1956 Chicago Bears

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1956 Chicago Bears

Head Coach: *Paddy Driscoll

To be listed, a player must have played at least one game for the team during this season.
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+ Primary starter

Pos		Player	GP	Exp	DOB	Ht	College
DE/DT/LB		M. L. Brackett	12	R	07/04/1933	' "	Auburn
E/DB		Harlon Hill	12	3	05/04/1932	' "	North Alabama
QB/K	*	George Blanda	12	8	09/17/1927	' "	Kentucky
DB		Jesse Castete	8	R	09/03/1933	' "	McNeese State
FB/HB/DB		J. D. Smith	6	1	07/19/1932	' "	North Carolina A&T
DE	*	Doug Atkins	6	4	05/08/1930	' "	Tennessee
DB/HB		J. C. Caroline	12	R	01/17/1933	' "	Illinois
FB		Rick Casares	12	2	07/04/1931	' "	Florida
LB		Joe Fortunato	12	2	05/28/1930	' "	Mississippi State
LB/G/T	*	Bill George	12	5	10/27/1929	' "	Wake Forest
G/DT/T	*	Stan Jones	11	3	11/24/1931	' "	Maryland
DT/G		Fred Williams	12	5	02/08/1929	' "	Arkansas
DT/T		Bill Bishop	12	5	05/08/1931	' "	North Texas
QB/DB		Ed Brown	12	3	10/26/1928	' "	San Francisco
G/LB		Herman Clark	12	4	11/30/1930	' "	Oregon State
T/G		Kline Gilbert	12	4	11/22/1930	' "	Mississippi
LB/DE		John Helwig	6	4	12/05/1927	' "	Notre Dame
DE		Jack Hoffman	12	3	03/11/1930	' "	Xavier (OH)
LB/C/G/T		Wayne Hansen	12	7	10/06/1928	' "	Texas - El Paso
DB		Ken Gorgal	6	5	02/13/1929	' "	Purdue
FB/LB/DE/E		John Hoffman	12	8	12/08/1925	' "	Arkansas
E		Bill McColl	12	5	04/02/1930	' "	Stanford
C		Larry Strickland	12	3	09/03/1931	' "	North Texas
DB/HB		Ray Gene Smith	12	3	11/27/1928	' "	Midwestern State
E/DB		Gene Schroeder	11	5	03/03/1929	' "	Virginia
T/E/DE		Bill Wightkin	12	7	07/28/1927	' "	Notre Dame
HB		Bobby Watkins	9	2	03/30/1932	' "	Ohio State
E/WR/HB/DB		Jim Dooley	3	4	02/08/1930	' "	Miami (FL)
C/DT/T		John Mellekas	12	R	06/14/1933	' "	Arizona
DE		Ed Meadows	12	3	02/19/1932	' "	Duke
DB		Stan Wallace	6	2	11/05/1931	' "	Illinois
HB		Perry Jeter	7	1	05/17/1931	' "	Cal Poly - S.L.O.
DB		McNeil Moore	11	2	06/26/1933	' "	Sam Houston State
G		Tom Roggeman	12	1	09/05/1931	' "	Purdue
HB		Don Bingham	12	1	11/07/1929	' "	Sul Ross State
HB		Harland Carl	9	1	10/01/1931	' "	Wisconsin
QB		Jim Haluska	5	1	10/09/1932	' "	Wisconsin
C		Dick Klawitter	5	R	06/29/1929	' "	South Dakota State

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