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)
- Jimmy 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
editReferences
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.