1955 All-Big Seven Conference football team
Appearance
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
[edit]Backs
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- Jerry Tubbs, Oklahoma (AP-1; UP-1)
- Jim Furey, Kansas St. (AP-2; UP-2)
Key
[edit]AP = Associated Press[1]
UP = United Press[2] [3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "6 Sooners All-Big 7". Charleston Daily Mail. November 27, 1955. p. 10.
- ^ "Oklahoma Leads All-Big 7 Team". Brownwood Bulletin. November 29, 1955. p. 5.
- ^ "United Press All-Big Seven". St. Joseph News-Press. November 29, 1955. p. 12.