billy HowtonREJuly 5, 19306'2"191RiceLittlefield, TX USA120
40Joe JohnsonHB-ENovember 3, 19296'0"185Boston Col.New Haven, CT USA110
70Don KingDE-DTMarch 11, 19296'3"260KentuckyMcBee, SC USA60
84Gary KnafelcLEJanuary 2, 19326'4"217ColoradoPueblo, CO USA120
81Gene KnutsonDENovember 10, 19326'2"218MichiganBeloit, WI USA60
58Larry LauerCAugust 27, 19276'3"232AlabamaChicago, IL USA60
25Jack LoschHBAugust 13, 19346'1"205Miami (FL)New York, NY USA120
83John MartinkovicLDEFebruary 4, 19276'3"241Xavier (OH)Hamilton, OH USA120
24Breezy ReidLHSeptember 14, 19275'10"187GeorgiaBridgeton, NJ USA70
51Jim RingoCNovember 21, 19316'1"232SyracuseOrange, NJ USA1212
22Bill RobertsHBSeptember 11, 19296'0"200DartmouthDubuque, IA USA40
18Tobin RoteQBJanuary 18, 19286'3"211RiceSan Antonio, TX USA1211
77John SanduskyRTDecember 28, 19256'1"251VillanovaPhiladelphia, PA USA120
63Joe SkibinskiLGDecember 23, 19285'11"245PurdueChicago, IL USA120
76Bob SkoronskiLTMarch 5, 19346'3"249IndianaAnsonia, CT USA120
61Jerry SmithG-LBSeptember 9, 19306'1"230WisconsinDayton, OH USA30
61Jack SpinksT-G-FB-DTAugust 15, 19306'0"236Alcorn St.Tooomsuba, MS USA10
15Bart StarrQBJanuary 9, 19346'1"197AlabamaMontgomery, AL USA91
68Len SzafarynT-G-LB-DTJanuary 19, 19286'2"226North CarolinaAmbridge, PA USA120
66Deral TeteakLB-GDecember 11, 19295'10"210WisconsinOconto, WI USA120
47Val WalkerLSJanuary 7, 19306'1"179SMUTahoka, TX USA120
23Glenn YoungDBDecember 22, 19296'2"205PurdueWoodstock, IL USA40
74Roger ZatkoffRLBMarch 25, 19316'2"216MichiganHamtramck, MI USA120



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