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American college football season
The 1942 VPI Gobblers football team represented Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute in the 1942 college football season . The team was led by their head coaches Sumner D. Tilson and Herbert McEver and finished with a record of seven wins, two losses and one tie (7–2–1).
Schedule
Source: HokieSports.com: 1942 Virginia Tech football schedule[ 8]
NFL Draft selections
NFL Draft Selections
Year
Round
Pick
Overall
Name
Team
Position
1944
14
11
142
John Maskas
Boston Yanks
Guard/Tackle
Players
The following players were members of the 1942 football team according to the roster published in the 1943 edition of The Bugle , the Virginia Tech yearbook.[ 9]
VPI 1942 roster
Fred Gill Ashworth
Billy Shelby Barbour
Barco
Baros
Alton Harwood Belcher
Mason Harper Blandford
Carter
Irvin Jean Chasen
Daniel Clark
William Earnest Davis
John Peter Duda
Ellas
Joseph F. Foltz
Nelson Fuller
John E. Gallagher
William Anderson Garth
Hines
G. D. Hodges
Joseph William Hoffmann, Jr.
William Wilson James (Capt.)
Samuel Johnson
T. Johnson
William B. Johnson
Samuel Benjamin Judy
Frank Lawson
John James Maskas
Massie
Charles Allen McClaugherty
Roger Nelson McClure
K. McWherter
Augustus Paul Mengulas
James Broaddus Norment
Read Nichols Pierce
John William Rucker
Robert Warren Sagnette
Sharp
Shelton
Talbot
Alfred Taylor
A. F. Vincent
Paul A. Warner
William Elmer Wilson
Wright
References
^ "Sayakini 1943" . Catawba College Sayakini . 1943. p. 75. Retrieved October 14, 2016 .
^ "Tribesmen Take Va. Tech, 21–7, For Third Consecutive Win" (PDF) . The Flat Hat . College of William & Mary . October 6, 1942. p. 3. Retrieved February 1, 2016 .
^ "Virginia Tech Ties Kentucky With Rally" . The Tuscaloosa News . Google News Archives. October 18, 1942. p. 7. Retrieved January 22, 2016 .
^ "Air Offense Clicks As Ground Attack Fails In 19-6 Loss" (PDF) . The Ring-tum Phi . Washington and Lee University . October 27, 1942. p. 3. Retrieved February 1, 2016 .
^ "Cavaliers' Late Rally Fails; Strong Tech Wins, 20–14" . The Cavalier Daily . Google News Archives. November 2, 1942. p. 3. Retrieved February 1, 2016 .
^ "Red and Blue to Tackle Favored Gobblers" . The Richmond Collegian . University of Richmond . November 6, 1942. p. 1. Retrieved August 15, 2016 .
^ "600 Cadets Attended VPI Game" . The V.M.I. Cadet . Virginia Military Institute . November 30, 1942. p. 1. Retrieved February 2, 2016 .
^ Virginia Tech Football Past Schedules "1942–1943". Virginia Tech Sports Information Department, Hokiesports.com. Accessed January 22, 2016.
^ "The Bugle 1943" (PDF) . Virginia Tech Bugle . 1943. Retrieved 2016-01-22 .
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