KFC had been founded in 1910, had nearly become National Champion in 1934 through a narrow loss to Ajax in the finals, and had been professional since 1955.

Chaplin would sever the last of his professional ties to the United States in 1955, when he sold the remainder of his stock in the United Artists, which had been in financial difficulties for some time.

Joe Martin, the Republican Speaker from 1947 – 1949 and again from 1953 – 1955, wrote that Eisenhower " never surrounded himself with assistants who could solve political problems with professional skill.

* 1955 – Rip Rogers, American professional wrestler

* 1955 – Eddie L. Johnson, retired American professional basketball player and sex offender

* 1955 – Steve Javie, American professional basketball referee

She spent her last years in a close personal and professional collaboration with anthropologist Rhoda Metraux, with whom she lived from 1955 until her death in 1978. Letters between the two published in 2006 with the permission of Mead's daughter clearly express a romantic relationship.

They began writing their own songs in 1955, and made their first professional recording, " Hey, Schoolgirl ", for Sid Prosen of Big Records in 1957.

The professional era commenced with the first Eredivisie season in 1954 / 1955.

The network was nominated twice for its coverage of professional football during the 1953 – 1954 and 1954 – 1955 television seasons.

* Willie Smith ( basketball ) ( born 1955 ), retired American professional basketball player

* Harry Agganis ( 1929 – 1955 ), professional baseball player and college football player.

* Bill Britton ( born 1955 ), professional golfer.

Ortiz, born in Ponce, started his professional career in 1955 with a first round knockout of Harry Bell in New York.

The Niépce Prize has been awarded annually since 1955 to a professional photographer who has lived and worked in France for over 3 years.

* Who ( wrestler ), Jim Neidhart ( born 1955 ), American professional wrestler

Gregory John Norman AO ( born 10 February 1955 ) is an Australian professional golfer and entrepreneur who spent 331 weeks as the world's Number 1 ranked golfer in the 1980s and 1990s.

He then moved to the ranks of professional football, where he headed the NFL's Los Angeles Rams ( 1955 – 1959 ), the American Football League's Los Angeles and San Diego Chargers ( 1960 – 1969 ), and the NFL's Chargers ( 1971 ), and Houston Oilers ( 1973 – 1974 ), amassing a career record of 123 – 104 – 7 in the National Football League and the American Football League.

Her professional debut was in The Caucasian Chalk Circle in 1955, aged 17.

The first professional soccer team in the Los Angeles area was the Los Angeles Kickers, formed in 1955 by the former owner of the Fall River Marksmen, Sam Mark.

Between 1955 and 1965, he held professional and managerial jobs in three different Dutch industrial companies.

Thomas Francis Kramer ( born March 7, 1955 in San Antonio, Texas ) is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback in the NFL from 1977 to 1990.

Donald Ross Cherry ( born January 11, 1924 ) is an American singer of traditional pop music, best known for his 1955 hit, " Band of Gold "; and a former amateur and professional golfer.

There are three major modern orchestras, the Mobile Symphony, the Alabama Symphony Orchestra and the Huntsville Symphony Orchestra ; the last is the oldest continuously operating professional orchestra in the state, giving its first performance in 1955.

* 1955 – Rolf Benirschke, American football player

* 1955 – Wesley Walker, American football player

* 1955 – Phil Simms, American football player

The NFL selected the Fox bid, stripping CBS of football for the first time since 1955.

In 1955, Fujitsu founded Kawasaki Frontale (, Kawasaki Furontāre ) as a company football club.

* Heribert Weber ( born 1955 ), Austrian football player

Handley High School won a State football title in 1955, Given by the Birmingham News.

** Marcelo Bielsa ( born 1955 ), Argentine football coach

* Bob Rush ( American football ) ( born 1955 ), National Football League center for San Diego and Kansas City

* Phil Simms ( born 1955 ), former New York Giants quarterback, football commentator.

* Kurt Allerman ( born 1955 ), former NFL football player.

* Mickey Marvin ( born 1955 ), American football player Oakland / Los Angeles Raiders

Elvis Presley performed at the High School football field on August 24, 1955.

* Michel Platini ( b. 1955 in Joeuf ), football legend

* Pavel Tobiáš ( born 1955 ), football player and manager

In April 1955, UEFA established the European Cup, a football competition for the champion clubs of UEFA-affiliated nations, to begin in the 1955 – 56 season.

* Lothar Hause ( born 1955 ), East German football player

* Ricky Bell ( 1955 – 1984 ), football player

Joe " King " Krol ( February 20, 1919 – December 16, 2008 ) was a Canadian football quarterback, running back, defensive back, and placekicker / punter from 1942 to 1953 and 1955.

* Avraham Grant ( b. 1955 in Petah Tikva ), former coach of Israel national football team and Chelsea F. C.