1956 College World Series

College World Series
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The 1956 College World Series was played at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha, NE from June 9 to June 14. The participating schools qualified by winning one of eight district tournaments. The tenth tournament's champion was the University of Minnesota coached by Dick Siebert. The Most Outstanding Player was Jerry Thomas of the University of Minnesota.

Participating Teams

Berth	School	Conference	Record (Conference)	Head Coach	CWS Appearances	CWS Best Finish	CWS W-L Record
District 6	University of Arizona		45 - 6 (n/a)	Frank Sancet	2 (last: 1955)	4th (1954)	3 - 4
District 5	Bradley University	Missouri Valley Conference	22 - 6 (7 - 2, 0 GB)	Leo Schrall	1 (last: 1950)	8th (1950)	0 - 2
District 4	University of Minnesota	Big Ten Conference	28 - 8 (11 - 2, 0 GB)	Dick Siebert	0 (last: none)	none	0 - 0
District 3	University of Mississippi	Southeastern Conference	22 - 8 (13 - 3, 0 GB)	Tom Swayze	0 (last: none)	none	0 - 0
District 1	University of New Hampshire	Yankee Conference	12 - 5 (n/a)	Hank Swasey	0 (last: none)	none	0 - 0
District 2	New York University		16 - 4 - 1 (n/a)	Bill McCarthy	0 (last: none)	none	0 - 0
District 8	Washington State College	Pacific Coast Conference	28 - 6 (11 - 4, 0 GB)	Buck Bailey	1 (last: 1950)	2nd (1950)	3 - 2
District 7	University of Wyoming	Mountain States Conference	17 - 13 (n/a)	Bud Daniel	0 (last: none)	none	0 - 0

Results

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Third round
		Arizona	3
		New York University	0
							Arizona	1
							Minnesota	3
		Minnesota	4
		Wyoming	0
												Minnesota	13
												Mississippi	5
		Mississippi	13
		New Hampshire	2
							Mississippi	4
							Bradley	0
		Bradley	4
		Washington State	3
						Loser's bracket
							New York University	2
							Wyoming	8				Bradley	12
												Wyoming	8
							New Hampshire	6
							Washington State	3				Arizona	1
												New Hampshire	0

	Semifinals					Elimination					Final
	Re-ordered Semifinals
		Minnesota	8									Arizona	1
		Bradley	3									Minnesota	12
							Minnesota	4
							Arizona	10
		Mississippi	3
		Arizona	7

Game Results

Date	Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
June 9	Game 1	Arizona	3 - 0	New York University
	Game 2	Minnesota	4 - 0	Wyoming
	Game 3	Mississippi	13 - 2	New Hampshire
	Game 4	Bradley	4 - 3	Washington State
June 10	Game 5	Wyoming	8 - 2	New York University	New York University eliminated
	Game 6	New Hampshire	6 - 3	Washington State	Washington State eliminated
	Game 7	Minnesota	3 - 1	Arizona
	Game 8	Mississippi	4 - 0	Bradley
June 11	Game 9	Bradley	12 - 8	Wyoming	Wyoming eliminated
	Game 10	Arizona	1 - 0	New Hampshire	New Hampshire eliminated
	Game 11	Minnesota	13 - 5	Mississippi
June 12	Game 12	Arizona	7 - 3	Mississippi	Mississippi eliminated
	Game 13	Minnesota	8 - 3	Bradley	Bradley eliminated
June 13	Game 14	Arizona	10 - 4	Minnesota
June 14	Final	Minnesota	12 - 1	Arizona	Minnesota wins CWS

Notable Players

• University of Arizona: Don Lee, Carl Thomas
• Bradley University:
• University of Minnesota: Jerry Kindall, Jack McCartan
• University of Mississippi: Joe Gibbon
• University of New Hampshire:
• New York University:
• Washington State College:
• University of Wyoming:

Related Sites

• OmahaSeries.com: for more info on the College World Series
• BoydsWorld.com: for more info on College Baseball