The 1955 All-Eastern football team consists of American football players chosen by various selectors as the best players at each position among the Eastern colleges and universities during the 1955 college football season.
Quarterbacks edit
- George Welsh, Navy (AP-1 [b], UP-1, INS-1)
- Claude Benham, Columbia (AP-2, INS-2)
Halfbacks edit
- Jim Brown, Syracuse (AP-1 [b], UP-1, INS-1)
- Lenny Moore, Penn State (AP-1 [b], UP-1, INS-1)
- Patrick Uebel, Army (AP-2, INS-2)
- Alfred Ward, Yale (AP-2)
- Jim Robertson, Cornell (INS-2)
- Dennis McGill, Yale (UP-1, INS-2)
Fullbacks edit
- Charles Sticka, Trinity (NC) (AP-1 [b], INS-1)
- R. Martin, Princeton (AP-2)
Ends edit
- Ron Beagle, Navy (AP-1, UP-1, INS-1)
- John Paluck, Pittsburgh (AP-1, UP-1, INS-2)
- Joe Walton, Pittsburgh (INS-1)
- Monte Pascoe, Dartmouth (AP-2)
- Jim Ridlon, Syracuse (AP-2)
- Joe Direnzo, Princeton (INS-2)
Tackles edit
- Phil Tarasovic, Yale (AP-1, INS-1)
- Thomas Powell, Colgate (AP-1, UP-1, INS-2)
- Bill Doremus, Lehigh (INS-1)
- John Hopkins, Navy (AP-2, UP-1)
- James McGuinness, Brown (AP-2)
- Charles Gibbons, Rhode Island (INS-2)
Guards edit
- Bill Meigs, Harvard (AP-1, INS-1)
- Stanley Slater, Army (AP-1, UP-1, INS-2)
- Jim Buonopane, Holy Cross (AP-2, UP-1, INS-1)
- Robert Howard, Rutgers (AP-2)
- George Peck, Princeton (INS-2)
Center edit
- John Cenci, Pittsburgh (AP-1)
- Frank Reich, Penn State (INS-1)
- Edward Szvetecz, Army (UP-1)
- Robert A'Lizzi, Dartmouth (AP-2)
- Bill Brown, Syracuse (INS-2)
Key edit
- AP = Associated Press[1]
- UP = United Press[2]
- INS = International News Service[3]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Two From Upstate On AP All-Eastern". Pres and Sun-Bulletin. November 29, 1955. p. 23 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Lenny Moore Slected on U.P. All-East Team". Reading Eagle. December 2, 1955. p. 17.
- ^ "International News Picks Sticka On All-Eastern Club". The Hartford Courant. November 22, 1955. p. 25 – via Newspapers.com.