The 1952 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 1952 college football season. Led by second-year head coach Frank Moseley the Gobblers compiled an overall record of 5–6 with a mark of 4–4 in conference play, and finished sixth 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 1952 football team according to the roster published in the 1953 edition of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.
VPI 1952 roster Bob Allen J. Allen William R. Anderson Richard VanMetre "Dickie" Beard Boone Donald C. Booth Franklin Dewey Brown Leo Burke Doug Creger Johnny Dean Hugh David Ebert James Glen Fleenor Harold Byrd Grizzard James H. Haren Billy Harrison Charles Donald Herb Tom Hughes William Duncan Kerfoot Julian Neville King Frank Ronald Kwiatkowski Robert Stevens Luttrell Don Mitchell Gary Mitchess John Stewart Moody Madison "Buzz" Nutter Thomas R. Petty George Preas Jim Randall Thomas Carl Richards Robert Earl Scruggs Bobby Seal Hunter E. Swink Vickers Webb Don "Ducky" Welsh Norman Chad White (Co-Capt.) Jack Williams Ernie Wolfe Howard Irving Wright
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