1955 All-SEC football team

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The 1955 All-SEC football team consists of American football players selected to the All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) chosen by various selectors for the 1955 college football season. Ole Miss won the conference.

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All-SEC selections

Ends

Howard Schnellenberger , Kentucky (AP-1, UP-1)
Joe Tuminello, LSU (AP-1, UP-1)
Jimmy Phillips, Auburn (AP-2, UP-2)
Nick Germanus, Alabama (AP-3, UP-2)
Joe Stephenson, Vanderbilt (AP-2, UP-3)
Roy Wilkins, Georgia (AP-3, UP-3)

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James Jackson "Red" Phillips was an American football wide receiver who played for the Los Angeles Rams and the Minnesota Vikings for 10 seasons, from 1958 to 1967. Phillips was a three-time Pro Bowler as a Ram from 1960 to 1962 and was first team in 1961. Phillips attended Auburn University. He was on 11 All-American teams his senior year at Auburn. He was co-captain on Auburn's 1957 national championship team.

Tackles

Frank D'Agostino , Auburn (AP-1, UP-1)
Earl Leggett, LSU (AP-1, UP-1)
M. L. Bracket, Auburn (AP-2, UP-2)
Charley Rader, Tennessee (AP-2, UP-2)
Carl Vereen, Georgia Tech (UP-3)
Jim Barron, Miss. St. (AP-3, UP-3)

Carl Vereen is a former offensive tackle in the National Football League. He was drafted in the fourth round of the 1957 NFL Draft by the Green Bay Packers and played that season with the team.

Guards

Scott Suber , Miss. St. (AP-1, UP-1)
Franklin Brooks, Georgia Tech (AP-1, UP-1)
Tony Sardisco, Tulane (AP-2, UP-2)
Vaughn Allison, Ole Miss (AP-2, UP-3)
Larry Frank, Vanderbilt (AP-3, UP-2)
Bryan Burnthorne, Tulane (AP-3, UP-3)

Billie Scott Suber was an American football player. Suber was born and raised in Calhoun County, Mississippi, where his father worked in a saw mill. He attended Mississippi State University and played college football at the guard position for the Mississippi State Bulldogs football team under head coach Darrell Royal. Suber was selected by the Newspaper Enterprise Association as a first-team player on its 1955 College Football All-America Team. After leaving Mississippi State, he served in the military and later had a career with what became Renesant Bank in Tupelo, Mississippi. He was inducted into the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame in 1993.

Anthony Guy "Tony" Sardisco was an American football guard/linebacker.

Centers

Steve DeLaTorre, Florida (AP-1, UP-1)
Jimmy Morris, Georgia Tech (UP-2)
Gene Dubuisson, Ole Miss (AP-2, UP-3)
Bob Scarbrough, Auburn (AP-3)

Quarterbacks

Eagle Day, Ole Miss (AP-3, UP-1)
Bob Hardy, Kentucky (AP-2, UP-2)
Wade Mitchell, Georgia Tech (UP-3)

Herman Sidney "Eagle" Day was an American punter in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins and quarterback in the Canadian Football League with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, Calgary Stampeders and the Toronto Argonauts. He played college football and baseball at the University of Mississippi.

Halfbacks

Johnny Majors , Tennessee (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1, UP-1)
Fob James , Auburn (AP-1, UP-1)
Charley Horton, Vanderbilt (AP-1, UP-2)
Art Davis, Miss. St. (AP-2, UP-2)
George Volkert, Georgia Tech (AP-2, UP-3)
Jackie Simpson, Florida (AP-3, UP-3)
Billy Kinard, Ole Miss (AP-3)

Johnny Majors American college football player, college football coach

John Terrill Majors is a former American football player and coach. A standout halfback at the University of Tennessee, he was an All-American in 1956 and a two-time winner of the Southeastern Conference Most Valuable Player award, in 1955 and 1956. He finished second to Paul Hornung in voting for the Heisman Trophy in 1956. Majors served as the head football coach at Iowa State University (1968–1972), the University of Pittsburgh, and Tennessee (1977–1992), compiling a career college football record of 185–137–10. His 1976 Pittsburgh squad won a national championship after capping a 12–0 season with a victory in the Sugar Bowl. Majors was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a player in 1987.

Fob James American politician, 48th Governor of Alabama

Forrest Hood James Jr. is an American civil engineer, businessman, football player, and politician who served two terms as the 48th Governor of Alabama, from 1979–83 as a Democrat and again from 1995–99 as a Republican.

John Marlin Simpson was an American college and professional football player who was a defensive back in the National Football League (NFL) for five seasons during the late 1950s and early 1960s. Simpson played college football for the University of Florida, and then played professionally for the Baltimore Colts and the Pittsburgh Steelers of the NFL.

Fullbacks

Paige Cothren, Ole Miss (AP-1, UP-3)
Joe Childress, Auburn (AP-2, UP-1)
Ronnie Quilan, Tulane (AP-3, UP-2)

Key

AP = Associated Press.^[1]^[2]

UP = United Press.^[3]

Bold = Consensus first-team selection by both AP and UP

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References

↑ "All-Southeastern...1955". The Robesonian. November 28, 1955. p. 7. Retrieved May 31, 2015– via Newspapers.com.
↑ Mercer Bailey (November 28, 1955). "Auburn's James, D'Agostino Selected On AP's All-Conference Football Team". The Anniston Star. p. 9. Retrieved May 31, 2015– via Newspapers.com.
↑ "Auburn Places Three Players On All-Southeastern Eleven". The Times Standard. November 25, 1955. p. 19. Retrieved May 31, 2015– via Newspapers.com.

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[1] "All-Southeastern...1955". The Robesonian. November 28, 1955. p. 7. Retrieved May 31, 2015– via Newspapers.com.

[2] Mercer Bailey (November 28, 1955). "Auburn's James, D'Agostino Selected On AP's All-Conference Football Team". The Anniston Star. p. 9. Retrieved May 31, 2015– via Newspapers.com.

[3] "Auburn Places Three Players On All-Southeastern Eleven". The Times Standard. November 25, 1955. p. 19. Retrieved May 31, 2015– via Newspapers.com.