The 1956 VPI Gobblers football team represented the Virginia Polytechnic Institute or VPI (now known as Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University or Virginia Tech) as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) during the 1956 college football season. Led by sixth-year head coach Frank Moseley the Gobblers compiled an overall record of 7–2–1 with a mark of 3–0 in conference play, and finished second in the SoCon. VPI played home games at Miles Stadium in Blacksburg, Virginia.
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Roster The following players were members of the 1956 football team according to the roster published in the 1957 edition of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.
VPI 1956 rosterQuarterbacks Raymond Donald Divers Frank H. Eastman Billy Holsclaw Jim Lugar Bob McCoy Guards Warren Leroy Belcher James Alexander Burks Pat Luis Carpenito Bill Daley James Holloway Bernard Frank Schmidt Tackles Robert J. Cruickshank Thomas John Dalzell Russell Sidney Moon Ted UzelacCenters John Rufus Hall Hillmer John "Swede" Olson Frank Webster Ends Ed Brinkley Carroll Dale James Lupton Hedrick Grover Cleveland Jones III Nicholas M. Mihalas John Stewart Moody Billy Tilling Halfbacks Corbin Bailey Hugh David Ebert Ray England Barry Frazee Harry Keast Dick Ringer Jay N. Whitesell Bobby WolfendenFullbacks Bobby Conner Jim Randall Albert Sebest Substitutes Tom Betz William C. Cranwell Charles Cuba John Herndon William Edward Jamerson Kuruc Doug Mullins Bobby Seal Ronnie Settles
Coaching staff The following coaches were members of the 1956 football team according to the roster published in the 1957 edition of The Bugle.
VPI 1956 coaches' rosterHead coach Frank Moseley Assistant coach Buck Chapman Macauley McEver George Preas Alf SatterfieldTrainer Ed Motley Equipment Manager Luke Lindon
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