Harris' father, Art Sr., was one of the fans on the plane. "God has a time for each one of us," Carter said. A fireman on Nov. 15, 1970, looks over the wreckage of a DC-9 jet that crashed the day before on approach near a mountaintop airport a few miles from Huntington, W.Va. (Associated Press). He had to rent a car to get to the game,then asked if there were seats on the plane to get back to Marshall. Largemouth bass were Tolley's favorite. The college town agreed with him. That day nine years ago, "Frank Beamer became a very special person in my mind," Hamrick said. He makes sure the Herd have a home game. MU plane crash historical marker, Wayne County, W.Va., col. (low-res digital image only). DAntoni is now Marshalls basketball coach. One John Marshall Drive, It was raining hard, and he remembered seeing ambulances speeding past the group. [4] The controllers advised the crew that "rain, fog, smoke and a ragged ceiling" were at the airport, making landing more difficult, but possible. I'll be right over.' "People still talk about that," Hamrick said. "It was something the Lord gave her to tell me," Carter said. It's categorized as a symptom of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Mary Jane eventually moved to Richmond, Virginia. Members of the current team also visited a nearby cemetery, where six players from the 1970 team whose bodies were never identified were buried. "He definitely had pro potential, no question," formerPassaiccoach John Federici, told The Record in 2001. Hamrick's future wife, Soletta, was in Mary Jane's sixth-grade home room back then. 2023 Marshall University. At 7:36pm on November 14, 1970, the aircraft crashed into a hill just short of the Tri-State Airport, killing all 75 people on board in what has been recognized as "the worst sports-related air tragedy in U.S. Pure chance, some cases. The five Southern Airlines employees also died in the crash. [24], Marshall was scheduled to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the air disaster in their football season opener on August 29, 2020. The Druid Four did and were all killed in the crash. Marshall fans and residents of Huntington, W.V. var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); Four of the crash victims were students in her class, and Marshall faculty were sent to attend the funerals. The decision had already been made regarding cheerleaders for that trip. His football will didn't come back quickly, but something has changed over the years. "I'm still wondering why.". The ceremony was held by invitation-only due to the coronavirus pandemic and was made available online. She went to the premiere in a wheelchair prior to her first chemotherapy treatment. ", "This was a city, the largest in the state, that literally went into a four-day state of shock," Brunner said. After the game, 37 members of the Marshall football team, its coaching staff, team doctors, University Athletic Director Charles E. Kautz, and some 25 team fans and boosters boarded Southern Airway Flight 932 and departed from Kinston, North Carolina at 6:38 p.m. en route to the Tri-State Airport outside Kenova, West Virginia. Mary Jane was the perfect coach's wife. Charles Kautz, 1970 MU Athletic Director, b&w. "In my case, it became clear four years later. "Shoulda, coulda, woulda.". "She was wonderful," Mary Jane Tolley said of Sturmisch. At age 69, the former Marshall defender calls himself a "traveling preacher." I realized I had been wrong about that.". [4] By the time the plane came to a stop, it was 4,219ft (1,286m) short of the runway and 275ft (84m) south of the middle marker. "That was the biggest farce you've ever seen," she said. [4][9], The effects of the crash on Huntington went far beyond the Marshall campus. Loria became Marshall's defensive backs coach in 1970. Digitized University Archives Collections. Anniversaries are supposed to be happy, Slezak said from his home in New Mexico. "Bobby got this corona[virus] thing and beat it.". "I was wondering when somebody is going to come up and say, 'You can't do that,' " Dawson said. It's called survivor's guilt, the feeling of unfairly surviving an incident when others did not. Dawson hopes it goes as well as last year. Football seeped out of his life. He has traveled internationally and led huge congregations. It really sort of shapes the fiber in you, of what you are.. Normally in that situation, the cheerleaders would draw straws to see who went. Marshall Plane Crash Site Marker. Mom and her intuition won. Captain Frank H. Abbott, Jr. , aged 47, was employed by Southern Airways, Inc.. Marshall University Football Team Players: James Michael Adams, of Mansfield, Ohio - Guard, Mark Raeburn Andrews, of Cincinnati, Ohio - Offensive Guard, Mike Francis Blake, of Huntington, West Virginia - Linebacker, Dennis Michael Blevins, of Bluefield, West Virginia - Wide Receiver, Willie Bluford Jr., of Greenwood, South Carolina - Wide receiver, Larry Brown, of Atlanta, Georgia - Defensive Guard, Thomas Wayne Brown, of Richmond, Virginia - Defensive Guard, Roger Keith Childers, of St. Albana, West Virginia, Stuart Spence Cottrell, of Eustis, Florida - Defensive Back, Richard Lee Dardinger, of Mount Vernon, Ohio - Center, David Grant DeBord, of Quincy, Florida - Offensive Tackle, Kevin Francis Gilmore, of Harrison, New Jersey - Halfback, David Dearing Griffith, Jr, of Clarksville, Virginia - Defensive End, Arthur W. Harris, of Passaic, New Jersey - Halfback, Robert Anthony Harris, of Cincinnati, Ohio - Quarterback, Bob Wayne Hill, of Dallas, Texas - Defensive Back, Joe Lee Hood, of Tuscaloosa, Alabama - Halfback, James Thomas Howard Jr., of Milton, West Virginia - Offensive Guard, Marcelo H. Lajterman, of Lyndhurst, New Jersey - Kicking Specialist, Richard Adam Lech, of Columbus, Ohio - Defensive Back, Barry Winston Nash, of Accoville, West Virginia - Tight End, Patrick Jay Norrell, of Hartsdale, New York - Offensive Guard, James Robert Patterson, of Louisburg, North Carolina - Offensive Tackle, Scottie Lee Reese, of Waco, Texas - Defensive End, John Anton Repasy Jr., of Cincinnati, Ohio - Wide Reciever, Larry Sanders, of Tuscaloosa, Alabama - Defensive Back, Charles Alan "Al" Saylor, of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio - Defensive End, Arthur Kirk Shannon, of Greensboro, North Carolina - Linebacker, Lionel Ted Shoebridge, of Lyndhurst, New Jersey - Quarterback, Allen Gene Skeens, of Ravenswood, West Virginia - Center, Jerry Dodson Stainback, of Newport News, Virginia - Linebacker, Donald Tackett, Jr., of Paden City, West Virginia, Robert James Van Horn, of Tuscaloosa, Alabama - Tackle, Roger Arnie Vanover, of Russell, Kentucky - Defensive End, Freddie Clay Wilson, of Tuscaloosa, Alabama - Tackle, John Patton Young, of Buckhannon, West Virginia - Tight End, Thomas Jonathan Zborill, of Richmond, Virginia - Defensive End, Charles Arnold, of Huntington, West Virginia, Rachel Lynette Arnold, of Huntington, West Virginia, Dr. Joseph Chambers, of Huntington, West Virginia - Local physician, Margaret Chambers, of Huntington, West Virginia, Dr. Ray Hagley, of Huntington, West Virginia - Local physician, Shirley Ann Hagley, of Huntington, West Virginia, Arthur L. Harris, of Passaic, New Jersey - Father of player Art Harris, E.O. Tottenham Hotspur players observe a minutes silence for the victims of the plane crash involving the Brazilian club Chapecoense prior to the Premier. Before the noon ET game, a crowd will gather at Spring Hill Cemetery once again to observe the past but also celebrate what they and the university have become. Marshall University. From there, he could see them talk, cry, even reminisce about the largest air disaster in United States sports history. "He said: 'Your husband is in the plane, too.' Later in the season, Marshall also upset Bowling Green State, 12-10. She graduated from Marshall in 1971. The crash was the worst in American sports history. He never did try to preach to me. We Are Marshall was the rallying cry for the Thundering Herds football program in 1970. [16] The sculpture's designer, Harry Bertoia, created the $25,000 memorial that incorporated bronze, copper tubing, and welding rods. Three-and-a-half years after the crash in 1974, Carter was working with Carl Hewlett, a former Marshall pitcher. 1970 Crash Victims. The flight shouldve been nothing more than a formality, but the team would never reach their destination back in Huntington. Another plaque memorializing the 1970 Marshall football team was unveiled at East Carolina University on the same day and can be seen at the guest team entrance of DowdyFicklen Stadium. Does FSU or any ACC power actually have options? Photos: 48th Annual Memorial Fountain Service 2018. Although the airport runway has since been lengthened past its original threshold, making historical measurements more difficult, the NTSB official report provides, "the accident occurred during hours of darkness at 38 22' 27" N. latitude and 82 34' 42" W. [20], On December 11, 2006, a memorial plaque was dedicated at the plane crash site. He has followed Marshall football all his lifeand makes a video tribute for his friend every year. Its still considered the worst air disaster in American sports history. Plymale said 64 children lost one or both of their parents in the crash. Wichita Falls is 1,100 miles from Huntington. An Equal Opportunity University. David Debord, #76, 1970 MU Football team, b&w. Inscription. Marshall coach Doc Holliday invited him to speak to the team. She feared for his safety. Just like winter leads to spring, these bad memories now lead us to, I think, a day of celebration, Woelfel said. 75 members, coaches, and fans were killed in November 1970 plane crash. Varsity Aces Live: Marshall Football Plane Crash 50th Anniversary. Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. The controller gave them clearance to land. "Just a very smart guy. Harris, I have bad news.' His body could not be identified, and with five other players, they were all buried. 10:00 am ET. Huntington, West Virginia: The four remaining starters from the 1970 first string team of Marshall University take time out to pause at flower arrangement placed at Marshall Field following the devastating plane crash that killed all 75 aboard. There is already a plot there for one more. "[7] The remains of six passengers were never identified. When police needed a list of those on the plane, they came to the Kautzes' home. There was no playbook, and nobody had been in that position before.". > His close friend and neighbor, Art Harris Jr., was one of the Marshall players who died. December 10, 2006 Herald-Dispatch [Huntington]. Offering Aviation History & Adventure First-Hand! The rebuilding of the football program was the subject of the 2006 movie We are Marshall starting Matthew McConaughey. "You're not supposed to let people see you cry.". Tolley gladly gave Carter time off -- even bought him the plane ticket -- to travel back to bury his father. He was 37. The bronze 1723 ft (57 m) statue was created by artist Burl Jones of Sissonville, West Virginia, and cost $150,000. After the crash, Red Dawson helped bring together a group of players who were on the junior varsity football team during the 1970 season, as well as students and athletes from other sports, to form a 1971 football team.[12]. 75 members, coaches, and fans were killed in November 1970 plane crash. Slezak went to visit Marshall in 2011, saying it was on his bucket list. [23] The tribute was repeated for the rest of the season, including when Marshall met Rice in the 2013 Conference USA Football Championship game. "There are a ton of people out there still hurting and still in pain and still every day of their lives, as soon as their eyes open in the morning, that's the first thing they think about because their 18 year-old son was killed," Smith said. That bitterness lingered. This goes deep, Plymale said. The aircraft was a 95-seat, twin-jet engine Douglas DC-9-30 with tail registration N97S. The next day, Mary Jane was gone. Nepal's army and volunteers carry the body of a victim who died in a Yeti Airlines plane crash in Pokhara on January 17, 2023. After an 0-9-1 season and investigation that ended with Marshall being kicked out of the MAC, Moss was gone. The team and residents of the town still gather together every year in memorial of the fallen fellows. William Alfred "Red" Dawson, Acting Head Coach, 1971 Young Thundering Herd MU Football team, 1st spring practice, April 1971, b&w. After the plane crash, she became the only thing that I had.". FAQ The team originally planned to cancel the flight, but changed plans and chartered the Southern Airways DC-9. It is based upon ideas by John and Ann Krieger of Huntington. It has taken her more than a year. That begins to describe some of that enduring guilt. A memorial fountain will be turned off the same time it is every year only to be turned back on in the spring. A plaque was placed on the base on August 10, 1973, reading: They shall live on in the hearts of their families and friends forever and this memorial records their loss to the university and the community. They couldn't take the tough routine. The corresponding flight recorder shows that the craft descended another 220ft (67m) in elevation within these 12 seconds, and the co-pilot calls out "four hundred" and agrees with the pilot they are on the correct "approach." He was well-liked by his teammates not a rah-rah kid, but one who led by example.". "'The phrase is about respect, and it makes you realize you can't take anything for granted. This event taught me how to celebrate someones life. In 2006, Hollywood turned that inspiring slogan into one of the greatest sports movies ever made. While Wichita State ended its football program in 1986, Marshall carried on. Rick Tolley had helped him with the plane ticket to get back home. Police reported a few hours after the crash that "15 bodies had been recovered," but the fire was so intense that they were unable to get into the plane to examine further, The News wrote that year. The airliner's crew was Captain Frank Abbot (47), First Officer Jerry Smith (28), plus two flight attendants. "That's something I've never been able to get over because it was so wrong.". 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. 75 members, coaches, and fans were killed in November 1970 plane crash. The aircraft "dipped to the right, almost inverted, and had crashed into a hollow 'nose-first'". Report: Big 12 in recent contact with Pac-12 schools, Rules committee proposes change to speed up games, Saban unhappy over proposed permanent rivals, USC coach Lincoln Riley builds the perfect QB. The two played in the same defensive backfield for Virginia Tech in the late 1960s. Charlie Kautz was Marshall's athletic director in 1970. The opponent was scheduled to be East Carolinathe same team that defeated Marshall before the disaster took place. All Rights Reserved. Featured speakers were Chancellor Steve Ballard, Athletic Director Terry Holland, Pirates' broadcaster Jeff Charles, and Marshall president, Stephen Kopp. Bobby East, driver of the #21 Ford during the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, died Wednesday, July 13, 2022, after being fatally stabbed at a gas station in Westminster, Calif. "Where nobody could see me," Dawson said of his hiding spot. For Slezak, a retired banker/computer engineer, Saturday's 50th anniversary of the crash is an emotional occasion. By JOHN RABY February 15, 2023. "It was not a premonition. This is not what you wanted to hear. Thats what we are doing today.. | On Saturday, it will be Middle Tennessee State. 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 Airport in Huntington, West Virginia. His body was not identified and he is buried with five other unidentified players in the Springhill Cemetery. Memorial Fountain on the Marshall University campus, dedicated in 1972. Because it was the Herd's only charter flight of the season, boosters and prominent citizens were on the plane, including a city councilman, a state legislator, and four physicians. Without any particular reason, Carter stayed. That was an overwhelming responsibility.". They did care a lot about him. Marshall's defensive coordinator did not return home with the team. It was the second college football team plane crash in a little over a month, after the October 2 crash that killed 31 (head coach, 14 Wichita State players, and 16 others). "I asked her many, many times [why she urged him to stay] before she passed," Carter said. Beamer was at his wife-to-be's home that November night. So were the religious types who were too numerous for their messages to get through. Charlie had given his wife a manifest before he left. Harris Sr. told Slezak he had to keep his promises. He was a linebacker. They couldn't see. It was an impression he put in her heart. As a memorial to the 75 victims, the Marshall players wore the number 75 on their helmets. Nash died in the 1970 plane crash. "They were all crying, all these huge linemen," Mary Jane said. He hid behind that sycamore each Nov. 14 for 20 years or so afterward because it hid him from the speeches, the families, the orphans, maybe his own remorse. CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A bill has won final legislative approval in West Virginia that would establish an annual day of recognition for the worst sports disaster in U.S . The solemn ceremony was held around a fountain dedicated to the crash victims on Marshalls Huntington campus. Carter will be thinking about "thanking the Lord for his grace and mercy, watching over me and sparing my life." If you play football at Marshall University, you have a role to make sure that's never forgotten.". > He will speak at the annual memorial on Saturday like he has now for years. (East Carolina is located nearby in Greenville.) God's providence? "I kept thinking he [Arthur Sr.] would drive up in the car," said Maja Harris, Art Jr.s mother and Art Sr.s wife. As a 21-year-old newlywed senior cheerleader at Marshall, she read the news of the crash on the crawl at the bottom of a television screen. Among them were Dr. Ray Hagley, who was a Marshall team physician, and his wife. 1. longitude." [12] Lengyel was named to take Tolley's place on March 12, 1971, after Dick Bestwick, the first choice for the job, backed out after just one week and returned to Georgia Tech. "I'm sure you can pretty much figure that one out," said Mary Jane Tolley, wife of head coach Rick Tolley, who died in the crash. This flight was the only flight that year for the Marshall University football team. Frank got the whole team out and they went up and placed that Hokie Stone on the memorial. Memorial newspaper page from The Herald-Advertiser. Sometimes Gilbert -- Marshall's president -- comes over for a couple of beers. Sort By. Dawson's brother had been recruited by Bryant, so there was a relationship. "For a long time, he couldn't handle it," Call said. Rick Tolley is behind him. 75 members, coaches, and fans were killed in November 1970 plane crash. He met with former Marshall coach Red Dawson, who gave away his seat on the plane that night. "[7] The airliner left Stallings Field at Kinston, North Carolina, and the flight proceeded to Huntington without incident. history.[6]. Ferrum won the national junior college championship his first year there in 1965. DeBord died in the 1970 plane crash. William Alfred "Red" Dawson was one of the best players Bobby Bowden ever saw. NFL player and Marshall alum Joseph "Lee" Smith, told buffalobills.com that at one point, there would "never be another football team" at Marshall following the devastation the town faced. Charles Kautz is third from right, with tie. Carter maintains he was spared because of God's providence. During that ceremony, Gilbert spoke eloquently about the 75 souls again. Loria had been a two-time All-American at Virginia Tech. "That had taken a toll on my football coaching, a lot of bad things. I never wanted to miss a chance to see Art play.. All three were killed in the plane crash. 75 members, coaches, and fans were killed in November 1970 plane crash. Libraries A mass funeral was held at the field house and many of the dead were buried at the Spring Hill Cemetery, some together because bodies were not identifiable. They left behind six children who were being babysat by Dan DAntoni, a 23-year-old assistant with the Marshall basketball program in 1970. 75 members, coaches, and fans were killed in November 1970 plane crash. Please first navigate to a specific Image before printing. The Thundering Herd upset Xavier, 15-13, in an emotional victory for the ages. Or would he have gotten on the plane himself? Charges dropped against Georgia WR Rara Thomas, UCLA, Kelly agree to extension through 2027, Four Pac-12 programs renew contact with Big 12, NCAA committee approves new college football rules, Saban sounds off on proposed permanent opponents. Mary Jane Tolley didn't go because the local veterinarian recommended she stay because the couple's dog was sick. var _gaq = _gaq || []; Roy Slezak refuses to call it an anniversary. The report also noted that the craft approached the Catlettsburg Refinery in the final 30 seconds before impact, which "could haveaffecteda visual illusion produced by the difference in the elevation of the refinery and the airport," which was nearly 300ft (91m) higher than the refinery, with hills in between. "For years, it was just a total devastating thing," Call said. "Couldn't keep the tears out of my eyes. It was real big-time negligence. Scott would call up and say, 'Any time you want to call, you call me night or day. If her husband was too hard-nosed or too tough, those notions were dispelled in the days after her world was turned upside down. Private. Barry W. Nash, #35,1970 MU Football team, b&w. "You couldn't count on it," Dawson said. Carter wants everyone to know God chose him to survive for that purpose. > All 75 passengers on the team plane were killed in the crash, including 37 members of the Marshall University football team, eight football coaches, including head coach Rick Tolley, athletic director Charlie Kautz, 25 boosters and five flight crew members. Carter can't recall how a Marshall assistant found his film in the late 1960s. The co-pilot, monitoring the altimeter, called out, "It's beginning to lighten up a little bit on the ground here at seven hundred feet We're two hundred above [the descent vector]," and the charter coordinator replied, "Bet it'll be a missed approach." Following a 17-14 loss, he was driving down with a graduate assistant to recruit a linebacker -- out of Ferrum of all places -- Billy Joe Mantooth. The victims included 36 Marshall University football players, 9 coaches and administrators, 25 fans and air crew of 5. . Never forget. They became friends and fished together. The two had breakfast together and talked for hours. 75 members, coaches, and fans were killed in November 1970 plane crash. The subsequent negotiations resulted in a reduction of the weight of passengers and baggage and the charter flight was scheduled. December 11, 2006, Huntington Tri-State Airport/Milton J. 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Among those in the fountain audience were four football players from East Carolina who played in that 1970 game. 75 members, coaches, and fans were killed in November 1970 plane crash. Digitized University Archives Collections Carter hardly knew anyone on the team who carried on. There is still a hint of that strapping tight end's body. The weather conditions were poor, mist and light rain with broken clouds at 500 feet. 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 players and coaches, 26 fans and a crew of five. 75 members, coaches, and fans were killed in November 1970 plane crash. But the town came back.. Sturmisch lived to be 13. Dawson came out of the shadows long ago to embrace Nov. 14. 75 members, coaches, and fans were killed in November 1970 plane crash. Carter read his own obituary the next day in the local newspaper. [19], On November 11, 2000, the We Are Marshall Memorial Bronze was dedicated. The team finished the 1971 season with a 2-8 record, but just winning a single game was a miracle after what Marshall went through a season prior. > The NCAA repealed that prohibition at its annual convention in January 1972. All except team chaplain Robert Scott. "Happy" Heath, of Huntington, West Virginia, Elaine Lois Heath, of Huntington, West Virginia, James Jarrell, of Huntington, West Virginia, Cynthia Scott Leslie Jarrell, of Huntington, West Virginia, Kenneth Jones, of Huntington, West Virginia - WHTN-TV sports director, Charles E. Kautz - Athletic director of Marshall University, Eugene J. Morehouse - sports information director, Jeffrey P. Nathan, of Parksburg, West Virginia - sports editor of MU's student newspaper, Dr. Brian R. O'Connor, of Huntington, West Virginia - admissions director of Marshall University, Michael R. Prestera, delegate-elect to the West Virginia Legislature, Dr. Glenn Preston, of Huntington, West Virginia - Local dentist, Phyllis Jean Charles Preston, of Huntington, West Virginia, Dr. Herbert D. Proctor, of Huntington, West Virginia, Courtney Phillips Proctor, of Huntington, West Virginia, Murrill Ralsten, of Huntington, West Virginia - City councilman, Helen Ralsten, of Huntington, West Virginia, Parker Ward, of Huntington, West Virginia, Danny Deese, of Atlanta, Georgia - Charter coordinator, Copyright 2002 Check SixThis page last updated Saturday, August 25, 2018. with questions or comments about this web site. Dawson noticed him wiping his eyes. Vast amounts of funerals took place in the weeks and months following the tragedy, which had to be planned in accordance with each other so services wouldn't overlap. Art Shannon, #34, 1970 MU Football team, b&w. Marshall decided to continue the football program. Gone were sons, fathers, mothers, classmates and fraternity brothers. [11] Dawson was a coach from the previous staff who had driven back from the East Carolina game along with Gail Parker, a freshman coach. Harris died in the 1970 plane crash. Mary Jane was persistent. Kenova native and Grammy-award winner Michael W. Smith opened the ceremony by singing Amazing Grace. He told the audience that he was 13 when the plane crashed eight minutes from his house. The solemn ceremony was held around a fountain dedicated to the crash victims on Marshall's Huntington campus.
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