The 1955 Little All-America college football team is composed of college football players from small colleges and universities who were selected by the Associated Press (AP) as the best players at each position. For 1955, the AP selected three teams of 11 players each, with no separate defensive platoons.[1]
Junior back Nate Clark of Hillsdale College, an African American from Benton Harbor, Michigan, was named to the first team after leading all of college football with 144 points (24 touchdowns) scored.[1]
| Position | Player | Team | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B | Nate Clark | Style = | Hillsdale | |
| Gene Scott | Style = | Centre | ||
| Dave Burnham | Style = | Wheaton (IL) | ||
| Charles Sticka | Style = | Trinity (CT) | ||
| E | Charles Schultz | Style = | Alfred | |
| Richard Donlin | Style = | Hamline | ||
| T | Charles Gibbons | Style = | Rhode Island | |
| Vincent Vidas | Style = | Drexel | ||
| G | Wixie Robinson | Style = | Pepperdine | |
| Steve Myhra | Style = | North Dakota | ||
| C | Hubert Cook | Style = | Trinity (TX) |
| Position | Player | Team | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B | Elroy Payne | Style = | McMurry | |
| William Englehardt | Style = | Omaha | ||
| William Rhodes | Style = | Western State (CO) | ||
| James Ztiser | Style = | Delaware | ||
| E | George Cilek | Style = | Coe | |
| Ronald Henry | Style = | Hampden–Sydney | ||
| T | Roger Siesel | Style = | Miami (OH) | |
| Sherman Plunkett | Style = | Maryland State | ||
| G | Gerry Luth | Style = | Pacific Lutheran | |
| Luther Shealey | Style = | Presbyterian | ||
| C | William Vanderstoep | Style = | Whitworth |
| Position | Player | Team | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B | William Hamilton | Style = | Florence State | |
| Jack Schultz | Style = | Luther | ||
| Don Baker | Style = | North Texas State | ||
| James Higgason | Style = | Southwestern Louisiana | ||
| E | Harry Drexler | Style = | Juniata | |
| Jack Hecker | Style = | Bowling Green | ||
| T | Joe DeKasar | Style = | Upsala | |
| Allen Dunham | Style = | Texas Lutheran | ||
| G | Roland Merrifield | Style = | Maine | |
| Tom Hofflander | Style = | Augsburg | ||
| C | Jerry Angell | Style = | Hobart |