1955 Topps All-American Football Cards
The 1955 Topps All-American football card set contains 100 cards of College All-Americans from years past. Two cards have variations: the Gaynell Tinsley and Whizzer White cards were first printed with each other's biography, then corrected. You can
see the error versions
in one of my blog articles. Another blog article,
A is for All-Americans,
has a description of the 1955 Topps All-American set.
Rookie cards of Pro Football Hall of Famers in the 1955 Topps All-American set: Benny Friedman, Mel Hein, Fats Henry, Don Hutson, Ernie Nevers, Ace Parker. Rookie cards of Heisman Trophy winners in the 1955 Topps All-American set: Nile Kinnick, Dick Kazmaier, Davey O'Brien, Tom Harmon, Doc Blanchard, Frank Sinkwich, Angelo Bertelli, Jay Berwanger.
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1955 Topps All-American | 1 | Herman Hickman | guard | Tennessee | College Hall of Fame 1959 | Rookie card | $28 | Current Listings Recent Sales |
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1955 Topps All-American | 2 | John Kimbrough | fullback | Texas A and M | College Hall of Fame 1954 | Kimbrough finished second in voting for the Heisman Trophy in 1940, behind Tom Harmon. After graduating, he starred in two Westerns, played three seasons for the AAFC's Los Angeles Dons, and served in the Texas State Legislature. | $47 | Current Listings Recent Sales |
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1955 Topps All-American | 3 | Ed Weir | tackle | Nebraska | College Hall of Fame 1951 | $48 | Current Listings Recent Sales |
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1955 Topps All-American | 4 | Erny Pinckert | halfback | USC | College Hall of Fame 1957 | $44 | Current Listings Recent Sales |
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1955 Topps All-American | 5 | Bob Grayson | fullback | Stanford | College Hall of Fame 1955 | $29 | Current Listings Recent Sales |
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1955 Topps All-American | 6 | Nile Kinnick | halfback | Iowa | College Hall of Fame 1951, Heisman Trophy 1939 | Rookie card, error card Kinnick died in a plane crash in World War II. His name is misspelled "Niles" on this card. |
$66 | Current Listings Recent Sales |
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1955 Topps All-American | 7 | Andy Bershak | end | North Carolina | $35 | Current Listings Recent Sales |
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1955 Topps All-American | 8 | George Cafego | quarterback | Tennessee | College Hall of Fame 1969 | Cafego placed seventh in voting for the Heimsan Trophy in 1938, and fourth in 1939. See my page of Heisman candidates. | $43 | Current Listings Recent Sales |
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1955 Topps All-American | 9 | Tom Hamilton | halfback | Navy | College Hall of Fame 1965 | $34 | Current Listings Recent Sales |
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1955 Topps All-American | 10 | Bill Dudley | halfback | Virginia | College Hall of Fame 1956, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1966, Redskins Ring of Fame 2000 | $49 | Current Listings Recent Sales |
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1955 Topps All-American | 11 | Bobby Dodd | quarterback | Tennessee | College Hall of Fame 1959 | Dodd was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame as both a player and a coach. His son, Bobby Dodd Jr., played college football for Florida. | $32 | Current Listings Recent Sales |
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1955 Topps All-American | 12 | Otto Graham | quarterback | Northwestern | Browns Ring of Honor 2010, College Hall of Fame 1956, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1965 | Graham was an All-American in both football and basketball at Northwestern. | $147 | Current Listings Recent Sales |
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1955 Topps All-American | 13 | Aaron Rosenberg | guard | USC | College Hall of Fame 1966 | Rosenberg became a movie producer. One of his movies, Mutiny on the Bounty, was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture. | $30 | Current Listings Recent Sales |
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1955 Topps All-American | 14cor | Gaynell Tinsley | end | LSU | College Hall of Fame 1956 | $34 | Current Listings Recent Sales |
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1955 Topps All-American | 14err | Gaynell Tinsley | end | LSU | College Hall of Fame 1956 | Error card Back of card has Byron White's bio. |
$400 | Current Listings Recent Sales |
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1955 Topps All-American | 15 | Eddie Kaw | halfback | Cornell | College Hall of Fame 1954 | $24 | Current Listings Recent Sales |
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1955 Topps All-American | 16 | Knute Rockne | coach, end | Notre Dame | College Hall of Fame 1951 | $200 | Current Listings Recent Sales |
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1955 Topps All-American | 17 | Bob Reynolds | halfback | Nebraska | College Hall of Fame 1984 | $36 | Current Listings Recent Sales |
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1955 Topps All-American | 18 | Pudge Heffelfinger | guard | Yale | College Hall of Fame 1951 | $27 | Current Listings Recent Sales |
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1955 Topps All-American | 19 | Bruce Smith | halfback | Minnesota | College Hall of Fame 1972, Heisman Trophy 1941 | $59 | Current Listings Recent Sales |

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