1955 All-Big Seven Conference football team

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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{{cite news|title=6 Sooners All-Big 7|newspaper=Charleston Daily Mail|date=November 27, 1955|page=10|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3077762/6_sooners_allbig_7/}}

UP = United Press{{cite news|title=Oklahoma Leads All-Big 7 Team|newspaper=Brownwood Bulletin|date=November 29, 1955|page=5|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3077808/oklahoma_leads_allbig_7_team/}}

{{cite news|title=United Press All-Big Seven|newspaper=St. Joseph News-Press|date=November 29, 1955|page=12|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AlNUAAAAIBAJ&dq=1955+All-Big+Seven+Conference+football+team&pg=PA7}}

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