The 1953 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 1953 college football season. Led by third-year head coach Frank Moseley the Gobblers compiled an overall record of 5–5 with a mark of 3–3 in conference play, and finished ted for fifth 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 1953 football team according to the roster published in the 1954 edition of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.
VPI 1953 roster Bob Allen William R. Anderson Richard VanMetre "Dickie" Beard Donald C. Booth Gordon Derwood "Sonny" Bowman II Franklin Dewey Brown Leo Burke Hayes Howell Burleson Doug Creger Johnny Dean Hugh David Ebert James Glen Fleenor Harold Byrd Grizzard James H. Haren James Lupton Hedrick Charles Donald Herb Tom Hughes William Edward Jamerson Edward Houston Kavanaugh William Duncan Kerfoot Julian Neville King Robert Stevens Luttrell Don Mitchell John Stewart Moody Thomas R. Petty George Preas Jim Randall Robert Earl Scruggs Roger Winfield Simmons Donald Gaylon Sink Hunter E. Swink Thompson A.E. Trapp A. Turlington Phillip William Unger Joseph Franklin Wells Don "Ducky" Welsh Jack Williams Ernie Wolfe Bobby Wolfenden Howard Irving Wright
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