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1820:George Welsh
1812:Rick Forzano
1803:
1796:Wayne Hardin
1780:George Sauer
1772:Tom Hamilton
1748:Swede Larson
1732:Tom Hamilton
1724:Edgar Miller
1571:
1564:Vaulx Carter
1555:
1547:
1490:Tony Elliott
1458:George Welsh
1442:Sonny Randle
1434:Don Lawrence
1417:
1394:Ned McDonald
1378:Frank Murray
1346:Greasy Neale
1314:Peyton Evans
1306:Harry Varner
1145:
1079:
1056:Skip Stahley
1047:
1040:Johnny Baker
991:
975:
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63:(1998-06-28)
24:
1917:1998 deaths
1912:1923 births
1878:(2007–2022)
1870:(2002–2007)
1854:(1995–2001)
1846:(1990–1994)
1838:(1987–1989)
1830:(1982–1986)
1822:(1973–1981)
1814:(1969–1972)
1806:(1965–1968)
1798:(1959–1964)
1790:(1950–1958)
1782:(1948–1949)
1774:(1946–1947)
1766:(1944–1945)
1758:(1942–1943)
1750:(1939–1941)
1742:(1937–1938)
1734:(1934–1936)
1726:(1931–1933)
1718:(1926–1930)
1716:Bill Ingram
1708:Jack Owsley
1702:(1920–1924)
1700:Bob Folwell
1694:(1917–1919)
1686:(1915–1916)
1678:(1911–1914)
1670:(1908–1910)
1654:(1904–1906)
1638:(1901–1902)
1622:(1897–1899)
1574:(1883–1891)
1558:(1880–1881)
1484:(2016–2021)
1476:(2010–2015)
1474:Mike London
1468:(2001–2009)
1460:(1982–2000)
1452:(1976–1981)
1444:(1974–1975)
1436:(1971–1973)
1428:(1965–1970)
1420:(1961–1964)
1412:(1958–1960)
1404:(1956–1957)
1396:(1953–1955)
1388:(1946–1952)
1380:(1937–1945)
1372:(1934–1936)
1364:(1931–1933)
1362:Fred Dawson
1356:(1929–1930)
1348:(1923–1928)
1332:(1920–1921)
1236:(1905–1906)
1218:Gresham Poe
1196:(1899–1900)
1180:(1896–1897)
1164:(1893–1894)
1148:(1887–1891)
1090:(1961–1966)
1074:(1952–1959)
1066:(1948–1951)
1058:(1946–1947)
1050:(1943–1945)
1034:(1938–1941)
1026:(1929–1937)
1018:(1924–1928)
1010:(1921–1923)
1000:Bryan Morse
994:(1917–1919)
978:(1911–1915)
954:(1907–1908)
906:(1899–1901)
898:(1896–1898)
882:(1891–1894)
866:(1884–1889)
858:(1881–1883)
556:(1965–1968)
434:(1961–1964)
283:. He was a
140:(backfield)
129:(assistant)
94:Position(s)
1906:Categories
1860:Rick Lantz
1804:Bill Elias
1612:Johnny Poe
1580:Ben Crosby
1418:Bill Elias
1410:Dick Voris
1402:Ben Martin
1370:Gus Tebell
1354:Earl Abell
1162:Johnny Poe
1080:Bill Elias
1072:Bo Sherman
1064:Bo Rowland
1024:Jim Pixlee
674:References
353:Conference
255:, and the
44:1923-03-15
28:Bill Elias
1692:Gil Dobie
1386:Art Guepe
1258:John Neff
533:Virginia:
356:Standing
267:Biography
165:1965–1968
155:1961–1964
134:1956–1959
123:1953–1955
113:1950–1952
80:1945–1946
1886:(2023– )
1862:# (2001)
1572:No coach
1548:No coach
1492:(2022– )
1146:No coach
1088:Jim Camp
872:No coach
856:No coach
782:Archived
747:Archived
695:July 22,
515:Virginia
492:Virginia
469:Virginia
446:Virginia
350:Overall
159:Virginia
84:Maryland
1556:No team
1466:Al Groh
1048:No team
992:No team
976:No team
904:No team
888:Unknown
880:No team
864:No team
665:36–48–5
651:15–22–3
537:16–23–1
335:College
326:(AFL).
322:of the
287:on the
195:Overall
1710:(1925)
1662:(1907)
1646:(1903)
1630:(1900)
1614:(1896)
1606:(1895)
1598:(1894)
1590:(1893)
1582:(1892)
1566:(1882)
1550:(1879)
1340:(1922)
1324:(1919)
1316:(1916)
1308:(1915)
1300:(1914)
1292:(1913)
1284:(1912)
1276:(1911)
1268:(1910)
1260:(1909)
1252:(1908)
1244:(1907)
1228:(1904)
1220:(1903)
1212:(1902)
1204:(1901)
1188:(1898)
1172:(1895)
1156:(1892)
1082:(1960)
1042:(1942)
1002:(1920)
986:(1916)
970:(1910)
962:(1909)
946:(1906)
938:(1905)
930:(1904)
922:(1903)
914:(1902)
890:(1895)
874:(1890)
661:Total:
540:4–18–1
377:(1960)
309:Purdue
251:, the
226:(1961)
218:Awards
138:Purdue
127:Purdue
70:, U.S.
53:, U.S.
647:Navy:
614:5–4–1
572:4–4–2
499:0–5–1
496:2–7–1
411:5–3–1
399:T–2nd
393:5–3–1
347:Team
344:Year
285:guard
98:Guard
697:2014
631:Navy
626:1968
610:Navy
605:1967
589:Navy
584:1966
568:Navy
563:1965
510:1964
487:1963
464:1962
441:1961
384:1960
181:(DB)
175:1969
169:Navy
145:1960
58:Died
38:Born
635:2–8
593:4–6
525:8th
522:1–5
519:5–5
502:8th
479:7th
476:1–4
473:5–5
456:8th
453:2–4
450:4–6
414:4–2
396:4–2
302:in
275:in
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800:,
765:,
715:,
705:^
295:.
106:HC
1526:e
1519:t
1512:v
1124:e
1117:t
1110:v
834:e
827:t
820:v
699:.
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