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On December 13, 1977, all 14 members of the varsity team and some members of the staff were killed in the Air Indiana Flight 216 crash. [3] The Purple Aces had been travelling to Nashville, Tennessee , to play the Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders when the plane crashed shortly after takeoff from the Evansville Regional Airport and killed all ...
The plane crashed into Mount Slesse near Chilliwack after encountering severe icing and turbulence over the mountains. 6 February 1958: Manchester United: Association football: British European Airways: Airspeed AS-57 Ambassador: Munich, West Germany: 23: 11: Eight players and three club staff members killed when their plane failed to take off ...
Fourteen members of the 1977–78 Evansville Purple Aces men's basketball team died in a plane crash on December 13, 1977, along with fifteen others including head coach Bobby Watson. The players killed were: Seniors: Kevin Kingston, John Ed Washington, and Marion Anthony “Tony” Windburn; Juniors: Stephen Miller and Bryan Taylor
Turlock High School basketball coach John Williams is pictured celebrating in 2020. Williams, 48, died Friday, Dec. 29, 2023, from injuries suffered in a car crash.
He was one of four North Carolina stars to play on the 1976 Olympic basketball team that won gold with coach Dean Smith at the helm. Walter's nephew, Hubert Davis, is the current head coach at UNC.
Two weeks after the crash, Furr and his younger brother Byron were killed in a car accident near Newton, Illinois, leaving the entire 1977 Evansville team dead. [6] After consideration, the rest of the season was cancelled. The "Weeping Basketball" fountain memorial at the University of Evansville, commemorating the Air Indiana Flight 216 crash.
Former UNCA Men's Basketball Coach Jerry Green said they were "fortunate" to have Shepherd play at the school. "He was one of the most intelligent players and a big-time competitor you wanted on ...
1956 Eglisau Ilyushin Il-12 plane crash: Jim Croce: United States 1973 Others killed in the crash were pilot Robert N. Elliott, Croce's bandmate Maury Muehleisen, comedian George Stevens, manager and booking agent Kenneth D. Cortese, and road manager Dennis Rast. Beechcraft E18S: Natchitoches, Louisiana