Английская Википедия:1939 VPI Gobblers football team

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use mdy dates Шаблон:Infobox college sports team season Шаблон:1939 Southern Conference football standings The 1939 VPI Gobblers football team represented Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute in the 1939 college football season. The team was led by their head coach Henry Redd and finished with a record of four wins, five losses and one tie (4–5–1).

VPI was ranked at No. 110 (out of 609 teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1939.[1]

Schedule

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Game summaries

Washington & Lee

The game against Washington & Lee on October 28 was the first game played at Lynchburg Municipal Stadium.[2][3][4][5]

Players

Roster

VPI 1939 roster
Quarterbacks
  • Dick Kern
  • Samuel B. Rose, Jr.

Guards

  • Cecil Anderson
  • Roland M. Cocker
  • Woodrow Gosney
  • Preston Graves
  • Joseph Franklin Smith
  • Bill Tate
  • John Charles Wycoff

Tackles

  • Jim Coleman
  • Frank L. DeBord, Jr.
  • C. Thomas McCurdy
  • Dave Pitts (Capt.)
  • Benjamin C. Tate
  • Andrew Wellington Todd
  • Ralph Travis Unterzuber
 Centers
  • Graham Buchanan
  • Herbert Andrews Markle
  • Frank Streiff
  • Bill Zydiak

Ends

  • Gerald Clark
  • John Henderson
  • Lewis W. Kincaid
  • Bob Lawson
  • Dan Shawhan
  • Louis Willson
 Halfbacks
  • William T. Barnes
  • Phil DeMuro
  • Sonny Ellison
  • Willard Joseph Henderson
  • William W. James
  • Sherwood A. Roudabush
  • Herbert Joseph Thomas
  • Albert Crawford Traynham
  • Garrett Ernest Taylor
  • W. H. Trimble
  • James Walter Woolwine

Fullbacks

  • I. Ward Boswell
  • Rankin Hudson
  • George Warriner

Varsity letter winners

Twenty-two players received varsity letters for their participation on the 1939 VPI team.[6]

Player Hometown Notes
Cecil Van Anderson Andersonville, Virginia World War II veteran (Major, Army Air Corps).
Irving Ward Boswell, Jr. Arlington, Virginia
Graham Sullivan Buchanan, Jr. Saltville, Virginia
Gerald Harley Clark Bristol, Tennessee
James Emory Coleman Fayetteville, West Virginia
Philip Galliano DeMuro Passaic, New Jersey
Mathew Leslie "Sonny" Ellison Beckley, West Virginia
H. Woodrow Gosney Clarksburg, West Virginia
Robert Preston Graves Salem, Virginia World War II and Vietnam War veteran (Colonel, Army). Awarded the Bronze Star Medal.
John L. Henderson Sevierville, Tennessee
Rankin McGuire Hudson Sweetwater, Tennessee
Richard Davis Kern Winchester, Virginia
J. Robert "Bob" Lawson Cambria, Virginia
David Marion Pitts (Capt.) Manassas, Virginia
Daniel Green Shawhan Washington, D.C. World War II veteran (Lieutenant Colonel, Army).
Frank Arthur Streiff Savannah, Georgia World War II veteran (Lieutenant commander, Navy).
William Lee "Bill" Tate Pulaski, Virginia
Herbert Joseph Thomas South Charleston, West Virginia World War II veteran (Sergeant, Marines). Awarded the Medal of Honor.
W. H. Trimble
George Daniel Warriner Montgomery County, Virginia World War II veteran (Captain, Army). Awarded the Bronze Star Medal and Purple Heart.
Louis C. Willson Blacksburg, Virginia
William Daniel Zydiak Manville, New Jersey

Coaching and training staff

  • Head coach: Henry Redd
  • Assistant coaches
  • Freshman coaches
    • Freshman head coach: Red Laird
    • Assistant freshman coach and trainer: Willard D. Altman
    • Assistant freshman coach and trainer: Thomas A. Slusser

References

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