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The 1932 VPI Gobblers football team represented Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute in the 1932 Southern Conference football season. The team was led by their head coach Henry Redd and finished with a record of eight wins and one loss (8–1).

Schedule

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Players

Roster

VPI 1932 roster
  • Bill Anderson
  • George Vanderslice Beamon
  • William Earle Betts
  • Benny Botnick
  • Al Casey
  • George Clark
  • Dick Cofer
  • James Henry Copenhaver
  • Martin Cunningham
  • Owens L. "Scrapper" Day
  • Nick Dillon
  • Edward "Red" English
  • George Francis
  • James Curtis Geddie
  • Bill Grinus (Capt.)
  • Charles Alexander "Heinie" Groth
  • Earl "Bus" Hall
  • Gene Hite
  • William Roy Hoblitzell
  • Garland Woodrow Hoenstine
  • Duncan Holsclaw
  • Frank Howard
  • Harry Worden Howard
  • Richard "Tris" Huffman
  • Tom Hutcheson
  • Wiley Leroy Jennings
  • Red Kasun
  • John McIntire
  • Sonny Miles
  • Ray Mills
  • Charles Morgan
  • John Murphy
  • Richard Whitmore Neale
  • Warren "Red" Negri
  • John Norman Ochs
  • Keith Oliver
  • James Edward Ottaway
  • Alex Pais
  • Benny Palmer
  • Bill Porterfield
  • Carl Francis Robison
  • Al Seaman
  • Leon Dalmain Simmons
  • Bill Smith
  • George Smith
  • Dave Smoak
  • Howard Arnold "Hank" Spruill
  • Daniel Reiser Thoma
  • Dave Thomas
  • Buck Tyler
  • Hazell Eugene Waldrop
  • Paul Kenneth Wolfe
  • Jim Woodard
  • John Lester Yorke

Varsity letter winners

Eighteen players received varsity letters for their participation on the 1932 VPI team.[1]

Player Hometown Notes
Benjamin Botnick Elmira, New York World War II veteran (Navy).
Alfred Layden Casey Portsmouth, Virginia
Edward Ralph "Red" English Altavista, Virginia World War II veteran (Army).
Bill Grinus (Capt.)
Earl Jenis "Bus" Hall
Eugene Goliday Hite
William Duncan Holsclaw
Richard "Tris" Huffman
John A. McIntire
Ray Mills
Charles Emmett Ashburn Morgan
John Marshall Murphy
Warren Anthony "Red" Negri Danbury, Connecticut
Benny Palmer
William Breckenridge Porterfield
Alfred Elsworth Seaman
George Maxie Smith
David Thomas

Season summary

Georgia

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VPI Captain Bill Grinus blocked the tying extra point in the upset over Georgia.[2]

At Alabama

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Against the Crimson Tide of the University of Alabama, VPI lost 9–6 in front 11,000 spectators at Denny Stadium, which was the second largest crowd to ever visit the stadium at the time.[3] VPI came into the game undefeated (6-0), while Alabama was 5–1. After a scoreless first quarter, the Gobblers took a 6–0 lead in the second after Ray Mills threw an 18-yard touchdown pass to Al Casey.[3] In the third, the score was cut to 6–2 after a bad snap to Casey from the center resulted in a safety.[3] Later in the quarter Alabama took a 9–6 lead that it held to the end of the game when halfback Dixie Howell scored a touchdown on a nine-yard run.[3]

Alabama's assistant coach was former VPI player Hank Crisp.

References

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