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The Virginia Tech Sports Hall of Fame was established in 1982 to honor and preserve the memory of athletes, coaches, administrators and staff members who have made outstanding contributions to athletics at Virginia Tech. A total of 211 individuals have been inducted to the Tech Hall of Fame during special annual ceremonies held each fall.
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.
The 1972 Virginia Tech Gobblers football team was an American football team that represented Virginia Tech as an independent during the 1972 NCAA University Division football season. In their second year under head coach Charlie Coffey , the Gobblers compiled an overall record of 6–4–1.
The product of Granby High School in Norfolk, Virginia, was a Southern Conference wrestling champion all four of his collegiate seasons and led Virginia Tech team in scoring three of his four years. [1] He was team captain his senior year. [1] He was inducted into the Virginia Tech Sports Hall of Fame in 1988 as the first wrestler so honored.
Dale Messer, the first Fresno State football player to have his jersey number retired by the university, passed away. He was 86. Messer, who was a football and track and field star at Lemoore High ...
J. Lindsay Almond, Jr. – Member of the US House of Representatives from Virginia's 6th District (1945–1948), 26th Attorney General of Virginia (1948–1957), 58th Governor of Virginia (1958–1962), associate judge of the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals (1962–1973)
Emmy Award-winning US news anchor Chauncy Glover has died, aged 39.. News of the presenter’s death was announced on Tuesday (5 November), but no specific details are known. The family of the ...
Glover, who shared the news desk with Pat Harvey for the 5 and 11 p.m. newscasts and Suzie Suh at 8 and 10 p.m., celebrated his first anniversary with the network last month.