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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[]

Tackles[]

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[]

Quarterbacks[]

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[1]
  • AP = Associated Press[2]
  • UP = United Press[3]
  • AFCA = American Football Coaches Association, for Colliers Magazine[4]
  • FWAA = Football Writers Association of America[5]
  • TSN = The Sporting News[6]
  • 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."[7]
  • 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."[8]
  • CP = Central Press Association[9]
  • WC = Walter Camp Football Foundation[10]

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[]

Notes[]

  1. Consensus All-American designations based on the NCAA guide to football award winners
  2. Bob Hoobnig (1955-12-02). "Swink On AP All-American". Abilene Reporter-News.
  3. "Arnett Lands Berth On UP All-America Eleven: Midwest Area Dominates '55 All-Star Team". San Mateo Times. 1956-11-28.
  4. "Pellegrini Top Player On Colliers' Team". Cedar Rapids Gazette. 1955-11-23.
  5. "FWAA All America". Football Writers Association of America. Archived from the original on 26 March 2009. http://web.archive.org/web/20090326165534/http://www.sportswriters.net/fwaa/awards/allamerica/alltime.pdf. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  6. "The Sporting News: College Football TSN All America Teams". The Sporting News. http://www.sportingnews.com/archives/almanac/nfl/cfbamer.html. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  7. Harry Grayson (1955-12-01). "Harry Grayson's 1955 NEA All-America Team: Hornung Engineers Backs Led By Cassady, Swink, Pellegrini Anchors Line". Fort Pierce News-Tribune.
  8. John Barrington (1955-11-27). "Pellegrini, Bosley On INS All-America: Trio Players From Big 10 Win Places, Hoppy Hops". Cumberland Times.
  9. Walter Johns (1955-11-26). "Central Press Captains All-American: Cassady Repeats On All-America". Mansfield News Journal.
  10. "All-America Teams". Walter Camp Football Foundation. http://waltercamp.org/index.php/teams_and_awards/. Retrieved 19 April 2009.

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