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Backfield Prospects for 1955 Big Seven Teams
The piece surveys 1955 backfield plans across Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Colorado, Iowa State, and Kansas State. It highlights standout players like Oklahoma’s Bud Wilkinson era stars, Kansas backs including Nesmith and Becker, and note on quarterbacking shifts, size challenges, and juco transfers shaping preseason expectations for the league’s linemen and backs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry Jubbs
Bo Bolinger
Oklaoma
Sam Salerno
Colorido
Jim Furey
Kansas Rate
Missouri
Jim Martin
Terry Roberts
Oklahoma
Jeridi Bud Wilkinson
Bim Harris
Sooners
Faims
Tommy MecDon
Bob Burris
Billy Pricer
Harris
O'Neal
Bill Sturm
Carlpeda
Irom
Bob Derrick
Comet
del Long
Censter ‘Tubbs
Colorado
Bufts
C. U
Dick Hyson
Sph
Kansas
City
Emerson Wil Ape
Isdoha
Besst
Bayuk
Jack Becker
Mettes
Kanaan State
Bob Whitehead
Kenny Neamith
Osborne
Corky Taylor
Nesmith
Tony Addee
E.state
Bill Carrington
Bill
Sooner
Doe Golding
Jack Mitchell
Junior Thomas
Nebraska
Abby Reynolds
Grand Island Ghost
Buck McPhail
T Norman
Billy Wessels
Larry Grigg