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Here are some pictures of flowers I've taken from around #HuntingtonWV over the last nine years. An open letter from Nate Ruffin to his fallen teammates from 1970. This clip was shown on ABC at halftime of the 2000 MAC Championship game in...
6 gru 2023 · Nate Ruffin, a co-captain of the 1970 Marshall team, hadn’t even made the trip to East Carolina due to an injury. He had the horrific job of calling his teammates’ families to tell them what happened.
11 lis 2020 · Cornerback and co-captain Nate Ruffin, who died of leukemia in 2001, never learned who took his seat. “To this date, we didn’t know — nor did we care to find out — who got added to the trip,” Ruffin told The Associated Press in a 2000 interview.
Nate Ruffin was the co-captain of the 1970 Marshall Football team. He missed the final game because of an arm injury and thus was not on the fateful plane that crashed killing all 75 aboard on November 14, 1970. Nate died in Arlington after a long illness in 2001. He is buried next to his teammates. Married Sharon K....
18 mar 2024 · After facing mysterious symptoms for months, Nate Ruffin, a 37-year-old father of two, received a life-changing diagnosis. Ruffin, a former college football star and current high school coach, was recently diagnosed with a rare autoimmune disorder known as neuromyelitis optica, or NMO.
He was the co-captain, but missed the East Carolina game because of an arm injury. – From 1970 Marshall University Football Press Guide.
Nate Ruffin was born in Quincy, Florida, and came to Marshall University to play football. He was co-captain of the 1970 football team, most of whom died in the tragic plane crash on November 14, 1970.
