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.

All-American selections for 1955

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.

Rank	Name	Position	School	Heisman points
1	Howard Cassady	Halfback	Ohio State	2,219
2	Jim Swink	Halfback	TCU	742
3	George Welsh	Quarterback	Navy	383
4	Earl Morrall	Quarterback	Michigan State	323
5	Paul Hornung	Quarterback	Notre Dame	321

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

Notes

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