1955 Philadelphia Eagles season

1955 Philadelphia Eagles season
Head Coach	Jim Trimble
Home Field
Results
Record	4–7–1
Place	6th NFL Eastern
Playoff Finish	did not qualify
Timeline
Previous season	Next season
1954	1956

The 1955 Philadelphia Eagles season was their 23rd in the league. They failed to improve on their previous output of 7–4–1, winning only four games. The team failed to qualify for the playoffs for the sixth consecutive season.

Off Season

NFL Draft

The 1955 NFL Draft was held on January 27 – January 28, 1955. This was a draft that lasted for 30 rounds, with 12 teams selecting 360 players. This was also a lottery pick year again and the Baltimore Colts had that and the third pick in the draft. With the Lottery bonus pick, they chose George Shaw a Quarterback from the University of Oregon footabll program. Two picks later they chose 1954 Heisman Trophy winner Alan Ameche a Fullbackthat played in the Wisconsin Badgers footballprogram.

Because of a 7–4–1 record in the 1954 Philadelphia Eagles season the Eagles normally will pick 8th in the odd rounds and 9th in the even rounds. They alternated with the San Francisco 49ers The Eagle made a pick in every round.

The Philadelphia Eagles used their 1st round pick, 9th pick in the draft, to select Dick Bielski a Fullback from Maryland

Only draftee from this year draft to be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame is Johnny Unitas, Quarterback from the Louisville taken 9th round 102nd overall by the Pittsburgh Steelers. He was a Professional Football Hall of Fame Class of 1979 member.

Player Selections

The table shows the Eagles selections and what picks they had that were traded away and the team that ended up with that pick. It is possible the Eagles' pick ended up with this team via another team that the Eagles made a trade with. Not shown are acquired picks that the Eagles traded away.

= Pro Bowler

= Hall of Famer

Rd	Pick	Player	Position	School		Rd	Pick	Player	Position	School
1	9	Dick Bielski	Fullback	Maryland		2	22	Alex "Buck" Lansford	Tackle	Texas
3	33	Frank Eidom	Back	Southern Methodist		4	46	Dean Dugger	End	Ohio State
5	57	Gene Lamone	Guard	West Virginia		6	70	Billy Quinn	Back	Texas
7	81	Bill McKenna	End	Brandeis		8	94	Herman Watson	Tackle	Vanderbilt
9	105	Von Morgan	End	Abilene Christian		10	118	Talmadge "Duke" Washington	Back	Washington State
11	129	Bob Hardy	Back	Kentucky		12	142	Andy Nacrelli	End	Fordham
13	153	Jerry Krisher	Center	Ohio State		14	166	Tommy Bell	Back	Army
15	177	Don Brougher	Center	Maryland		16	190	Clyde White	Guard	Clemson
17					18
19	225	Terry Fails	End	Vanderbilt	20
21					22
23					24	286	Vic "Hootie" Postula	Back	Michigan State
25					26	310	George Palachunik	Guard	Maryland
27					28
29	345	Ron Lloyd	Tackle	Bucknell		30	357	Dave Finney	Back	Texas Christian

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Attendance
1	September 24, 1955	New York Giants	W 27–17	29,597
2	October 1, 1955	Washington Redskins	L 31–30	31,891
3	October 9, 1955	at Cleveland Browns	L 21–17	43,974
4	October 15, 1955	at Pittsburgh Steelers	L 13–7	33,413
5	October 23, 1955	at Chicago Cardinals	T 24–24	24,620
6	October 30, 1955	Pittsburgh Steelers	W 24–0	31,164
7	November 6, 1955	at Washington Redskins	L 34–21	25,741
8	November 13, 1955	Cleveland Browns	W 33–17	39,303
9	November 20, 1955	at New York Giants	L 31–7	22,075
10	November 27, 1955	Los Angeles Rams	L 23–21	21,668
11	December 4, 1955	Chicago Cardinals	W 27–3	19,478
12	December 11, 1955	at Chicago Bears	L 17–10	34,783

Standings

NFL Eastern
	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	STK
Cleveland Browns	9	2	1	.818	349	218	W-2
Washington Redskins	8	4	0	.667	246	222	W-1
New York Giants	6	5	1	.545	267	223	W-2
Philadelphia Eagles	4	7	1	.364	248	231	L-1
Chicago Cardinals	4	7	1	.364	224	252	L-2
Pittsburgh Steelers	4	8	0	.333	195	285	L-7

1955 Roster

(All time List of Philadelphia Eagles players in franchise history)

= 1955 Pro Bowl

= Hall of Famer

• + = Was a Starter in the Pro-Bowl

NO.	Player	AGE	POS	GP	GS	WT	HT	YRS	College
	Jim Trimble	35	COACH	1945 record 4–7–1	NFL-Eagles Lifetime 25–20–3			4th	Indiana University
33	Roy Barni	28	DB	4	0	185	5–11	3	San Francisco
20	Bibbles Bawel	25	DB	12	0	185	6–1	3	Evansville
60	Chuck Bednarik	29	LB-C	12	0	233	6–3	5	Pennsylvania
81	Eddie Bell	24	DB-LB	12	0	212	6–1	Rookie	Pennsylvania
36	Dick Bielski	23	E-FB	12	0	224	6–1	Rookie	Maryland
10	Adrian Burk	27	QB	12	8	190	6–2	4	Baylor
64	Russ Carroccio	24	G-T-DT-DG	7	0	235	6–1	1	Virginia
44	Harry Dowda	33	DB-HB	12	0	195	6–2	6	Wake Forest
27	Hal Giancanelli	26	HB	12	0	182	5–10	2	Loyola Marymount
22	Ralph Goldston	26	HB-DB	10	0	195	5–11	3	Youngstown State
71	Tom Higgins	25	T-G-DT	12	0	230	6–2	2	North Carolina
42	Bob Hudson	25	DB-LB-E	12	0	225	6–4	4	Clemson
63	Ken Huxhold	26	G	12	0	226	6–1	1	Wisconsin
78	Mike Jarmoluk	33	DT-T-MG	12	0	232	6–5	9	Temple
40	Don Johnson	24	HB	2	0	187	6–0	2	California
50	Bob Kelley	25	C	12	0	232	6–2	Rookie	West Texas A&M
76	Bucko Kilroy	34	G-MG-T-DT	1	0	243	6–2	12	Temple
79	Buck Lansford	22	G-T	12	12	232	6–2	Rookie	Texas
25	Toy Ledbetter	28	HB	8	0	198	5–10	5	Oklahoma State
67	John Magee	32	G	7	0	220	5–10	7	La-Lafayette, and Rice
41	Jerry Norton	24	DB-HB	12	0	195	5–11	1	SMU
43	Jim Parmer	29	FB-HB	12	0	193	6–0	7	Oklahoma State
35	Pete Pihos +	32	E-DE	12	0	210	6–1	8	Indiana
71	Jim Ricca	28	MG-T-G-DT	6	0	270	6–4	4	Georgetown (DC)
72	Jess Richardson	25	DT	12	0	261	6–2	2	Alabama
52	Wayne Robinson	25	LB-C	12	0	225	6–2	3	Minnesota
82	Tom Scott	25	DE-LB	12	0	218	6–2	2	Virginia
66	Ed Sharkey	28	LB-G-T-DG	7	0	229	6–3	8	Duke, and Nevada-Reno
73	Lum Snyder	25	T	12	0	228	6–5	3	Georgia Tech
80	Bill Stribling	28	E	12	0	206	6–1	4	Mississippi
24	George Taliaferro	28	HB-TB-QB-DB	3	0	196	5–11	6	Indiana
11	Bobby Thomason	27	QB	10	3	196	6–1	6	VMI
83	Bobby Walston	27	E-HB-K	12	0	190	6–0	4	Georgia ... Uga's page
77	Jim Weatherall	26	DT-T	12	0	245	6–4	Rookie	Oklahoma
46	Ted Wegert	23	HB	7	0	202	5–11	Rookie	none
86	Norm Willey +	27	DE-G-E	12	0	224	6–2	4	Marshall
75	Frank Wydo	31	T-DT	12	0	225	6–4	8	Cornell
	37 Players Team Average	27.1		12		215.7	6–1.4	3.9