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The HokieBird is Virginia Tech's official mascot.
==History==
The original mascot, an actual turkey trained by Floyd Meade, first appeared in 1913. Meade and later William Byrd Price continued to bring turkeys to football games until 1953. Mercer MacPherson purchased and wore the first costume in 1962. The long-necked HokieBird costume debuted in 1971. In 1982, the costume was changed again, this time to a shorter version, which some disliked for not looking much like a turkey.<ref>http://www.hokiesports.com/hokiebird/about.html</ref> The HokieBird's current incarnation debuted in 1987 in the Football season opener against Clemson.

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.hokiesports.com/hokiebird/about.html History of the HokieBird]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HokieBird Wikipedia Article on the HokieBird]

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-{{Infobox College Mascot
+The '''HokieBird''' is Virginia Tech's official mascot.
-| name = HokieBird
+==History==
-| image = Hokiebird.jpg
+The original mascot, an actual turkey trained by Floyd Meade, first appeared in 1913. Meade and later William Byrd Price continued to bring turkeys to football games until 1953. Mercer MacPherson purchased and wore the first costume in 1962. The long-necked HokieBird costume debuted in 1971. In 1982, the costume was changed again, this time to a shorter version, which some disliked for not looking much like a turkey.<ref>http://www.hokiesports.com/hokiebird/about.html</ref> The HokieBird's current incarnation debuted in 1987 in the Football season opener against Clemson.
-==Gobblers==
+==References==
-Fans of Virginia Tech athletics have referred to the teams by the nickname '''Fighting Gobblers''' since the early 20th century.  According the Virginia Tech university relations, the name originated in 1909, when football Coach Branch Bocock initiated his players into the "Gobbler Club", a name which appeared in print that same year.<ref>{{cite web |title= Hokie, Hokie, Hokie Hy! and a Few Other Virginia Tech Symbols and Traditions |url=http://www.vt.edu/about/traditions.pdf |publisher=University Relations, Virginia Tech |year=2006}}</ref>  Another popular legend regarding the origin of the "Gobblers" moniker refers to when the university was a military college known as the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College (VAMC).  As future military officers and gentlemen, cadets were not allowed to look at their plates as they ate.  To do so was termed "gobbling" your food and was a cause for punishment.  Athletes were given increased portions of food and in consideration of the limited meal time, were allowed to "gobble" their meals.  Because of this, the sports teams for VAMC became known as "The Gobblers".{{Fact|date=December 2007}}
+{{reflist}}
-==HokieBird==
+==External links==
-In reaction to the earlier myths about students "gobbling" their meals, football coach and athletic director [[Bill Dooley]] spearheaded a campaign for a new look and name for the mascot, which debuted at the 1981 football game against Wake Forest.  The turkey-like figure was referred to as "the Hokie mascot," "the Hokie," and "the Hokie bird" (derived from the "[[Old Hokie]]" cheer), which resulted in changing the official designation of the Virginia Tech mascot to the '''Hokies'''.
+*[http://www.hokiesports.com/hokiebird/about.html History of the HokieBird]
-{{Virginia Tech}}
+This article is a stub. You can help Gobblerpedia by [https://gobblerpedia.org/w/index.php?title=HokieBird&action=edit expanding it].
-[[Category:Virginia Tech Hokies]]
+[[Category:History]]
-[[Category:College mascots in the United States]]
+[[Category:Athletics]]

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-The '''HokieBird''' is Virginia Tech's official mascot.
+{{Infobox College Mascot
-==History==
+| name = HokieBird
-The original mascot, an actual turkey trained by Floyd Meade, first appeared in 1913. Meade and later William Byrd Price continued to bring turkeys to football games until 1953. Mercer MacPherson purchased and wore the first costume in 1962. The long-necked HokieBird costume debuted in 1971. In 1982, the costume was changed again, this time to a shorter version, which some disliked for not looking much like a turkey.<ref>http://www.hokiesports.com/hokiebird/about.html</ref> The HokieBird's current incarnation debuted in 1987 in the Football season opener against Clemson.
+| image = Hokiebird.jpg
 ==References==
 {{reflist}}
-==External links==
+{{Virginia Tech}}
-*[http://www.hokiesports.com/hokiebird/about.html History of the HokieBird]
+{{Virginia Tech Hokies football navbox}}
-*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HokieBird Wikipedia Article on the HokieBird]
+{{ACC Mascots}}
-This article is a stub. You can help Gobblerpedia by [https://gobblerpedia.org/w/index.php?title=HokieBird&action=edit expanding it].
+[[Category:Virginia Tech Hokies]]

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