On Saturday, Nov. 14, at noon, the Marshall University football team will take on Middle Tennessee State University at Joan C. Edwards Stadium in Huntington. Be Nice. Huntington Herald Advertiser November 15, 1970 Marshall Team, Coaches, Fans Die In Plane Crash 75 Believed Aboard Plane; Airline Silent.
The statue was originally dedicated in 1971 and housed at the Pi Kappa Alpha (ΠΚΑ) house on 5th Avenue. On Nov. 14, 1970, 75 Marshall University players, coaches and fans died in a plane crash as they returned to Tri-State Airport after a heartbreaking 17-14 loss to East Carolina University in Greenville. siren on Fifth Ave. A light, cold rain fell on the students, faculty and staff as they left the chapel. He was survived by his wife, Mary Plyde Ward; two sons, Parker Jr. and Stephen; and two daughters, Elizabeth and Sharon. He served as an assistant or head coach of all sports at Marshall at one time or another, with the exception of golf, tennis and wrestling. The crash occurred about 7:45 p. m. less than a mile west of Tri-State Airport.
watching us. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. D.E.
Actor Matthew McConaughey attends Marshall's spring football practice on Tuesday, April 18, 2006, at the Joan C. Edwards Stadium in Huntington. The following football players at Marshall University were believed to be on the plane that
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crash site.
He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Lech.
(JACK BURNETT/AP)
And, The Green Bus Pulled Away...Empty
No one could have imagined how deep a downward spiral Marshall University's football program would face in the late 1960's. Hardin and Peyton described the scene as horrifying. The tragedy was "the worst domestic air crash this year," a Federal Aviation Agency spokesman
He and his wife, Shirley, died in the crash. shock. ", Peyton said it appeared an area about 200 feet in diameter had been leveled and small fires were
The plane was returning the Marshall football players, most of the coaching staff and a group of
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Officials at the site of the Nov. 14, 1970, Marshall University plane crash at Tri-State Airport in Kenova, W.Va., secure a charred engine for removal to an airport hangar. or anything. Outside, the rain picked up in tempos and the wind felt chillier, much chillier. aboard. Homer Pelfrey, a former Wayne County sheriff, said he and Floyd Nichols, a resident of the
morgue was set up in the hangar. RELATED: A Tweet Predicted a Tragic Death on the Notre Dame Football Field. One passerby ducked into the ground floor at the tower and flatly said, "Yes, I was over there. He said he was just returning from a business trip in Green Bay, Wis., and was leaving the airport
The 43rd Annual Marshall University Memorial Fountain Ceremony is held on Thursday, Nov. 14, 2013, at the Memorial Student Center Plaza in Huntington. Former Marshall head football coach Sonny Randle has died, the Marshall University Athletic Department confirmed Wednesday morning. One of the largest crowds ever turned out Friday, Nov. 14, for the annual memorial service to remember the 1970 plane crash that killed 75 football players, coaches, staff, supporters and flight. He graduated from Staunton Military Academy.
intact. He came from Toledo, where he had served as athletic trainer and physical education instructor since 1968.
He said the plane skimmed the top of an abandoned house just before it crashed. Barry Nash, #35, team member Sophomore from Henderson, W.Va.
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