The 1955 All-SEC football team consists of

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players selected to the All-

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(SEC) chosen by various selectors for the

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. Ole Miss won the conference.

All-SEC selections

Ends

Howard Schnellenberger Howard Leslie Schnellenberger (March 16, 1934 – March 27, 2021) was an American football coach with long service at both the professional and college levels. He held head coaching positions with the National Football League's Baltimore Colts a ...

, 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)

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 Carl Harry Vereen (born January 27, 1936) is a former offensive tackle in the National Football League. He was drafted in the fourth round of the 1957 NFL Draft The 1957 National Football League draft had its first four rounds held on Novembe ...

, Georgia Tech (UP-3) *Jim Barron, Miss. St. (AP-3, UP-3)

Guards

Scott Suber Billie Scott Suber (born September 26, 1934) was an American football player. Suber was born and raised in Calhoun County, Mississippi (first in Derma and then in Calhoun City), where his father worked in a saw mill. He attended Mississippi S ...

, 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)

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 Herman Sidney "Eagle" Day (October 2, 1932 – February 22, 2008) 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 Stampede ...

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

Halfbacks

Johnny Majors John Terrill Majors (May 21, 1935June 3, 2020) was an American professional football player and college coach. A standout halfback at the University of Tennessee, he was an All-American in 1956 and a two-time winner of the Southeastern Confe ...

, Tennessee (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1, UP-1) *

Fob James Forrest Hood "Fob" James Jr. (born September 15, 1934) is an American civil engineer, entrepreneur, football player, and politician. He served as the 48th governor of Alabama, first as a Democrat, 1979–1983, and secondly as a Republican, 1995� ...

, 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)

Fullbacks

* Paige Cothren, Ole Miss (AP-1, UP-3) *

Joe Childress Joe Childress (October 26, 1933 – May 5, 1986) was a running back in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Auburn Tigers. College years Childress was a two-time All-American at Auburn and was considered the fi ...

, Auburn (AP-2, UP-1) *Ronnie Quilan, Tulane (AP-3, UP-2)

Key

AP =

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. UP =

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

References

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