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In reply to the discussion: On this day, November 14, 1970, a plane carrying the Marshall University football team crashed near Huntington WV. [View all]

appalachiablue

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2. 💚 'We Are Marshall': 2006 film about the tragedy, college & community.
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Tue Nov 14, 2023, 11:59 AM
Nov 2023

- Starring Matthew McConaughey as head coach Jack Lengyel, with Matthew Fox as assistant coach William "Red" Dawson, David Strathairn Dedmon, & Robert Patrick as ill-fated Marshall head coach Rick Tolley.
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- Wiki, We Are Marshall is a 2006 American biographical sports drama film directed by McG. It depicts the aftermath of the 1970 plane crash that killed 75 people: 37 players of the Marshall University Thundering Herd football team, 5 coaches, 2 athletic trainers, the athletic director, 25 boosters, and the airplane crew of 5.

Matthew McConaughey stars as head coach Jack Lengyel, with Matthew Fox as assistant coach William "Red" Dawson, David Strathairn as university president Donald Dedmon, and Robert Patrick as ill-fated Marshall head coach Rick Tolley. Then-governor of Georgia Sonny Perdue has a cameo role as an East Carolina University football coach...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Are_Marshall

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On this day, November 14, 1970, a plane carrying the Marshall University football team crashed near Huntington WV. [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 OP
Marshall University Memorial Fountain Ceremony appalachiablue Nov 2023 #1
💚 'We Are Marshall': 2006 film about the tragedy, college & community. appalachiablue Nov 2023 #2
52 minute flight hit trouble at 45 mins appalachiablue Nov 2023 #3
I want to cross post this to the WV Group if ok with you, tx. appalachiablue Nov 2023 #4
I've got the template with all the quotes and bolding, but mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 #5
Just saw your msg. I posted this in WV Group 5:00. Hope appalachiablue Nov 2023 #6
Not at all. I don't own history. Dennis Donovan posted it first anyway. NT mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 #7
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