The 1959 Virginia Tech 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 1959 college football season. Led by ninth-year head coach Frank Moseley the Gobblers compiled an overall record of 6–4 with a mark of 3–1 in conference play, and finished third 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 1959 football team according to the roster published in the 1960 edition of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.
VPI 1959 roster Ray Barile Clyde Barnette Edwin M. Bartrug, Jr. Andy Beckstoffer Tom Betz Charles Philip Blankenship Herb Bowling Kenneth Arnold Byrd Robert M. Crabtree Carroll Dale (Capt.) Bloice Davison Frank H. Eastman John Farmer Jim Farr David W. Gillespie Bob Harris Walter Milton Harris William O. Heintz Pat Henry Gary Hilton Charles F. Hines Robert Gerald Holbrook Leo Howard Ben Hunter Don Jensen Harold Jones Mac Kincaid Warren Maccaroni Ray Massie William Roderick McGinnis David Mitchell Warren Morris Joe Moss Thomas Ellis O'Brien Don Oakes Jim Paine Noah Redding "Buddy" Perry Charles Warren Price, Jr. Art Pruett William Alger Pugh Elmer Reed Bill Robertson Sam Shaffer Dickie Snead Charlie Speck Chuck Stephens Terry L. Strock Rick Tolley Amos Leon Tomblin Donald Ray Vaught Bernie Vishneski Harold Ward Johnny Watkins Arthur Allen Whittier Donald E. Womeldorph Mike Zeno
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