Buck Baker won the Nascar Grand National Series championship in 1956.
The University of San Francisco defeated the University of Iowa, 83-71, to win the 1956 NCAA Division I basketball championship.
Oklahoma Sooners
University of Oklahoma Sooners won.
The cast of All-Ireland Championship Football Final 1956 - 1956 includes: Paddy Harrington as himself Frankie Stockwell as himself
The cast of All-Ireland Championship Hurling Final 1956 - 1956 includes: Martin Codd Padge Kehoe Nicky Rackard
Rangers won the Scottish League Championship in 1956.
Turkish Women's Volleyball Championship was created in 1956.
Canadian Open Chess Championship was created in 1956.
Rapid JC won the Netherlands League championship in 1956.
Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican) defeated Adlai Stevenson (Democrat) in the election of 1956.
That was the 1956-57 season.