what rb had the most rushing attempts in 1955

Alan Ameche had the most carries by a running back in his rookie season in 1955, with 213 carries.

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	NAME	ATT	SEASON	TM	GP	RUSH YDS	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Alan Ameche A. Ameche	213	1955	BAL	12	961	4.5	80.1	9	141	27	5.2	11.8	0
2	Howie Ferguson H. Ferguson	192	1955	GB	12	859	4.5	71.6	4	153	22	7.0	12.8	0
3	Ed Modzelewski E. Modzelewski	185	1955	CLE	12	619	3.3	51.6	6	113	13	8.7	9.4	2
4	Fran Rogel F. Rogel	168	1955	PIT	12	588	3.5	49.0	2	222	24	9.3	18.5	0
5	Fred Morrison F. Morrison	156	1955	CLE	12	824	5.3	68.7	3	185	9	20.6	15.4	0
6	Joe Perry J. Perry	156	1955	SF	11	701	4.5	63.7	2	55	19	2.9	5.0	1
7	Ron Waller R. Waller	151	1955	LA	12	716	4.7	59.7	7	228	24	9.5	19.0	1
8	Tank Younger T. Younger	138	1955	LA	8	644	4.7	80.5	5	51	6	8.5	6.4	0
9	Lew Carpenter L. Carpenter	137	1955	DET	12	543	4.0	45.3	6	312	44	7.1	26.0	2
10	Alex Webster A. Webster	128	1955	NYG	12	634	5.0	52.8	5	269	22	12.2	22.4	1
11	Rick Casares R. Casares	125	1955	CHB	12	672	5.4	56.0	4	136	16	8.5	11.3	1
12	Bobby Watkins B. Watkins	110	1955	CHB	12	553	5.0	46.1	8	79	6	13.2	6.6	0
13	Ollie Matson O. Matson	109	1955	CHC	12	475	4.4	39.6	1	237	17	13.9	19.8	2
14	Lynn Chandnois L. Chandnois	105	1955	PIT	8	353	3.4	44.1	5	385	27	14.3	48.1	0
15	Leo Elter L. Elter	97	1955	WAS	11	361	3.7	32.8	3	219	13	16.8	19.9	1
16	Hal Giancanelli H. Giancanelli	97	1955	PHI	12	385	4.0	32.1	2	379	25	15.2	31.6	1
17	Bobby Epps B. Epps	95	1955	NYG	9	375	3.9	41.7	2	8	5	1.6	0.9	0
18	John Hoffman J. Hoffman	94	1955	CHB	12	454	4.8	37.8	0	153	11	13.9	12.8	1
19	Vic Janowicz V. Janowicz	93	1955	WAS	12	397	4.3	33.1	4	149	11	13.5	12.4	3
20	Hugh McElhenny H. McElhenny	90	1955	SF	12	327	3.6	27.3	4	203	11	18.5	16.9	2
21	Bert Zagers B. Zagers	89	1955	WAS	11	395	4.4	35.9	2	306	14	21.9	27.8	0
22	L.G. Dupre	88	1955	BAL	11	338	3.8	30.7	1	153	10	15.3	13.9	0
23	Dave Mann D. Mann	87	1955	CHC	12	336	3.9	28.0	4	137	16	8.6	11.4	1
24	Frank Gifford F. Gifford	86	1955	NYG	11	351	4.1	31.9	3	437	33	13.2	39.7	4
25	Johnny Olszewski J. Olszewski	84	1955	CHC	11	326	3.9	29.6	1	37	9	4.1	3.4	0

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