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1955 Little All-America College Football Team
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. 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. First team * Back - Nate Clark (junior, 5'8", 195 pounds), Hillsdale * Back - Gene Scott (senior, 5'11", 180 pounds), Centre * Back - Dave Burnham (senior, 6'2", 180 pounds), Wheaton * Back - Charles Sticka (senior, 6'0", 195 pounds), Trinity (Connecticut) * End - Charles Schultz (junior, 6'1", 185 pounds), Alfred * End - Richard Donlin (senior, 6'5", 205 pounds), Hamline * Tackle - Charles Gibbons (senior, 5'8", 218 pounds), Rhode Island * Tackle - Vincent Vidas (senior, 6'2", 21 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little All-America College Football Team
The Little All-America team is an honor given annually to the best small college players at their respective positions. The first Little All-America team for college football, selected with assistance from reporters in every region, was announced in December 1934 by Edward J. Neil of the Associated Press (AP). Neil wrote that the Little All-America team was intended to honor "the little fellows, players in hundreds of colleges who labored just as earnestly, often with just as much ability, but barely edging into the spotlight . . ." Players who received Little All-America honors (years in parenthesis) and were later inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame include: Joe Stydahar (1934), Bulldog Turner (1939), Tony Canadeo (1939), Andrew Robustelli ( 1949), Buck Buchanan ( 1962), Willie Lanier (1965), Terry Bradshaw ( 1969), Walter Payton (1974), and Shannon Sharpe (1989). Other notable Little All-Americans include Otis Taylor (1964), Carl Garrett ( 1966, 1967, 1968), B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |