query: african football team that died in plane crash

pos: 1993 Zambia national football team plane crash 1993 Zambia national football team plane crash On the evening of 27 April 1993, a DHC-5 Buffalo transport aircraft of the Zambian Air Force crashed into the Atlantic Ocean shortly after taking off from Libreville, Gabon. The flight was carrying most of the Zambian national football team to a FIFA World Cup Qualifier against Senegal in Dakar. All 25 passengers and five crew members were killed. The official investigation concluded that the pilot had shut down the wrong engine following an engine fire. It also found that pilot fatigue and a faulty instrument had contributed to the accident. The flight

pos: 1993 Zambia national football team plane crash 8–7 in a penalty shoot out after the game ended 0–0 after normal and added time. The accident was the subject of the 2014 Spanish/Zambian documentary film "Eighteam", directed by Juan Rodriguez-Briso. All thirty people onboard died in the crash. 1993 Zambia national football team plane crash On the evening of 27 April 1993, a DHC-5 Buffalo transport aircraft of the Zambian Air Force crashed into the Atlantic Ocean shortly after taking off from Libreville, Gabon. The flight was carrying most of the Zambian national football team to a FIFA World Cup Qualifier against Senegal in Dakar. All 25 passengers

neg: 1980 LSU Tigers football team 1980 LSU Tigers football team The 1980 LSU Tigers football team represented Louisiana State University (LSU) during the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season. Bo Rein was hired November 30, 1979 after four seasons at North Carolina State as the successor to Charles McClendon, who compiled a 137–59–7 record in 18 seasons. Rein's tenure was cut short after only 42 days when he died in a plane crash January 10, 1980. Jerry Stovall, a former LSU All-American and nine-year National Football League veteran with the St. Louis Cardinals, was approved as Rein's successor approximately 36 hours after the plane crash.

neg: Zambia team by a score of 4–0. Kalusha Bwalya, Zambia's most celebrated football player and one of Africa's greatest football players in history had a hat trick in that match. However, to this day, many pundits say the greatest team Zambia has ever assembled was the one that perished on 28 April 1993 in a plane crash at Libreville, Gabon. Despite this, in 1996, Zambia was ranked 15th on the official FIFA World Football Team rankings, the highest attained by any southern African team. In 2012, Zambia won the African Cup of Nations for the first time after losing in the

neg: Wichita State University football team plane crash Wichita State University football team plane crash In clear and calm weather in Colorado at 1:14 p.m. MDT on Friday, October 2, 1970, a chartered Martin 4-0-4 airliner crashed into a mountain eight miles (13 km) west of Silver Plume. Operated by Golden Eagle Aviation, the twin-engined propliner carried 37 passengers and a crew of three; 29 were killed at the scene and two later died of their injuries while under medical care. It was one of two aircraft carrying the Wichita State University football team to Logan, Utah, for a game against Utah State University; the second aircraft flew

neg: Wichita State University football team plane crash football charter aircraft to crash in 1970; six weeks later, Southern Airways Flight 932, carrying the Marshall University team, crashed in Huntington, West Virginia as the team returned from a game in North Carolina. Wichita State University built a memorial for those who died from the crash called "Memorial '70." Every year on October 2 at 9 a.m., a wreath is placed at this memorial. A roadside memorial plaque listing the names of the victims is located near the Colorado crash site, adjacent to westbound Interstate 70, at Dry Gulch at milepost 217 (), about two miles (3 km) east

neg: Derby Makinka Derby Makinka Derby Making (born 5 September 1965, in Harare, Southern Rhodesia, died 27 April 1993) was a Zambian footballer and member of the national team. He was among those killed in the crash of the team plane in Gabon in 1993. Makinka played club football for Profound Warriors in Zambia, where he was voted Zambian Footballer of the year in 1989, before moving to Pomir Dushanbe in the Soviet Top League near the end of 1989 after being spotted during their 4-0 win over Italy at the 1988 Olympics. With this move he became the first African, along with

neg: 2012 Africa Cup of Nations team dedicated their win to the members of the national team who died in a plane crash near the final's venue in Libreville in 1993. Bids : Rejected Bids : On 4 September 2006, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) approved a compromise between rival countries to host the Africa Cup of Nations after it ruled out Nigeria. CAF agreed to award the next three editions from 2010 to Angola, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and Libya respectively. They assigned Angola in 2010, Equatorial Guinea and Gabon, which submitted a joint bid in 2012, and Libya for 2014. This edition was awarded

neg: Grande Torino the streets of Turin. Many players of the Grande Torino played in national team, forming the backbone of the team. Grande Torino The Grande Torino was the historic Italian football team of Torino Football Club in the 1940s, five-time champions of Italy, whose players were the backbone of the Italy national team and died on 4 May 1949 in the plane crash known as the Superga air disaster. The Filadelfia Stadium was built by Enrico Marone Cinzano, the grandfather of carlo rivetti. With this name, although it is commonly used to identify the team that died in the disaster, it

neg: 1961 Bowling Green Falcons football team first bowl appearance. The game was a fundraiser for the families of members of the Cal Poly Mustangs football team who died in a C-46 plane crash while returning home after a game at Bowling Green on October 29, 1960. 1961 Bowling Green Falcons football team The 1961 Bowling Green Falcons football team was an American football team that represented Bowling Green State University in the Mid-American Conference (MAC) during the 1961 college football season. In their seventh season under head coach Doyt Perry, the Falcons compiled an 8–2 record (5–0–1 against MAC opponents), won the MAC championship, and outscored

neg: Grande Torino Grande Torino The Grande Torino was the historic Italian football team of Torino Football Club in the 1940s, five-time champions of Italy, whose players were the backbone of the Italy national team and died on 4 May 1949 in the plane crash known as the Superga air disaster. The Filadelfia Stadium was built by Enrico Marone Cinzano, the grandfather of carlo rivetti. With this name, although it is commonly used to identify the team that died in the disaster, it defines the entire sports cycle which lasted eight years and led to the conquest of five consecutive championships, equaling the

neg: Wichita State University football team plane crash on board, the death count at the scene was 29, which included 27 passengers, captain, and flight attendant. One of the deceased passengers was an off-duty flight attendant who was assisting. Two of the initial 11 survivors later died of their injuries to bring the total dead to 31, 14 of whom were Wichita State football players. First to arrive at the crash scene were construction workers from the nearby Eisenhower Tunnel project and motorists on U.S. 6 (I-70). The first officer (company president) survived; he was flying the plane from the left seat. The National Transportation Safety Board report

neg: 1993 Zambia national football team plane crash continued into the 2000s. In November 2003 a preliminary crash investigation report was released by the Gabonese government. Despite this relatives of the victims continue to lobby the Zambian government to produce a report on how the aircraft was allowed to leave Zambia. The members of the national team killed in the crash were buried in what became known as "Heroes' Acre," just outside the Independence Stadium in Lusaka. A new side was quickly assembled, and led by Bwalya, faced up to the difficult task of having to complete Zambia's World Cup qualifiers and then prepare for the upcoming African

neg: BBC African Footballer of the Year The Zambia national football team were posthumous winners of the award in 1994, following the plane crash in the Atlantic Ocean a year previous. The award became centred around football from 2001 onwards, Cameroon's Patrick M'Boma was the last person to win it as a sports award. Nigeria's Nwankwo Kanu and Jay-Jay Okocha, as well as the Ivory Coast's Yaya Touré and Egypt's Mohamed Salah are the only players to win the award more than once, with two wins. BBC African Footballer of the Year The BBC African Footballer of the Year (previously known as the BBC African Sports Star

neg: Rick Tolley Rick Tolley Rickey Dale Tolley (January 6, 1940 – November 14, 1970) was an American football coach. He served as the head football coach at Marshall University during the 1969 and 1970 seasons. He died in the 1970 plane crash that killed all of the crew and passengers, including most of the Marshall football team and coaching staff and several team boosters. Tolley played basketball, baseball and football at Mullens High School in Mullens, West Virginia. He played college football as a center and linebacker at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Tolley started his coaching career during the years

neg: Hansie Cronje auditor, in 2003. It was reported that the private ceremony was attended by Hansie's parents and siblings. Hansie Cronje Wessel Johannes "Hansie" Cronje (25 September 1969 – 1 June 2002) was a South African cricketer and captain of the South African national cricket team in the 1990s. He was voted the 11th greatest South African in 2004 despite having been banned from cricket for life due to his role in a match-fixing scandal. He died in a plane crash in 2002. Cronje was born in Bloemfontein, South Africa to Ewie Cronje and San-Marie Cronje on 25 September 1969. He graduated

neg: Oklahoma State Cowboys basketball team plane crash plane was carrying 2 crew members (pilot Denver Mills, and co-pilot Bjorn Fahlstrom) and eight passengers involved with Oklahoma State basketball. All ten individuals died. Oklahoma State has a memorial erected to them, entitled "Remember the Ten", inside Gallagher-Iba Arena in Stillwater, Oklahoma. Oklahoma State Cowboys basketball team plane crash The Oklahoma State University Cowboys basketball team plane crash occurred on January 27, 2001, at 19:37 EST, when a Beechcraft Super King Air 200, registration N81PF, carrying 2 players on the Oklahoma State Cowboys basketball team along with 6 OSU broadcasters & members of the OSU coaching staff, crashed in

neg: Deke Brackett where he was the Bruins' backfield coach until 1962. Brackett returned to coaching as an assistant with the Orlando Panthers of the Continental Football League. He returned to college football in 1968 when his head coach with the Panthers, Perry Moss hired him to work on his staff at Marshall University. Brackett died in the 1970 plane crash that killed most of the Marshall football team and coaching staff and several team boosters. Brackett was supposed to go on a recruiting trip with fellow assistant William "Red" Dawson, however graduate assistant Gail Parker gave Brackett his seat and went on

neg: Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash Korolev and Brad McCrimmon. The accident was the second plane crash in Russia involving a hockey team. The entire VVS Moscow team died in the 1950 Sverdlovsk plane crash near Sverdlovsk (now Yekaterinburg). Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, who had been on his way to Yaroslavl for the Yaroslavl Global Policy Forum, sent his condolences to the families of those killed in the crash and visited the crash site along with Governor of Yaroslavl Oblast Sergey Vakhrukov. René Fasel, president of the International Ice Hockey Federation, called the crash "the darkest day in the history of our sport." Manchester United chief

neg: Ben Wilson (American football coach) Ben Wilson (American football coach) Ben Wilson (January 15, 1926 – October 2, 1970) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Wichita State University from 1969 until three games into the 1970 seasons when he was killed in a plane crash. On October 2, 1970, Wilson and his wife, Helen, were killed along with 14 players on the team and several others during the Wichita State University football team plane crash en route to a game at Utah State University. The remaining team members completed the season under assistant coach Bob Seaman.

neg: 1993 Zambia national football team plane crash flight went ahead as scheduled. The "Chipolopolo" were a very promising Zambia national team. At the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul they thrashed Italy 4–0. They had their eyes on the 1993 Africa Cup of Nations trophy and a place at their first World Cup. All 30 passengers and crew, including 18 players, as well as the national team coach and support staff, died in the accident. The "Chipolopolo's" captain, Kalusha Bwalya—later national team coach and president of the Football Association of Zambia (FAZ)—was not aboard the flight as he was in the Netherlands playing for PSV at that time

neg: African nations at the FIFA World Cup d'Ivoire and Algeria 4–1 in Lagos. In Group C, Cameroon won the group with 3 wins and a loss away to second placed Zimbabwe, with Guinea coming third. In Group B were Morocco, Senegal, and Zambia. In the first match, Morocco beat Senegal 1–0. In the second match, Zambia were to face Senegal in Dakar. However, the plane carrying the Zambian team crashed en route on 28 April 1993. The crash, attributed to mechanical problems and pilot error, killed all thirty people on board, including nearly the entire football team – 18 players – and coaches, support staff, and plane

neg: 1925 Rose Bowl bowl game until the 1970 Cotton Bowl Classic. In 2007, the UCLA Bruins hosted the Notre Dame Fighting Irish in the Rose Bowl stadium where the Irish won, 20–6. With the Rose Bowl Game joining the Bowl Championship Series, the possibility has existed that Notre Dame could again play in the Rose Bowl game. Rockne died in a plane crash in 1931. Don Miller, who died in 1979 as the last of the living Four Horsemen, said that the 1925 Rose Bowl champion team was Rockne's favorite team. The Notre Dame–Stanford football rivalry game is now one of the many

neg: Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash The Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash occurred on 7 September 2011 when Yak-Service's Flight 9633, a Yakovlev Yak-42 charter flight carrying the players and coaching staff of the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl professional ice hockey team, crashed near the Russian city of Yaroslavl. The aircraft ran off the runway before lifting off, struck a tower mast, caught fire and crashed from the end of the runway of Tunoshna Airport on the Volga River bank. Of the 45 on board, 43 died at the crash site. One of the two rescued from the wreck, Alexander Galimov, died five days later

neg: Wichita State University football team plane crash of the Eisenhower Tunnel. A trail to the wreck site via Dry Gulch is 0.4 miles past the memorial off exit 216. Detailed directions and photos can be found on Mountainouswords.com. Entertainers Bill Cosby and Monty Hall hosted a fundraiser for the Wichita State athletic department after the crash. Wichita State University football team plane crash In clear and calm weather in Colorado at 1:14 p.m. MDT on Friday, October 2, 1970, a chartered Martin 4-0-4 airliner crashed into a mountain eight miles (13 km) west of Silver Plume. Operated by Golden Eagle Aviation, the twin-engined propliner carried 37 passengers

neg: 1958 Central African Airways plane crash 1958 Central African Airways plane crash The 1958 Central African Airways plane crash occurred when a Vickers Viscount airliner crashed during a scheduled passenger flight from Wadi Halfa, Sudan, to Benghazi, Libya, on 9 August 1958 about nine kilometers southeast of Benina International Airport in Libya. A total of forty-seven passengers and seven crew members were on board of whom only eighteen survived, making it the deadliest ever plane crash in Libya at the time of the accident. According to an International Civil Aviation Organization accident digest, the plane crashed while making an approach to runway 33R, and while flying

neg: Cal Jones Cal Jones Calvin Jack Jones (February 7, 1933 – December 9, 1956) was a college football player for the University of Iowa. Jones is one of only two Iowa football players (along with Nile Kinnick) to have his jersey number retired by the school. Jones became the first Hawkeye, and the first African-American, to win the Outland Trophy in 1955. He played one year with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Western Interprovincial Football Union. He died in a plane crash after playing in the East–West All-Star Game. Cal Jones is a member of The Pigskin Club Of Washington, D.C.

neg: Hansie Cronje Hansie Cronje Wessel Johannes "Hansie" Cronje (25 September 1969 – 1 June 2002) was a South African cricketer and captain of the South African national cricket team in the 1990s. He was voted the 11th greatest South African in 2004 despite having been banned from cricket for life due to his role in a match-fixing scandal. He died in a plane crash in 2002. Cronje was born in Bloemfontein, South Africa to Ewie Cronje and San-Marie Cronje on 25 September 1969. He graduated in 1987 from Grey College in Bloemfontein, where he was the head boy. An excellent all round

neg: Bob Seaman team that fall. Despite the injury, Seamon continued as a member of Kent State's track and field team, winning a Mid-American Conference title in the high jump. Seaman was the assistant football coach on October 2, 1970—the day of the Wichita State University football team plane crash. Wichita State was using two planes to transport its team to Utah State University for a football game when one of the planes (named "Gold") crashed. Coach Seaman told the football players and coaches on the "Black" plane shortly after arrival in Logan, Utah. Although they did not play the game at Utah,

neg: Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium stands. In December 1983, the playing field was renamed "Rex Dockery Field" in honor of Rex Dockery, a former Memphis Tigers football coach who died in a plane crash. The stadium played host to The Monsters of Rock Festival Tour, featuring Van Halen, Scorpions, Dokken, Metallica, and Kingdom Come, on July 9, 1988. Since its opening, the stadium has hosted the Memphis Tigers football team from the University of Memphis. Before this, the team had spent 28 seasons at Crump Stadium. It was not the first time the team had played at the fairgrounds; before playing at Crump, the team

neg: 1960 Danish football air crash Danish FA considered withdrawing from the Olympic tournament. In the event, they won the silver medal, losing to Yugoslavia in the final. 1960 Danish football air crash On 16 July 1960, after taking off from Copenhagen Airport at 15.38 local time, a de Havilland Dragon Rapide plane, (registration OY-DZY) chartered to the Danish Football Association, crashed into the Øresund about 50 metres from shore after the pilot lost control of the aircraft in severe weather. All eight passengers died; the pilot survived but required a leg to be amputated. The plane was carrying eight association football players to Herning Airport

neg: 1960 Danish football air crash 1960 Danish football air crash On 16 July 1960, after taking off from Copenhagen Airport at 15.38 local time, a de Havilland Dragon Rapide plane, (registration OY-DZY) chartered to the Danish Football Association, crashed into the Øresund about 50 metres from shore after the pilot lost control of the aircraft in severe weather. All eight passengers died; the pilot survived but required a leg to be amputated. The plane was carrying eight association football players to Herning Airport for a final trial match at Herning stadium to select the for the 1960 Olympic tournament. Three of the eight had been

neg: NC State Wolfpack football NFL's Pittsburgh Steelers for 15 seasons and won Super Bowl XL. Following the 1979 season, Rein resigned as head football coach at State to accept the same position at LSU, but Rein died in a plane crash before ever coaching a game for the Tigers. Following every season, the NC State football team awards the "Bo Rein Award" to a player that makes a vital contribution in an unsung role. After Rein's departure, NC State hired Arkansas defensive coordinator Monte Kiffin, father of Florida Atlantic and former Oakland Raiders, Tennessee and USC head coach Lane Kiffin, as head coach. Kiffin

neg: Harijs Mellups Harijs Mellups Harijs Mellups (1927–1950) was a Latvian football and ice hockey player. Mellups died in the 1950 Sverdlovsk plane crash at age 23. Mellups came from Sarkandaugava in Riga where he played football in the streets and in the winter - ice hockey on a frozen river. His first football club was Aldaris for which Mellups played as a left side forward. In addition to football Mellups played basketball, was an ice hockey goalkeeper and also competed in boxing. In boxing aged 18 Mellups was nominated for the Latvia national team. In 1945 he was the champion of Riga

neg: 1958 Central African Airways plane crash in clouds the pilot descended below a safe altitude, causing the aircraft to crash into high ground. While the reason for the quick descent remains unknown, it is believed the pilot may have misinterpreted the reading of his altimeter as a result of fatigue and possible indisposition. 1958 Central African Airways plane crash The 1958 Central African Airways plane crash occurred when a Vickers Viscount airliner crashed during a scheduled passenger flight from Wadi Halfa, Sudan, to Benghazi, Libya, on 9 August 1958 about nine kilometers southeast of Benina International Airport in Libya. A total of forty-seven passengers and seven

neg: Association football culture entire Torino squad perished. Other examples include the Munich air disaster which involved the 1958 Manchester United squad; the loss of the entire Zambia national team squad in an air crash in 1993; and a plane crash in 2016 that killed 71 passengers, including almost the entire Chapecoense first team squad. People of different races have sometimes not been accepted as players in European football. This is changing at the start of the 21st century due to society change as well as campaigning on the part of the football authorities in different countries. UEFA and the European Union support the

neg: Harijs Mellups was selected in the symbolic selection of best players of the Soviet ice hockey league. Mellups died in a tragic airplane crash together with Roberts Šūlmanis and several other ice hockey players. Harijs Mellups Harijs Mellups (1927–1950) was a Latvian football and ice hockey player. Mellups died in the 1950 Sverdlovsk plane crash at age 23. Mellups came from Sarkandaugava in Riga where he played football in the streets and in the winter - ice hockey on a frozen river. His first football club was Aldaris for which Mellups played as a left side forward. In addition to football Mellups

neg: Homer Hazel football power." Hazel was also the Ole Miss Rebels men's basketball for five years, compiling a 54–32 record. Hazel was married to Marguerite Lorenz in 1917. After resigning from his position at Ole Miss, Hazel moved to Marshall, Michigan, where he lived for the following 38 years. He became a professional golfer for four years. Hazel and his wife had three children, including sons Homer and Bill who played college football for Ole Miss. Son Homer was captain of the 1941 Ole Miss football team and died in a plane crash in 1942. Hazel worked for 20 years as a

neg: Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash were placed in medically induced comas to relieve stress; however, Galimov died on 12 September at the Vishnevsky Institute of Surgery. Sizov was moved from intensive care to a ward on 12 September, and his life was considered to be out of danger. He was discharged from the hospital on 28 October, expecting to return to aviation but perhaps not to fly. Among the team staff on board were: Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash The Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash occurred on 7 September 2011 when Yak-Service's Flight 9633, a Yakovlev Yak-42 charter flight carrying the players and coaching staff of the

neg: Marco the Bison one of the doctors who died on the Marshall Football plane crash of November 14, 1970, killing all 75 persons aboard including most of the football team and coaches. The two made regular appearances at football game: in fact, the real Marco got loose on the Astroturf in 1971 and delayed a second-half kickoff until he was returned to his cage. The real bison was retired to nearby Camden Park, a nearby amusement park which had a petting zoo in the 1970s and where he stayed when not at Fairfield Stadium for games. Marshall also had "Marsha," a female mascot

neg: Uniform number (Major League Baseball) and that #21 should be retired by all teams. Clemente opened the doors for Hispanics to play Major League Baseball, just as Robinson did for African-Americans. He died in a plane crash in 1972 while helping earthquake victims from Nicaragua, ending his storied career too soon. Number 21 is retired by Clemente's team, the Pittsburgh Pirates, and was worn by Sammy Sosa throughout his career as a tribute to his childhood hero. Uniform number (Major League Baseball) In baseball, the uniform number is a number worn on the uniform of each player and coach. Numbers are used for the purpose

neg: Jack Lengyel the crash that it was suspending the use of the vans. In the 2006 film "We Are Marshall", based on the Marshall plane crash and Marshall's 1971 team, Lengyel was portrayed by Matthew McConaughey. Jack Lengyel Jack Robert Lengyel (born 1935) is a software executive and former American football coach, lacrosse coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at the College of Wooster from 1966 to 1970 and at Marshall University from 1971 until 1974, compiling a career college football record of 33–54. At Marshall, he took over the Thundering Herd football program after the

neg: 1986 Wichita State Shockers football team 1986 Wichita State Shockers football team The 1986 Wichita State Shockers football team represented Wichita State University in the 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Shockers competed as an independent program and played their home games at Cessna Stadium. It was the Shockers 90th and final season. The team, coached by Ron Chismar, went 3–8 and announced on December 2 that the team's 1986 season would be its last. University officials cited financial issues and lack of success as two of many factors leading to the program's termination. The 1970 plane crash involving the Shockers football team, in which

neg: South Africa national cricket team later killed in a plane crash, and Pollock also retiring from international cricket, the team once again changed shape. Graeme Smith was made captain, although following injuries to Smith and Jacques Kallis, Ashwell Prince deputised as Test captain on 12 July 2006. At the age of 29, he became the first non-white man to captain the once all-white South African cricket team. Although that racial quota policy, was rescinded in 2007, a new rule passed in 2016 stated that the team had to have an average minimum of six Black players, of which two must be Black African, in matches

neg: Wichita State University football team plane crash a conventional route and arrived safely in Utah. Pilot errors, including poor in-flight decisions and inadequate pre-flight planning, were officially reported as leading to the crash. About three months before the crash, Wichita State contracted Golden Eagle Aviation to supply a Douglas DC-6B, to fly the team to away games for the 1970 season. The four-engined DC-6 was a large, powerful aircraft that could accommodate the entire team. Golden Eagle Aviation did not own the DC-6, but had an arrangement with the Jack Richards Aircraft Company to use it. After the agreements were made, the DC-6 was damaged and was

neg: 1960 Bowling Green Falcons football team 1960 Bowling Green Falcons football team The 1960 Bowling Green Falcons football team was an American football team that represented Bowling Green State University in the Mid-American Conference (MAC) during the 1960 college football season. In their sixth season under head coach Doyt Perry, the Falcons compiled an 8–1 record (5–1 against MAC opponents), lost its only game to MAC champion Ohio (7–14), and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 196 to 61. On October 29, 1960, the Falcons defeated Cal Poly, 50–6. After the game, the Cal Poly team was in a deadly C-46 plane crash while

neg: Llandow air disaster of Abercarn Rugby Football Club. Llanharan RFC lost six members of their playing team. Both clubs remember the victims with symbolism on their club badges. On 25 March in the final game of the 1950 Championship against France at the Cardiff Arms Park, the crowd stood in silence while five buglers sounded a Last Post tribute to the memory of the supporters who had died in the plane crash. Llandow air disaster The Llandow air disaster was an aircraft accident in Wales in 1950. At that time it was the world's worst air disaster with a total of 80 fatalities.

neg: 1950 Sverdlovsk plane crash ice hockey team, was afraid of his father's possible reaction and of the crash investigation; he decided to recruit a new Air Force team in less than a day, except for three original players (including the later IIHF Hall of Fame member Vsevolod Bobrov), who were not on the crashed plane. 1950 Sverdlovsk plane crash The Sverdlovsk plane crash of 5 January 1950 killed all 19 persons on board, including almost the entire ice hockey team (VVS Moscow) of the Soviet Air Forces – 11 players, as well as a team doctor and a masseur. The team was on board

neg: Alejandro Martinuccio serious injuries and surgeries on both legs. Because of a new injury, Martinuccio missed the ill-fated team flight which crashed near Medellín, where 71 people died. Alejandro Martinuccio Alejandro Martinuccio (born 16 December 1987 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine footballer who plays as a striker. He currently plays for Avaí. On 28 November 2016, many of his current teammates at Chapecoense were involved in a plane crash, which killed most of the squad (17 died instantly after crash and two more a few hours later in hospital at Medellín). Martuniccio was not on the plane as he had been

neg: 1960 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos football team 1960 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos football team The 1960 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos football team represented University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) during the 1960 College Division football season. UCSB competed in the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA). The team was led by first-year head coach Bill Hammer, and played home games at La Playa Stadium in Santa Barbara, California. They finished the season with a record of two wins five losses and one tie (2–5–1, 1–3 CCAA). A game that had been scheduled to be played vs. Cal Poly was cancelled due to the plane crash involving the Cal

neg: Kirkeby–Over Stadium Kirkeby graduated from Augustana in 1947 and was a veteran of World War II, serving with the Army Air Corps in Italy. He was killed in a plane crash in 1951. Elizabeth Markley Kirkeby-Over graduated from Augustana in 1944, and died in 1994. Kirkeby–Over Stadium Kirkeby–Over Stadium is the football stadium of the Augustana University Vikings in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. It is located on the Augustana campus. The stadium opened in 2009 and replaced Howard Wood Field as the home field for the football team. The stadium seats approximately 6,500, including 2,200 chairback seats, and has a FieldTurf surface

neg: Christy Walsh (sports agent) and the Notre Dame football team demonstrated various football shifts. The second short film was "Carry On" (1931), with Walsh as narrator mourning the death of Rockne who died in a plane crash in March 1931. In 1939, Walsh served as Sports Director for the New York World's Fair. In 1945, Walsh was Associate Producer for a 20th Century Fox feature film about Eddie Rickenbacker. "Captain Eddie" was released on June 19, 1945, and starred Fred MacMurray as Captain Eddie Rickenbacker, and also featured Charles Bickford, Lynn Bari, Lloyd Nolan and Spring Byington. Christy Walsh was born in St. Louis,

neg: Harvard–Yale football rivalry important for the rest of your lives." Yale, who defeated Army and then Princeton at Yale Bowl before estimated crowds 80,000 and ended the season scoring 230 points and yielding 38, entered the contest with claim to the national championship. "Memphis" Bill Mallory, Century Milstead and Mal Stevens contributed to the victory. Bill Mallory, team captain and future member of the College Football Hall of Fame, kicked two field goals in the third quarter to complete the scoring. Mallory died in a plane crash en route to the United States from Europe after serving in the United States Army Air

neg: Memphis Tigers football the side and end lines of the playing surface and the stands. In December 1983, the playing field was renamed "Rex Dockery Field" in honor of Rex Dockery, a former Memphis Tigers football coach who died in a plane crash. About two and a half hours prior to kickoff at home games, Tiger fans line up outside Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium for the "Tiger Walk". The tradition involves the Mighty Sound of the South marching band, thousands of fans and the University of Memphis cheer and pom-pom squads. The coaching staff and team arrive at the stadium and walk into

neg: 1987 Alianza Lima plane crash 1987 Alianza Lima plane crash The 1987 Alianza Lima air disaster took place on 8 December 1987, when a Peruvian Navy Fokker F27-400M chartered by Peruvian football club Alianza Lima plunged into the Pacific Ocean six miles short of its destination, off the Ventanilla District of the city of Callao. On board the flight were a total of 44 players, managers, staff, team supporters, and crewmembers, of whom only the pilot survived the accident. The team was returning from a Peruvian league match in Pucallpa. Uncomfortable with the malfunctioning indicator on his control panel, the pilot requested a flyby of

neg: 2011–12 NHL season with intent to injure, may be assessed. Three young (under 40) "enforcer"-type players died within a four-month span during the off-season. The deaths of Derek Boogaard, Rick Rypien and Wade Belak led to speculation about the effect of fighting on the mental health of players. Several former NHL players died in the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash involving the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) Lokomotiv Yaroslavl hockey team in Russia. Those who perished in the plane crash included NHL All-Star Pavol Demitra, Alexander Karpovtsev, Igor Korolev, Brad McCrimmon, Karel Rachunek, Ruslan Salei, Karlis Skrastins and Josef Vasicek along with nearly the entire

neg: Andy Tyson Andy Tyson Andy Tyson (October 15, 1968 – April 10, 2015) was an American businessman, writer, and mountaineer who died in April 2015 in a small plane crash, at the age of 46. At the time of his death he was working for the company Creative Energies. He died with several others in a plane crash at Diamond D ranch in the U.S. State of Idaho. The plane was a Cessna T210M and it crashed in Custer County, Idaho. (see Cessna 210) In the crash investigation it was noted that wind currents in Mountain areas can push small planes around.

neg: Kansas 2013, and entered the 2014 NCAA tournament unbeaten. The school also fielded a football team from 1897 to 1986. The Shocker football team is tragically known for a plane crash in 1970 that killed 31 people, including 14 of the team's players. Notable success has also been achieved by the state's smaller schools in football. Pittsburg State University, a NCAA Division II participant, has claimed four national titles in football, two in the NAIA and most recently the 2011 NCAA Division II national title. Pittsburg State became the winningest NCAA Division II football program in 1995. PSU passed Hillsdale College

neg: Peru national football team entered a hiatus after its manager and several of its players died in a plane crash carrying most of Alianza's team and staff in 1987. Peru subsequently only came close to reaching the France 1998 World Cup finals, missing qualification only on goal difference, but would go on to win the 1999 Kirin Cup tournament in Japan (sharing the title with Belgium) and reached the semifinals at the 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup (contested as an invitee). Qualification for the FIFA World Cup finals continued being an elusive objective for Peru during the early 21st century. According to historian Charles F.

neg: 2010 Alaska DHC-3 Otter crash a fishing trip to a site near Dillingham at the time of the crash. Stevens had survived a crash at Anchorage International Airport in 1978 that killed his first wife. Pilot Theron "Terry" Smith, who also died, had lost his son-in-law in another plane crash less than two weeks before. Also among the dead was one of Stevens's former staff members, Bill Phillips. His youngest son, Willy, was seriously injured, and had to spend the night at the crash site with his dead father along with Jim Morhard, who survived. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) sent a team to

neg: 1993 Zambia national football team plane crash had been specially arranged by the Zambian Air Force for the football team. The journey was scheduled to make three refuelling stops; the first at Brazzaville, Congo, the second at Libreville, Gabon, and the third at Abidjan, Ivory Coast. At the first stop in Brazzaville engine problems were noted. Despite this, the flight continued and a few minutes after taking off from the second stop in Libreville the left engine caught fire and failed. The pilot, who had also flown the team from a match in Mauritius the previous day, then shut down the right engine, causing the plane to

neg: Ghazi al-Sadiq Ghazi al-Sadiq Ghazi al-Sadiq (died 19 August 2012) was a Sudanese politician. In July 2012, he was appointed as Guidance and Religious Endowments Minister, having previously served as Minister of Tourism and Antiquities. He died in a plane crash on 19 August 2012 near Talodi, South Kordofan, Sudan, which killed at least 31 other people. Initial reports focused on an attack by Sudan People's Liberation Movement North as a likely cause of the crash, but Sudan's information minister later stated to Radio Omdurman that bad weather had caused the plane to crash into a hill. The plane was carrying a

neg: Chiquis Rivera that the plane was shattered into fragments which spread as far as 300 meters or the equivalent of three football stadiums. The impact of the crash was so severe that it is believed the plane went down in a nose dive at speeds of up to 700 mph. Because the plane was a US-registered aircraft, and had one U.S. American citizen on board (Jenni Rivera) the NTSB sent its team of investigators to assist their Mexican counterparts. On April 7, 2015 she released a memoir called "Forgiveness", she revealed the reasons she and her mother, Jenni Rivera, stopped speaking in

neg: Marshall Thundering Herd Marshall Thundering Herd The Marshall Thundering Herd is the intercollegiate athletic collection of teams that collectively represent the Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia. Thundering Herd athletic teams compete in Conference USA, which are members of the NCAA Division I. The Thundering Herd football team is led by head coach Doc Holliday. The November 14, 1970, plane crash that killed all 75 passengers on board, including 37 members of the Thundering Herd football team, were depicted in the 2006 Warner Brothers motion picture, "We Are Marshall," starring Matthew McConaughey and Matthew Fox. Marshall Thundering Herd men's basketball team is led

neg: Oklahoma State Cowboys basketball team plane crash Oklahoma State Cowboys basketball team plane crash The Oklahoma State University Cowboys basketball team plane crash occurred on January 27, 2001, at 19:37 EST, when a Beechcraft Super King Air 200, registration N81PF, carrying 2 players on the Oklahoma State Cowboys basketball team along with 6 OSU broadcasters & members of the OSU coaching staff, crashed in a field east of Denver, near Strasburg, in the U.S. state of Colorado. The pilot had become disoriented in a snow storm. The plane was flying from Jefferson County Airport to Stillwater Regional Airport after the team's loss to the Colorado Buffaloes. The

neg: Early history of American football over defense. Rockne is also credited with popularizing and perfecting the forward pass, a seldom used play at the time. Rather than simply a regional team, Rockne's "Fighting Irish" became famous for barnstorming and played any team at any location. It was during Rockne's tenure that the annual Notre Dame-University of Southern California rivalry began. He led his team to an impressive 105–12–5 record before his premature death in a plane crash in 1931. He was so famous at that point that his funeral was broadcast nationally on radio. His biography at the College Football Hall of Fame calls him

neg: 1961 Fresno State Bulldogs football team season, Fresno State took part in a charity bowl game, the 1961 Mercy Bowl against Bowling Green. The game was played as a special fundraiser in memory of sixteen Cal Poly San Luis Obispo football players killed in a plane crash following a game against Bowling Green a year earlier. The following were selected in the 1962 NFL Draft. The following were selected in the 1962 AFL Draft. 1961 Fresno State Bulldogs football team The 1961 Fresno State Bulldogs football team represented Fresno State College during the 1961 College Division football season. The team was led by third-year head coach

neg: Wichita State University football team plane crash the aircraft, and the lack of operational management to monitor and appropriately control the actions of the flightcrew." The USU president, vice president, provost, athletic director, and athletic information officer were all unavailable in the immediate aftermath of the crash, leaving the game to be canceled by John S. Flannery, a USU Information Services employee. Utah State's football team held a memorial service at the stadium where the game was to have been played and placed a wreath on the 50-yard line. Wichita State University officials and family members of the survivors were flown to Denver on an aircraft made

neg: Marcos Calderón with the entire team of Alianza in an aviation crash. Not only was Peru's national team coach lost, but also several national team players. Marcos Calderón Marcos Calderón (11 July 1928 – 8 December 1987) was a Peruvian football coach. He led the Peru national football team to win the Copa América 1975 and led the team to the second round of the 1978 World Cup. He was born in Lima in 1928 and died while coaching Alianza Lima in a terrible aviation crash that occurred on 8 December 1987 that killed most of the team's promising squad. Calderon had

neg: Wisdom Mumba Chansa Wisdom Mumba Chansa Wisdom Mumba Chansa (April 17, 1964 – April 28, 1993) was a Zambian football player who died in the 1993 air crash off the coast of Gabon that killed 18 players of the Zambian national team. Chansa began his career with the youth team of Rhokana United, before moving to city rivals Power Dynamos in 1986 and quickly established himself in their side as an out-and-out striker before he adapted himself to a deeper lying role as second striker. Chansa became the first African, along with Pearson Mwanza and Derby Makinka, to play in the Soviet Top

neg: Wanjiru Kihoro African women. In 1992, she helped found ABANTU for Development to train African women for positions of leadership. ABANTU was set up in Nairobi, Kenya, with subsequent offices set up in Nigeria and Ghana. She returned to Kenya with her family when the new Kibaki government came to power in 2002. She died in 2006 after four years spent in a coma after a plane crash. During these four years, Kihoro's situation was contrasted with that of Terri Schiavo, with Kihoro's husband Wanyiri Kihoro and the rest of her family unanimous in believing she should continue to be on life

neg: Vsevolod Bobrov for CSKA a year after his football start, in 1946. However, due to a knee injury sustained during the football season, he missed the first season. His playing career in this sport lasted until 1957, with the years between 1950 and 1953 spent with VVS. Although football was Bobrov's first sport, his success in ice hockey was even greater. In 1950, a plane crash almost killed the entire VVS Moscow team. Bobrov survived the crash as he overslept and travelled by rail. In the Soviet Championship, which his teams won seven times, Vsevolod scored 254 goals in only 130 games.

neg: Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash Federation announced that it would retire the No. 20 jersey of Robert Dietrich in Team Germany. 13 October 2011 game between the Pittsburgh Penguins and Washington Capitals, which featured Russian ice hockey players Alexander Ovechkin and Evgeni Malkin, was dedicated to Lokomotiv Yaroslavl. The teams wore commemorative Lokomotiv patches. All jerseys were autographed by the players and auctioned to raise funds for the families of those who died in the crash. On 12 March 2012, the Latvian Ice Hockey Federation announced that it would retire the No. 7 jersey of Kārlis Skrastiņš from Team Latvia. On 24 March 2012, the

neg: 1987 Alianza Lima plane crash 14 years. Alianza's squad was considered by the Peruvian sporting press to represent a sweeping renovation of Peruvian football. Alianza would continue to suffer during the next two decades, almost facing relegation in the year after the disaster; the team did not win a title until 1997, finally ending an 18-season drought prolonged by the loss of their star team. Three people initially survived the crash: Alianza Lima midfielder Alfredo Tomassini, a member of the crew, and pilot Edilberto Villar. Villar declared that he escaped through a broken window and when he was swimming, he heard Tomassini was asking for

neg: 2009 Marshall Thundering Herd football team Darius Marshall was limited to 22 yards on 11 carries. As a team, Marshall had 26 yards on 26 carries but outgained Southern Miss overall 363-294. Southern Miss running back Damion Fletcher ran for 55 yards on 13 carries to move into 13th place on the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) all-time career rushing list ahead of Michigan's Mike Hart. Fletcher has 5,076 career rushing yards. The game was played on the 39th anniversary of the plane crash that killed most of Marshall's football team. Marshall University held a memorial service a few hours before the game. External link: http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/recap?gameId=293180276 Brian

neg: Wichita State University football team plane crash stated the First Officer testified that he intended to use the charts to help point out landmarks and objects of interest to the passengers. The report concluded the crew did not allow enough time for the charts to be studied properly to avoid high terrain before takeoff commenced. After takeoff in clear weather, the two aircraft took divergent paths away from Denver. Shortly before the crash, several witnesses described seeing an aircraft flying unusually low towards the Continental Divide. Some witnesses located on higher mountainside locations, such as Loveland Pass at , reported seeing it flying below them. Crash survivor

neg: Jenni Rivera given officially naming August 6 “Jenni Rivera Day” by the Los Angeles City Council for all her charity work and community involvement. Rivera, along with six others, died in a plane crash near Iturbide, Nuevo León on December 9, 2012. Her death made international headlines for weeks. In December 2014, the Mexican Director of Civil Aviation, Gilberto Gómez Meyer, stated that the results of the plane crash came back inconclusive and that they are unable to determine the exact cause of the crash. Lawsuits involving the owners of the plane, Rivera's estate, and family members of those on board with

neg: Alejandro Martinuccio Alejandro Martinuccio Alejandro Martinuccio (born 16 December 1987 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine footballer who plays as a striker. He currently plays for Avaí. On 28 November 2016, many of his current teammates at Chapecoense were involved in a plane crash, which killed most of the squad (17 died instantly after crash and two more a few hours later in hospital at Medellín). Martuniccio was not on the plane as he had been dropped from the team for the first final game against Atlético Nacional for the 2016 Copa Sudamericana, due to an injury. Martinuccio made his debut at

neg: 1931 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team visiting USC won by the Trojans were the last team to defeat Notre Dame, three years earlier The next week, Army shut out the Irish at Yankee Stadium to conclude the season. 1931 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team The 1931 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 1931 college football season, led by first-year head coach Hunk Anderson. Following the death of head coach Knute Rockne in a plane crash on line coach Anderson was promoted on Notre Dame entered the season on a 19-game winning streak and opened with a road

neg: Reggie Oliver (American football) Reggie Oliver (American football) Reginald M. Oliver (October 20, 1951 – August 14, 2018) was an American football player and coach. Oliver was a college football as a quarterback at Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia from 1970 to 1973. He was one of a small handful of players who were not on the fatal Southern Airways Flight 932 plane crash that took the lives of every member 1970 Marshall Thundering Herd football team who was on board. Oliver was portrayed by actor Arlen Escarpeta in the 2006 film "We Are Marshall". Oliver served as the head football coach at

neg: Thomas Madigage as an assistant coach for SuperSport United from 2004 to 2012 and later the South African national team. Madigage died in a car crash in the early hours of Friday 19 October 2012, after hitting a donkey crossing a road near Burgersfort, Limpopo. He was 41 at the time. Thomas Madigage Thomas Madigage (11 November 1970 – 19 October 2012) was a South African football player and coach. Born in Pretoria, Madigage started his career at Arcadia Shepherds where he played alongside Paul Matthews, the son of Roy Matthews, assistant at Jomo Cosmos. After impressing Matthews, he was spotted by

neg: Wichita State University football team plane crash available by Robert Docking, the Governor of Kansas. Classes were canceled for Monday, October 5, and a memorial service was held that evening at the university stadium. The remaining members of the Wichita State team, with the NCAA and Missouri Valley Conference allowing freshman players to fill out the squad, decided to continue the 1970 season; it was later designated the "Second Season." Wichita State and Utah State had played in five of the previous six seasons, but never met again in football. Wichita State discontinued varsity football after the 1986 season. The accident was the first of two college

neg: Bessie Coleman States, so she saved up money to go to France to become a licensed pilot. She soon became a successful air show pilot in the United States, and hoped to start a school for African-American fliers. She died in a plane crash in 1926 while testing her new aircraft. Her pioneering role was an inspiration to early pilots and to the African-American and Native American communities. Coleman was born on January 26, 1892, in Atlanta, Texas, the tenth of thirteen children to sharecroppers George Coleman, who was mostly Cherokee and part African-American, and Susan Coleman, who was mostly African-American. When

neg: Blue Wing Airlines 2008 plane crash Blue Wing Airlines 2008 plane crash On Thursday, April 3, 2008, an Antonov An-28 operated by Blue Wing Airlines (registration PZ-TSO) crashed upon landing at the Lawa Antino Airport of Benzdorp in Suriname. The plane carried 17 passengers and a crew of 2, all of whom died in the crash. The crash occurred around 11:00 ART (14:00 UTC). Initial media reports indicate that the airplane had to abort the landing, as the runway was being used by another Bluewing AN-28 aircraft. The pilot, Soeriani Jhauw-Verkuijl, was the wife of Blue Wing Airlines president Amichand Jhauw. Her brother and colleague was

neg: We Are Marshall ""We Are Marshall" (it's the rally cry of the team) doesn't always have a handle on the grief, but it does keep emotions close to the surface. That allows McConaughey to be the most refreshing, funny and believable he ever has been." We Are Marshall We Are Marshall is a 2006 American historical drama biopic film directed by McG. It depicts the aftermath of the 1970 plane crash that killed 75 people: 37 football players on the Marshall University Thundering Herd football team, along with five coaches, two athletic trainers, the athletic director, 25 boosters, and a crew of five.

neg: Southern Airways Flight 932 the coaching staff, 25 boosters, and five flight crew members. The team was returning home after a 17–14 loss to the East Carolina Pirates at Ficklen Stadium in Greenville, North Carolina. At the time, Marshall's athletic teams rarely traveled by plane, since most away games were within easy driving distance of the campus. The team originally planned to cancel the flight, but changed plans and chartered the Southern Airways DC-9. The accident is the deadliest tragedy affecting any sports team in U.S. history. It was the second college football team plane crash in a little over a month. Wichita State's

neg: Criticism of Rede Globo program did not cover the tragedy of the Gol Flight 1907 crash in which 154 people died. Thus, while news of the plane crash was being picked up around the world, the Rede Globo live news team was dedicated only to the spread of the political scandal. In its defense, Rede Globo later stated that "it was impossible to announce the news [of the crash] during the broadcast of the news program, since they had no concrete information about the accident". A few weeks after the end of the elections, Rodrigo Vianna, a reporter leaving Rede Globo, released an open

neg: 1931 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team 1931 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team The 1931 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 1931 college football season, led by first-year head coach Hunk Anderson. Following the death of head coach Knute Rockne in a plane crash on line coach Anderson was promoted on Notre Dame entered the season on a 19-game winning streak and opened with a road win, but then had a scoreless tie with Northwestern in the second game, played at Soldier Field in Chicago. Five straight wins followed and the unbeaten string extended to 26 games, until

neg: 1930 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team in Notre Dame shut out once-beaten USC for their nineteenth consecutive This was the thirteenth and final season for Knute Rockne as head coach; he was killed in a plane crash the 1930 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team The 1930 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 1930 college football season. The independent Irish won all ten games, outscored its opponents 256 to 74 with three shutouts, and repeated as The new Notre Dame Stadium made its debut on October 4, and was dedicated the The closest game was a one-point win

neg: 2010 Marshall Thundering Herd football team then scored on their first three drives of the second half to blow the game open against the struggling Thundering Herd. Before the game, there was a moment of silence to honor the 75 victims of the 1970 plane crash that took place as the Marshall team was returning home from a loss at East Carolina. Next month marks the 40th anniversary of the crash. External link: http://espn.go.com/ncf/recap?gameId=302960151 Tron Martinez gained a career-high 116 yards and scored on a 1-yard plunge with 1:47 remaining to give Marshall a 16–12 victory over UTEP on Saturday. Martinez's score, the first of his

neg: Abel Alier that was appointed to investigate the death of Dr. Garang when he left Uganda for Sudan. Dr. John Garang died in a plane crash and Mr. Abiel Alier with the team did their part to investigate the possible mechanical failure that led to the crash which was regionally blamed on a bad weather and lack of clear visibility although the Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni hinted that the possibility of a foul play was something that shouldn't be dismissed or disregarded. In early 1990s, Abel Alier wrote a book under the title "Southern Sudan: Too Many Agreements Dishonored". The agreement signed

neg: 1979 LSU Tigers football team 1979 LSU Tigers football team The 1979 LSU Tigers football team represented Louisiana State University (LSU) during the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season. Under head coach Charles McClendon, the Tigers had a record of 7–5 with a Southeastern Conference record of 4–2. It was McClendon's 18th and final season as head coach at LSU. Bo Rein, who led NC State to the 1979 Atlantic Coast Conference championship, was hired six days after the regular season finale, but McClendon and his staff coached the Tangerine Bowl vs. Wake Forest. Rein perished in a bizarre plane crash January 10, 1980, only

neg: 1986 Mozambican Tupolev Tu-134 crash could find no evidence for South African complicity. In a television documentary written and produced by South African TV journalist Johann Abrahams, Louw says: "So, when the plane reached that hill it was already lower than 1,000 feet. And the wheels to prepare to land was (sic) already out. So the pilot that night 22 years ago, thought they were landing in Mozambique." ("The Death of Samora Machel" in SABC "Special Assignment" program broadcast on 7 October 2008.) However, Louw's claims do not match the evidence gathered by the tripartite investigating team. According to the agreed Aircraft Accident Factual Report,

neg: Bonaya Godana Bonaya Godana Bonaya Adhi Godana (September 2, 1952 in Dukana, Ethiopia – April 10, 2006 in Marsabit, Kenya) was the foreign minister of Kenya from January 1998 until 2001. From 2002 to his death in 2006 he was the deputy leader of the opposition Kenya African National Union (KANU) party. He was the Member of Parliament for North Horr Constituency. He died on April 10, 2006 in a Kenya Air Force plane crash. 13 other people were also killed in the crash while three survived. Among the other casualties were several other government officials including two assistant cabinet ministers who

neg: Valery Khalilov Hodgson Wind Ensemble. He also attended a Georgia-Auburn football game with directory George Foreman, where he, according to Foreman, started composing a new march called "The Redcoat March", in honor of the Georgia Redcoat Marching Band. Khalilov died in the crash of the RA-85572 Tupolev TU-154 plane that went down in the Black Sea off Sochi on 25 December 2016 with the choir and dance arm of the ensemble, scheduled to perform for Russian troops stationed in Syria as part of New Year celebrations. The crash was believed to have been caused by a problem with the plane's flaps though

neg: Jack Lengyel Jack Lengyel Jack Robert Lengyel (born 1935) is a software executive and former American football coach, lacrosse coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at the College of Wooster from 1966 to 1970 and at Marshall University from 1971 until 1974, compiling a career college football record of 33–54. At Marshall, he took over the Thundering Herd football program after the Southern Airways Flight 932 plane crash that killed nearly the entire team in 1970. Lengyel was the athletic director at California State University, Fresno from 1983 to 1986, at the University of Missouri from

neg: Reggie Oliver (American football) Alabama A&M University in 1994, compiling a record of 4–7. Reggie Oliver (American football) Reginald M. Oliver (October 20, 1951 – August 14, 2018) was an American football player and coach. Oliver was a college football as a quarterback at Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia from 1970 to 1973. He was one of a small handful of players who were not on the fatal Southern Airways Flight 932 plane crash that took the lives of every member 1970 Marshall Thundering Herd football team who was on board. Oliver was portrayed by actor Arlen Escarpeta in the 2006 film "We

neg: Lynyrd Skynyrd Tribute Tour Lynyrd Skynyrd Tribute Tour The Lynyrd Skynyrd Tribute Tour was a tour that was undertaken to pay tribute to the original band members who died in a plane crash in 1977. The tour began in the fall of 1987, in honor of the 10-year anniversary of the plane crash. A number of surviving members reunited for the tour. Original members Gary Rossington, Billy Powell and Leon Wilkeson were joined by Ed King (original member who had left the band in 1975), Artimus Pyle (drummer at the time of the plane crash), Randall Hall and Johnny Van Zant. Rossington, who had