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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.
15 kwi 2014 · 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 crew of 5.
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.
19 lip 2023 · Instead of landing safely, the plane carrying 36 Marshall University football players, 9 coaches and administrators, 25 fans, and an aircrew of 5 – 75 people in total, crashed into a hillside, just short of the airport. All 75 passengers on board perished in the crash.
Barry W. Nash, #35,1970 MU Football team, b&w. Nash died in the 1970 plane crash. Body unidentified and buried with five other unidentified players in Spring Hill Cemetery. 75 members, coaches, and fans were killed in November 1970 plane crash.
6 gru 2023 · On Nov. 14, 1970, the Marshall team’s plane crashed nose-first into a hillside just one mile from the Huntington Tri-State Airport, setting the whole area ablaze. All 75 people on board were killed in what the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) called an “unsurvivable” crash.
On November 14th, 1970, thirty-seven players, nine coaches, twenty-five boosters, and a flight crew of four boarded a McDonnell Douglas DC-9 operated by Southern Airways following a tough road loss to East Carolina University.
