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On Nov. 14, 1970, 75 people died in the worst sports related air tragedy in U.S. history, when a Southern Airways DC-9 crashed into the hillside nearby. The victims included 36 Marshall University football players, 9 coaches and administrators, 25 fans and air crew of 5. No one survived this horrific disaster. [5]
We Are Marshall is a 2006 American biographical sports drama film directed by McG.It depicts the aftermath of the 1970 plane crash that killed 75 people: 37 players of the Marshall University Thundering Herd football team, five coaches, two athletic trainers, the athletic director, 25 boosters, and the airplane crew of five.
Entire team (save one player) and coaching staff, along with members of the press, boosters, and plane crew, were all killed in a crash shortly after takeoff from Evansville en route to a game against Middle Tennessee State University. The sole team member who did not board the plane died in a car crash two weeks later. 16 March 1978
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Marshall University: Ashes to Glory is a 2000 documentary film about the November 14, 1970 Marshall University plane crash that killed 75 people (including 37 members of the 1970 Marshall Thundering Herd football team, most of its coaching staff, and a number of school officials and Huntingtonians), and the efforts of new head coach Jack Lengyel and the coaching staff (which included members ...
Northeastern Oklahoma A&M: 5 football players were killed in a head-on highway crash (1966). Marshall: 37 members died in an airplane crash (1970). Wichita State: most of the starting players and coaches, 31 in total, died in an airplane crash (1970). Cal Poly Mustangs football team: 16 players and 6 others died in an airplane crash (1960).
The 1970 Marshall Thundering Herd football team was an American football team that represented Marshall University as an independent during the 1970 NCAA University Division football season. In its second season under head coach Rick Tolley , the team compiled a 3–6 record and was outscored by a total of 202 to 138. [ 1 ]
FRISCO – Semyon "SJ" Williams Jr. saw his first football game in person since a freak accident at a swimming pool on the first day of summer. The 13-year-old shattered his spine diving into the ...