1955 All-Big Seven Conference football team

The 1955 All-Big Seven Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations for All-Big Seven Conference teams for the 1955 college football season. The selectors for the 1955 season included the Associated Press (AP) and the United Press (UP). Players selected as first-team players by both the AP and UP are designated in bold.

All-Big Seven selections

Backs

  • Tommy McDonald, Oklahoma (AP-1 [HB]; UP-1 [HB]) (College and Pro Football Halls of Fame)
  • Doug Roether, Kansas St. (AP-1; UP-1 [FB])
  • Bob Burris, Oklahoma (AP-1; UP-2 [HB])
  • Rex Fisher, Nebraska (AP-1; UP-2)
  • Jimmy Harris, Oklahoma (AP-2; UP-1 [QB])
  • Willie Greenlaw, Nebraska (AP-2; UP-1 [HB])
  • Clendon Thomas, Oklahoma (AP-2)
  • Billy Pricer, Oklahoma (AP-2)
  • Bob Whitehead, Kansas State (UP-2)
  • Gene Roll, Missouri (UP-2)

Ends

  • Hank Burnine, Missouri (AP-1; UP-1)
  • Lamar Myer, Colorado (AP-1; UP-2)
  • Jon McWilliams, Nebraska (AP-2; UP-1)
  • John Bell, Oklahoma (AP-2)
  • Joe Mobra, Oklahoma (UP-2)

Tackles

  • Ed Gray, Oklahoma (AP-1; UP-1)
  • Laverne Torczon, Nebraska (AP-1)
  • Sam Salerno, Colorado (AP-2; UP-1)
  • Ron Nery, Kansas St. (AP-2; UP-2)
  • Calvin Woodworth, Oklahoma (AP-2)
  • Al Portney, Missouri (UP-2)

Guards

  • Bo Bolinger, Oklahoma (AP-1; UP-1)
  • Cecil Morris, Oklahoma (AP-1; UP-1)
  • Jim McCauley, Iowa St. (AP-2)
  • Jim Martin, Missouri (UP-2)
  • Dick Stapp, Colorado (UP-2)

Centers

Key

AP = Associated Press[1]

UP = United Press[2] [3]

See also

References

  1. ^ "6 Sooners All-Big 7". Charleston Daily Mail. November 27, 1955. p. 10.
  2. ^ "Oklahoma Leads All-Big 7 Team". Brownwood Bulletin. November 29, 1955. p. 5.
  3. ^ "United Press All-Big Seven". St. Joseph News-Press. November 29, 1955. p. 12.