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.
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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
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