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ACC College Football Hall of Fame Players
by Chris Coleman, TechSideline.com

The College Football Hall of Fame recently announced their 2006 inductees, and the list included former Virginia Tech All-American defensive lineman Bruce Smith. Smith is just the fourth Virginia Tech football player to be named to the College Football Hall of Fame, and he is definitely the biggest name of all the Hokies on the HOF list.

The first Virginia Tech Hall of Famer was running back Hunter Carpenter. Carpenter played for Tech from 1900-03, and again in 1905. He was a big part of the 9-1 campaign in 1905 that saw the Hokies knock off Army, North Carolina, Virginia and South Carolina.

Carpenter was one of the greatest athletes of his day. He weighed in at 197 pounds, and he was clocked in the 100-yard dash at 10.4 seconds. Carpenter hated UVA with a passion, and returned to Virginia Tech in 1905 for the sole purpose of defeating the Wahoos for the first time. He succeeded. Not only did he lead the Hokies to victory that day, he was also ejected for slugging a UVA player in the head and throwing the ball into the crowd.

Carroll Dale was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1987. He started 39 consecutive games for the Hokies at receiver from 1956-59. The only game he didn’t start during his four year career was the first game of his freshman season. He finished his Tech career with 67 receptions and 15 touchdowns.

Dale went on to the NFL, where he played for the Los Angeles Rams, the Green Bay Packers and the Chicago Bears.

Frank Loria was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1999. Loria started at free safety for Virginia Tech from 1965-67 and played in the same secondary as Virginia Tech head coach Frank Beamer. Loria was a two-time All-American at Tech, as well as an academic All-American. He was also a great punt returner, returning four punts for touchdowns during his career. One went for a school record 95 yards.

Unfortunately, Loria’s life ended shortly after his career at Tech was over. He was an assistant coach at Marshall University in 1970 when the team plane crashed, killing everyone aboard. Loria was just 23 years old.

The ACC’s three most historical programs are probably Florida State, Miami and Clemson. The Hokies have put more players in the Hall of Fame than any of those schools.

The Clemson Tigers have just two former players in the Hall of Fame, Terry Kinard and Banks McFadden. Florida State’s Fred Biletnikoff, Ron Sellers and Charlie Ward are members of the Hall, while Miami’s Don Bosseler, Ted Hendricks and Bennie Blades are the Hurricanes’ only inductees among former players.

NC State and Virginia also have three inductees apiece, headlined by Roman Gabriel and Bill Dudley, respectively. However there are some other ACC schools that have quite a few members of the College Football Hall of Fame, and they are schools that aren’t exactly known for their prowess on the gridiron.

The Duke Blue Devils have a total of eight former players in the College Football Hall of Fame. Six of Duke’s eight inductees played college football during the 1930s. A quick scan of past college football seasons shows that Duke was one of the top programs in the country during the 1930s, regularly winning seven, eight or nine games per season. The 1938 team finished 9-1, with their only loss coming to Southern Cal in the Rose Bowl. The seven points they surrendered to the Trojans in the Rose Bowl, a 7-3 defeat, were the only points the Duke defense gave up all season.

The Maryland Terrapins have six players who have been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. The majority of them played football in College Park at the same time in the early 1950s. In fact, four of them were on Maryland’s 1951 national championship team that went undefeated and beat Tennessee in the Sugar Bowl. Three of those players played on the offensive line.

Georgia Tech has put an amazing 11 players into the College Football Hall of Fame, the most of any ACC school. The Yellow Jackets also have two coaches in the Hall of Fame, including John Heisman of Heisman Trophy fame, and Bobby Dodd. Georgia Tech’s stadium is named after Dodd. Interestingly, Dodd was born in Galax, Virginia.

The only school in the ACC that has no players in the College Football Hall of Fame is Wake Forest. The Demon Deacons have been playing football since 1908, and have yet to have a player elected to the Hall. That doesn’t look like it’s going to change anytime soon.