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where he was an acclaimed multi-sport athlete. His nickname, "Pinky", was given to him after he once showed up on a playing field wearing a faded red shirt, whereupon a nearby person asked, "Who's that little pinky over there?" Spruhan later attended college at
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1483:(1952–1955)
1475:(1949–1952)
1473:Bill O'Hara
1467:(1947–1949)
1459:(1946–1947)
1451:(1945–1946)
1443:(1943–1945)
1435:(1942–1943)
1427:(1938–1942)
1419:(1937–1938)
1411:(1936–1937)
1403:(1934–1936)
1395:(1922–1934)
1387:(1919–1922)
1379:(1917–1919)
1371:(1914–1917)
1363:(1913–1914)
1355:(1911–1913)
1347:(1910–1911)
1345:J. Mitchell
1339:(1909–1910)
1337:F. J. Pratt
1331:(1908–1909)
1271:Clay Nunley
1265:(1989–2016)
1257:(1977–1989)
1249:(1973–1977)
1241:(1967–1973)
1233:(1945–1967)
1225:(1943–1945)
1217:(1942–1943)
1209:(1930–1942)
1201:(1921–1930)
1193:(1920–1921)
1185:(1913–1920)
1177:(1911–1913)
1111:(1930–1941)
1103:(1921–1929)
1087:(1913–1919)
1023:(1900–1905)
975:(1893–1894)
565:(1921–1930)
487:(1919–1922)
480:VMI Keydets
353:(1913–1920)
339:Postseason
333:Conference
1594:Categories
1521:Bill Blair
1377:Earl Abell
1329:Pete Krebs
794:References
193:basketball
117:Basketball
38:1890-11-09
1489:Jack Null
1481:Chuck Noe
1441:Joe Daher
1263:Page Moir
336:Standing
249:Lexington
165:1913–1930
152:1921–1930
142:1919–1922
132:1913–1918
122:1913–1920
107:1913–1917
97:1913–1929
1579:(2022– )
1569:Dan Earl
1273:(2016– )
1255:Ed Green
888:July 14,
708:Roanoke:
693:Roanoke
690:1929–30
676:Roanoke
673:1927–28
659:Roanoke
656:1926–27
642:Roanoke
639:1925–26
625:Roanoke
622:1924–25
608:Roanoke
605:1923–24
591:Roanoke
588:1922–23
574:Roanoke
571:1921–22
527:1921–22
510:1920–21
493:1919–20
464:Roanoke
461:1919–20
447:Roanoke
444:1918–19
430:Roanoke
427:1917–18
413:Roanoke
410:1916–17
396:Roanoke
393:1915–16
379:Roanoke
376:1914–15
362:Roanoke
359:1913–14
330:Overall
292:Rawenoch
279:and the
207:and the
197:baseball
160:Baseball
92:Football
1223:No team
1021:Unknown
1005:Unknown
973:Unknown
324:Season
303:Roanoke
253:Keydets
169:Roanoke
155:Roanoke
126:Roanoke
101:Roanoke
1119:(1942)
1095:(1920)
1079:(1912)
1071:(1911)
1063:(1910)
1055:(1909)
1047:(1908)
1039:(1907)
1031:(1906)
1015:(1899)
1007:(1898)
999:(1897)
991:(1896)
983:(1895)
879:
726:138–90
722:Total:
712:100–81
195:, and
64:, U.S.
47:, U.S.
787:Note:
327:Team
890:2014
877:ISBN
696:2–10
628:3–11
549:38–9
545:VMI:
533:11–7
530:VMI
516:16–1
513:VMI
499:11–1
496:VMI
450:12–2
382:10–4
365:14–4
52:Died
32:Born
921:at
679:3–6
662:5–2
645:2–8
611:3–7
594:6–5
577:8–4
467:6–4
433:7–4
416:7–1
399:9–0
247:in
231:in
146:VMI
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871:.
855:^
839:^
802:^
191:,
85:HC
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1300:t
1293:v
1153:e
1146:t
1139:v
951:e
944:t
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