what wr had the most receiving touchdowns in 1956

Billy Howton scored the most receiving touchdowns by a wide receiver in 1956, with 12 touchdowns.

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	NAME	REC TD	SEASON	TM	GP	REC	REC YDS	AVG	REC YDS/G	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Billy Howton B. Howton	12	1956	GB	12	55	1,188	21.6	99.0	0	0		0.0	0
2	Harlon Hill H. Hill	11	1956	CHB	12	47	1,128	24.0	94.0	24	2	12.0	2.0	0
3	Bob Boyd B. Boyd	7	1956	LA	12	30	586	19.5	48.8	-7	1	-7.0	-0.6	0
4	Elroy Hirsch E. Hirsch	6	1956	LA	12	35	603	17.2	50.3	0	0		0.0	0
5	Gary Knafelc G. Knafelc	6	1956	GB	12	30	418	13.9	34.8	0	0		0.0	0
6	Jim Mutscheller J. Mutscheller	6	1956	BAL	12	44	715	16.3	59.6	0	0		0.0	0
7	Ray Mathews R. Mathews	5	1956	PIT	12	31	540	17.4	45.0	-11	3	-3.7	-0.9	0
8	Steve Meilinger S. Meilinger	5	1956	WAS	12	24	395	16.5	32.9	0	0		0.0	0
9	Dave Middleton D. Middleton	5	1956	DET	12	39	606	15.5	50.5	9	3	3.0	0.8	0
10	Billy Wilson B. Wilson	5	1956	SF	12	60	889	14.8	74.1	0	0		0.0	0
11	Ken MacAfee K. MacAfee	4	1956	NYG	12	14	184	13.1	15.3	0	0		0.0	0
12	Bill McColl B. McColl	4	1956	CHB	12	24	322	13.4	26.8	0	0		0.0	0
13	Gern Nagler G. Nagler	4	1956	CHC	8	14	268	19.1	33.5	0	0		0.0	0
14	Kyle Rote K. Rote	4	1956	NYG	12	28	405	14.5	33.8	5	3	1.7	0.4	0
15	Johnny Carson J. Carson	3	1956	WAS	12	39	504	12.9	42.0	0	0		0.0	0
16	Bobby Walston B. Walston	3	1956	PHI	12	39	590	15.1	49.2	0	0		0.0	0
17	Raymond Berry R. Berry	2	1956	BAL	12	37	601	16.2	50.1	0	0		0.0	0
18	Max Boydston M. Boydston	2	1956	CHC	12	6	116	19.3	9.7	0	0		0.0	0
19	Hank Burnine H. Burnine	2	1956	TOT	10	10	208	20.8	20.8	0	0		0.0	0
20	Dorne Dibble D. Dibble	2	1956	DET	12	32	597	18.7	49.8	8	1	8.0	0.7	0
21	Lowell Perry L. Perry	2	1956	PIT	6	14	334	23.9	55.7	37	2	18.5	6.2	0
22	Don Stonesifer D. Stonesifer	2	1956	CHC	12	22	320	14.5	26.7	0	0		0.0	0
23	John Bredice J. Bredice	1	1956	PHI	12	10	146	14.6	12.2	0	0		0.0	0
24	Pete Brewster P. Brewster	1	1956	CLE	12	28	417	14.9	34.8	0	0		0.0	0
25	Bob Carey B. Carey	1	1956	LA	7	5	60	12.0	8.6	0	0		0.0	0

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