1955 Little All-America college football team

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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]

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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]

First team

PositionPlayerTeam
B Nate Clark Hillsdale
Gene ScottCentre
Dave BurnhamWheaton (IL)
Charles StickaTrinity (CT)
E Charles SchultzAlfred
Richard DonlinHamline
T Charles GibbonsRhode Island
Vincent VidasDrexel
G Wixie RobinsonPepperdine
Steve Myhra North Dakota
C Hubert CookTrinity (TX)

Second team

PositionPlayerTeam
B Elroy PayneMcMurry
William EnglehardtOmaha
William RhodesWestern State (CO)
James ZtiserDelaware
E George CilekCoe
Ronald HenryHampden–Sydney
T Roger SieselMiami (OH)
Sherman Plunkett Maryland State
G Gerry LuthPacific Lutheran
Luther ShealeyPresbyterian
C William VanderstoepWhitworth

Third team

PositionPlayerTeam
B William HamiltonFlorence State
Jack SchultzLuther
Don BakerNorth Texas State
James HiggasonSouthwestern Louisiana
E Harry DrexlerJuniata
Jack HeckerBowling Green
T Joe DeKasarUpsala
Allen DunhamTexas Lutheran
G Roland MerrifieldMaine
Tom HofflanderAugsburg
C Jerry AngellHobart

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  1. 1 2 "Nation's Leading Scorer Makes Little All-America". Bergen Evening Record. December 1, 1955. p. 43 via Newspapers.com.