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1955 All-Eastern football team

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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

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  • George Welsh, Navy (AP-1 [b], UP-1, INS-1)
  • Claude Benham, Columbia (AP-2, INS-2)

Halfbacks

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  • 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

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  • Charles Sticka, Trinity (NC) (AP-1 [b], INS-1)
  • R. Martin, Princeton (AP-2)

Ends

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Tackles

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  • 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

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  • 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

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  • 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

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Two From Upstate On AP All-Eastern". Pres and Sun-Bulletin. November 29, 1955. p. 23 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Lenny Moore Slected on U.P. All-East Team". Reading Eagle. December 2, 1955. p. 17.
  3. ^ "International News Picks Sticka On All-Eastern Club". The Hartford Courant. November 22, 1955. p. 25 – via Newspapers.com.