- Source: 1956 St. Thomas Tommies football team
The 1956 St. Thomas Tommies football team represented the University of St. Thomas of Saint Paul, Minnesota, as a member of the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) during the 1956 NAIA football season. In their eleventh year under head coach Frank Deig, the Tommies compiled a perfect 8–0 record (7–0 against MIAC opponents), won the MIAC championship, and outscored opponents by a total of 212 to 77. St. Thomas had prior perfect seasons in 1910, 1913, 1923, 1942, and 1944; they have not had another since 1956.
Three St. Thomas players were selected by the Minneapolis Sunday Tribune as first-team players on the 1956 All-MIAC football team: quarterback Bernie Raetz; end Dick Trafas; and tackle John Heller. Tom Turk and Dick Sappo were named to the second team as guards.
The team played its home games on O'Shaughnessy Stadium in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
Schedule
Players
The following players are listed in the coverage cited above:
John Amelse, end
Jim Andresick, right halfback
John Benedict, guard
Jerry Castle, fullback
Doc Dolan, left halfback
Walter Dziedzic, tackle
Pat Gorman, right halfback
John Heller, tackle
Roger Ilstrup, T-quarterback
Earl Mergens, substitute end
Bernie Raetz, quarterback
Dick Sappa, center/guard
Dick Trafas, end
Tom Turk, guard and captain, senior, 175 pounds
Jerry Wright, fullback
References
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- 1946 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football season
- 1962 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football season
- DuWayne Deitz
- Tommy Burns (footballer)
- Tommy Maddox
- List of NCAA Division I FCS football programs
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