1955 All-Big Seven Conference football team explained

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

• Jerry Tubbs, Oklahoma (AP-1; UP-1)
• Jim Furey, Kansas St. (AP-2; UP-2)

Key

AP = Associated Press^[1]

UP = United Press^{[2] [3]}

See also

• 1955 College Football All-America Team

Notes and References

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