1956 NFL season

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The 1956 NFL season was a professional American football campaign in which the National Football League's teams competed for the championship ultimately decided by the 1956 NFL Championship Game.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
1956 NFL season canonical 2
1955 NFL season 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf NFL season ⓘ
sports season ⓘ
champion New York Giants ⓘ
championshipGame 1956 NFL Championship Game ⓘ
championshipGameCity New York City ⓘ
championshipGameDate 1956-12-30 ⓘ
championshipGameScore New York Giants 47–7 Chicago Bears ⓘ
championshipGameSite Yankee Stadium ⓘ
championshipLosingCoach Paddy Driscoll ⓘ
championshipWinningCoach Jim Lee Howell ⓘ
commissioner Bert Bell ⓘ
conference Eastern Conference ⓘ
Western Conference ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
decidedBy 1956 NFL Championship Game ⓘ
easternConferenceChampion New York Giants ⓘ
endYear 1956 ⓘ
hadDraft 1956 NFL Draft ⓘ
league National Football League ⓘ
mostValuablePlayer Frank Gifford ⓘ
MVPPosition halfback ⓘ
MVPTeam New York Giants ⓘ
nextSeason 1957 NFL season ⓘ
notablePlayer Charlie Conerly ⓘ
Frank Gifford ⓘ
Harlan Hill ⓘ
Roosevelt Brown ⓘ
Sam Huff ⓘ
notableTeam Chicago Bears ⓘ
Cleveland Browns ⓘ
Detroit Lions ⓘ
Los Angeles Rams ⓘ
New York Giants ⓘ
numberOfGamesPerTeam 12 ⓘ
numberOfTeams 12 ⓘ
partOf history of the National Football League ⓘ
playoffFormat singleChampionshipGame ⓘ
previousSeason 1955 NFL season ⓘ
linked to: 1956 NFL season
regularSeason 1956 NFL regular season ⓘ
ruleChange ballHashMarksMovedCloserToCenterOfField ⓘ
grabbingFaceMaskOfBallCarrierPenalized ⓘ
runnerUp Chicago Bears ⓘ
seasonNumber 37 ⓘ
sport American football ⓘ
startYear 1956 ⓘ
televisionPartner CBS ⓘ
westernConferenceChampion Chicago Bears ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

1956 NFL Championship Game → seasonOfLeague → 1956 NFL season ⓘ
subject linked to: NFL Championship Game 1956
1956 NFL season → previousSeason → 1955 NFL season ⓘ
linked to: 1956 NFL season
1956 NFL Draft → season → 1956 NFL season ⓘ