The 1949 VPI Gobblers football team represented Virginia Polytechnic Institute in the 1949 college football season. The team was led by their head coach Bob McNeish and finished with a record of one win, seven losses and two ties (1–7–2).
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Roster The following players were members of the 1949 football team according to the roster published in the 1950 edition of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.
VPI 1949 roster Victor Anderson Baucom Ralph Coe Beard Bill Bennett Dean Gerrard Boyle Robert Dean Carroll Ronald Herman Casto Coy Lenard Chambers Joseph Litton Church Pete "Chip" Collum George Marriott Davis, Jr. Hubert Wallace Dutton Bruce Mills "Bud" Fisher Thomas Malcolm Fisher James Forrest Eustace Frederick Donald Funk Hubert John Gerkin Richard "Bob" Gilley Richard D. Goodman Lawrence Shultz Hansrote Frank Hargrove William Hughes Hegamyer Bobby Hess Andre Hodgson Oren Edward Hopkins Tom Howard Richard Earle Huff Jack Ross Ittner Charles Edward Kernan Jimmy Kitts Richard Kuhn Timothy Lawler Bill Loomis Casimir Jerome "Ki" Luczak Kerry Jennings McBroom Hamilton Otey Meriwether Ronald Garland Miller Roger Rowland Neel Douglas Cooper Petty W. H. Powell Jay B. Ratliff Charles Ronald Raugh Roy Carrington Robinette Pete Smith Warren William Squires John Robert Stortz C. William Stultz Taylor Franklin Ray Taylor David Lacy Thomas Charles Thrush Robert James Wachter Robert Franklin Webb Donald Lindbergh Whiteman Ralph Wiesting Sterling Lagrand Wingo Dewey Benton Woolwine Forrest Bayard "Frank" Yarborough
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