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Nov 16, 2009 · On November 14, 1970, a chartered jet carrying most of the Marshall University football team clips a stand of trees and crashes into a hillside just two miles from the Tri-State Airport in Kenova...
The memorial plaque reads: 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 a hillside nearby. The victims included 37 Marshall University football players, 9 coaches and administrators, 25 fans and air crew of 5.
Dec 6, 2023 · On November 14, 1970, 75 people died in the Marshall University plane crash, including the school’s football team, making it the worst single air tragedy in NCAA history.
On a rainy hill side in Wayne County, West Virginia, the lives of 75 people were lost in the worst single air tragedy in NCAA sports history. Among the losses were nearly the entire Marshall University football team, coaches, flight crew, numerous fans, and supporters.
Allen Gene Skeens, #59, 1970 MU Football team, b&w. Skeens was killed in the plane crash. He was the center. 75 members, coaches, and fans were killed in November 1970 plane crash. His body was not identified and he is buried with five other unidentified players in the Springhill Cemetery.
Nov 11, 2020 · That's the unseen damage left a half century later after a Southern Airways DC- 9 carrying the Thundering Herd back from a game at East Carolina crashed into a hill a mile short of the Tri-State...
Nov 14, 2020 · The crash proved fatal to all 75 passengers and crew members aboard. Following the crash, Marshall University, the community of Huntington, West Virginia, and the rest of the nation grieved the unimaginable tragedy together.
Nov 14, 2020 · Slezak, who lived in Passaic, New Jersey, at the time, could have been on the plane that, on Nov. 14, 1970, crashed and took the lives of 75 passengers – including 44 Marshall University football...
Nov 14, 2020 · Marshall University has commemorated the 50th anniversary of one of the worst sports disasters in U.S. history Saturday, a plane crash that killed most of the football team.
Click here for official NTSB Accident Report. Southern Airlines Flight 932 left Kinston, North Carolina, at 6:38 p.m., carrying the Marshall University football team, coaching staff and fans to Huntington, West Virginia.
