1955 College Football All-America Team

1955 College Football All-America team is composed of college football players who were selected as All-Americans by various organizations and writers that chose College Football All-America Teams for the 1955 college football season. The organizations choosing the teams included the United Press, Associated Press, Time, and the Newspaper Enterprise Association.

Ends

 * Ron Beagle, Navy (AP, UP, AFCA, FWAA, TSN, NEA, INS, CP, WC)
 * Ron Kramer, Michigan (UP, AFCA, FWAA, TSN, NEA, INS, WC)
 * Howard Schnellenberger, Kentucky (AP)
 * Joe Walton, Pittsburgh (CP)
 * Rommie Loudd, UCLA (FWAA)
 * Harold Burnine, Missouri (FWAA)

Tackles

 * Norm Masters, Michigan State (UP, FWAA, NEA, CP, WC)
 * Bruce Bosley, West Virginia (UP, AFCA, TSN, INS, WC)
 * Sam Huff, West Virginia (FWAA, NEA)
 * John Witte, Oregon State (INS)
 * Frank D'Agostino, Auburn (AP, AFCA)
 * Mike Sandusky, Maryland (TSN)
 * Paul Wiggin, Stanford (AP)
 * Herb Gray, Texas (FWAA)

Guards

 * Bo Bolinger, Oklahoma (UP, AFCA, FWAA, TSN, NEA, INS, CP, WC)
 * Cal Jones, Iowa (AP-2-[t], UP, FWAA, TSN, WC)
 * Hardiman Cureton, UCLA (AFCA, FWAA-[t], INS, CP-[t])
 * Jim Parker, Ohio State (FWAA, CP)
 * Tony Sardisco, Tulane (FWAA)
 * Pat Bisceglia, Notre Dame (AP)
 * Scott Suber, Mississippi State (NEA)
 * James D. Brown, UCLA (AP)

Centers

 * Bob Pellegrini, Maryland (AP, UP, AFCA, FWAA, TSN, NEA, INS, CP, WC)
 * Hugh Pitts, Texas Christian (FWAA)

Quarterbacks

 * Earl Morrall, Michigan State (AP, AFCA, FWAA, TSN,  INS,  WC)
 * George Welsh, Navy (CP)

Halfbacks

 * Howard "Hopalong" Cassidy, Ohio State (AP, UP, AFCA, FWAA, TSN, NEA, INS, CP, WC)
 * Paul Hornung, Notre Dame (UP, FWAA, TSN, NEA, WC)
 * Jim Swink, TCU (AP, UP, AFCA, FWAA, TSN, NEA, INS, CP, WC)
 * Jon Arnett, Southern California (UP, FWAA, NEA)
 * Tommy McDonald, Oklahoma (AP)
 * Art Davis, Mississippi State (FWAA)

Fullbacks

 * Don Schaefer, Notre Dame (AFCA, FWAA, INS, CP)
 * Joe Childress, Auburn (FWAA)

Key

 * Bold = Consensus All-American
 * AP = Associated Press
 * UP = United Press
 * AFCA = American Football Coaches Association, for Colliers Magazine
 * FWAA = Football Writers Association of America
 * TSN = The Sporting News
 * NEA = Newspaper Editors Association: All-Americans selected by the NEA received "solid gold Longines-Witlnauer watches, handsome and specially designed certificates and, perhaps best of all, testimonial dinners in their old home towns."
 * INS = International News Service: selected based on "recommendations of INS football experts from coast-to-coast with the assistance of coaches, scouts, broadcasters and newspaper sports editors."
 * CP = Central Press Association
 * WC = Walter Camp Football Foundation

Heisman Trophy voting
The chart below reflects the point total in the 1955 Heisman Trophy voting.

Other individual awards for 1955

 * Outland Trophy: Cal Jones, guard, Iowa
 * Maxwell Award: Howard Cassady, halfback, Ohio State
 * AP Athlete of Year: Howard Cassady, Ohio St.
 * Walter Camp Award: Howard Cassady, Ohio St.
 * Knute Rockne Award (Lineman): Bob Pellegrini, center, Maryland
 * AFCA Coach of the Year: Duffy Daugherty, Michigan State