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MOUNT NEBO WV (WOWK) — A man who died in a Nicholas County crash was the son of a Marshall University Thundering Herd football coach who died in the 1970 plane crash. Ronald Carelli was killed ...
RICHMOND, Va. (WAVY) — The Virginia widow of a Marshall football coach who died in a plane crash 54 years ago is sharing her story after the deadly mid-air collision in D.C. Mary Jane Tolley is ...
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (WCHS) — Tuesday marks 53 years since a Southern Airways plane carrying 75 Marshall University football players, staff and boosters crashed while trying to land in West Virginia.
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (WCHS) — A new scholarship at Marshall University is being offered to the descendants of the tragic plane crash, that claimed 75 lives in 1970. On board that flight, 35 members ...
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Monday marked the 52nd anniversary of the Marshall University plane crash that claimed the lives of 75 football players, coaches, staff, supporters and flight crew members.
The Virginia widow of a Marshall football coach who died in a plane crash 54 years ago is sharing her story after the deadly mid-air collision in D.C. Mary Jane Tolley is 87 now and lives in ...
FILE - A memorial plaque is displayed at the site of a 1970 plane crash that killed 75 people, including 36 Marshall football players, on Oct. 24, 2020, near Huntington, W.Va.
West Virginia may soon have a new holiday memorializing 75 people killed in a Marshall University plane crash more than 50 years ago. ... 1970 crash was the worst sports disaster in U.S. history.
The Nov. 14, 1970 crash was the worst sports disaster in US history. All 75 people on board died, including most of Marshall's football team.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — 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. history, a plane crash ...
West Virginia lawmakers are considering a new holiday to memorialize the 75 people killed in the 1970 Marshall plane crash. The bill passed committee and is now headed to the House.
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. history, a plane crash that killed most of ...