All-America Football Team Picks From NEA 1955 Edition
NEA selects its 1955 All-America team with stars like Cassady and Swink anchoring the backfield and Pellegrini guiding the line. The roster includes top backs Beagle, Kramer and Huff plus linemen and backs from Michigan, Maryland, UCLA, Purdue and Ohio State among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Grayson
NEA
Earl Morall
Michigan State
Mississippi
Art Davis
Oklahoma
Tommy McDonald
Bryan Burnthorne
Texas
Hugh Pitts
Jerry Tubbs
Ronald G. Beagle
Navy
Covington
Ron Kramer
Michigan
Gast
Detroit
Mich
All-America grid selections list midwest leaders and stars
The 1950s All America football roster features players from the midwest eight the south and coast regions with Beagle Hapalong Cassady and four juniors including Kramer and Hornung. The lineup includes honored backs ends and linemen from Notre Dame Ohio State Texas Christian and Southern California among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Hornung
Notre Dame
Louisville
Howard Cassady
Ohio State
Columbus
Jim Swink
Texas Christian
Texa
Jon Arnett
Southern California
Los Angeles
Mid West
South
East
Plains
Southwest
Pacific Coast
Beagle
Hapalong Cassady
Kramer
Hornung
All-American Honorable Mentions Unveiled by Colleges
The list features players from UCLA Michigan Purdue Rice Vanderbilt Army and others as honorable mentions. Notable names include Tom Maentz Lamar Landy and Joe Stephenson. The selection highlights tackles such as Ray Lemek from Notre Dame and other standouts across multiple programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Walker
Rowan Aims To Upset Pastrano At Madison Square Garden
Joe Rowan a steel mill worker and part time fighter challenges Willie Pastrano in a 10 round bout at Madison Square Garden. Pastrano a top light heavyweight favorite and unbeaten in two years. Rowan 26-6-1 with 13 knockouts and a 13 month unbeaten stretch seeks his first major upset. NBC will air the bout at 10 p.m. EST.
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New York
Joe Rowan
Willie Pastrano
Phoenixville
Madison Square Garden
Pastrano
Rowan
Ciebt
Bot Satterfield
New Orleans
Kaves
XBC
Admirers Honor Mack At Birthday Dinner
Philadelphia admirers held a prebirthday party for Connie Mack at the Warwick Hotel, hoping he would attend. He remained home after a series of falls and surgeries in October, turning 93 on December 22, with his family and physician advising against the long outing.
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Philadelphia
Connie Mack
Mack
Im “Hal
Warwick Hotel
Yare
Connie Eventualy
Eisenhower
Silkworm Gut and Japanese Gut Compared by AL McClane
The article explains how silkworm gut is made in Murcia Spain by an 80 year practice using a vinegar bath to extract the cocoon glands, versus Japanese gut spun from cocoons then treated in glue and seaweed bath, noting an 85 15 silk to glue ratio yields best strength and gloss. It also touches on fishing notes about tarpon behavior and fishing accolades.
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AL McClane
Spain
Murcia
The Plug Blasting Tarpon in Coastal Waters
The tarpon, oldest southern gamefish, is a plug blasting predator found from Brazil to New York and Bermuda. It ranges widely from Florida passes to Texas rivers, Cuba and Mexico, often in salt water but also in brackish and fresh water. Tarpon over 10 pounds are common with streamer flies, though averages vary.
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Silver King
Atlantic
Brazil
New York
Cape Cold
Nova Scotia
West Africa
Bermuda
Florida
Keys
Key West
Ten Thousand Islands
Shark River
Captiva
Bova Grande
Sarasota
Yemece
Aransas Pass
Texas
Panuro River
Tampico
Mexico
Gatun
Canal Zone
Cuba
Haiti
Puerto Rico
Pulling The Wool Over A Hunter
Warren Page discusses wool clothing for mountain hunting. He warns against cheap short-fibered wool and praises top-quality long-fibered wool for warmth and durability. He shares field observations from Alaska and notes how proper wool sheds rain and maintains warmth in variable mountain weather.
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Warren Page
Uncle Sam
Alaska
Bear Islands
Warm hunting gear and Arctic wear insights
Deer hunters and winter sports enthusiasts compare ultra light undergarments and outer shells to standard winter layers. The piece contrasts modern fabric warmth, weight, and mobility with bulk clothing, citing Arctic apparel used by soldiers and skiers as a model for effective insulation and circulation in cold environments.
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Chesapeake
Army
Arctic
Katzebue
NEA Service
White River
Yukon Territory
Yukon
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Raul Hornung
Tab Dame
Cassady
Ohio
SLBER
ST. A
Pellegrini
Maryland
Bolinger, Oklaumana
Aw Beagle
Cassady, Swink
Swink
Arnett
Hawk
Ron Beagle
Don Faurot
Missouri
Norman Masters
Don Coleman
Spartans
Norm Masters
West Virginia
Bruce Bosley
Huff
Pittsburgh
Bolinger
Suber
Nave
Jblock
Frank Leahy
All America
Iowa
Pears
Sid “Hf
Marwell Stiles
Los Angeles Mirror- Daily News
Frank Machinsky
Jerry Walker
Texas Tech
Joe Powell
Colgate
Frank D'Agostino
Auburn
Joe Krupa
Purdue
Herb Gray
Forrest Gregg
Southern Methodist
Bob Hobert
Minnesota
Jim Barron
Mississippi Stae
Norm Hamilton
John Miller
Boston College
John Nisby
College of Pacific
Charley Rader
Tennessee
Lovell Isbell
Houston
Roger Sissel
Miami
Lamar Leachman
Ken Vargo
Jim Mense
al Baumgart
John Cenci
Steve Palmer
UCLA
Eagle Day
Len Dawson
Frank Tamburello
Bob Lardy
Kentucky
Jim Haluska
Wisconsin
Jerry Reichow
George Walker
Arkansas
Gary Glick
Colorado
John Brodie
Stanford
Sam Brown
Ed Vereb
Lenny Moore
Penn State
George Volkert
Georgia Tech
Clarence Peaks
Walt Kowalczyk
Walt Fondren
Art Luppino Atigana
John Majors
Tennesse James
Dick Shanley
Oregon
Jackie Simpson
Whitey Rouviere
Eddie Vincent
John
E—H. Schnetlenberger
E—Harold Burnine
Carl Vereen
Mike Sandusky
Calvin Jones
G—Hardiman Cureton
Tex
Christian
Earl Morrall
Miss
Okla
Joe Childress
Dave Howard
Joe Tuminello
John Witte
Oregon State
Phil Tarasovic
Fale
Jim Parker
Tulane
George Welsh
Charley Horton
Vanderbilt
Jimmy Brown
Syracuse
Don Schaefer
Noarwvan Masters
Detrow
Sam Hull
Farmington
Bo Bollinger
Muskogee
Scott Suber
Mississippi State
Calhoun City
Miss Center
Bob Pellegrini
Yatesboro
Pangina
Birmingham
Ala
University of Rhode Island
Jacksonville State
Alabama
Jacksonville
Florence F
Gamecocks
Howard
Sthede Island
Brown
Harvard
North Carolina State College
Storm & Shipley
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West Second St
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Aero Oil Company
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