How Gobblers Came to be 2020.01.15

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Title

How Gobblers Came to be 2020.01.15

Subject

How the Name Gobblers Came to be

Description

This paper describes the reason that Virginia Tech and their sports teams are called "Gobblers." According to this piece the reason is that a young man, Floyd Meade, that was the football teams Mascot, taught the "largest turkey in Montgomery County" to pull him around the playing field in a small cart, leading to the name "Gobblers" sticking.

Files

2020.01.15WhyGobblers.pdf

Citation

“How Gobblers Came to be 2020.01.15,” BMCF, accessed April 26, 2024, https://bmcf.omeka.net/items/show/19.