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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
The Air Indiana Flight 216 crash occurred on December 13, 1977, at 19:22 CST, when a Douglas DC-3, registration N51071 carrying the University of Evansville basketball team, the Evansville Purple Aces, crashed on takeoff at the Evansville Regional Airport in Evansville, Indiana. The aircraft lost control and crashed shortly after lift-off. [1]
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 ...
His senior year was Asheville's first season as a Division I program, and he was a key part of a team that finished 15-11 and went 6-3 against teams from the Southern Conference," former UNCA ...
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.
Shortly after take-off at around 7:20pm from the Evansville Regional Airport, [11] the plane suffered an engine failure and crashed, which killed all 29 people on board. [14] Watson was the only coach on board the flight as his assistant coaches were on scouting assignments at the time. [ 9 ]
Walter Davis, an All-ACC selection and former NBA rookie of the year, was the uncle of current UNC basketball head coach Hubert Davis. Walter Davis, former UNC and NBA basketball star, dies Skip ...
Billy Hicks, the longtime Scott County High School boys basketball coach who led the Cardinals to two Boys’ Sweet 16 state championships and retired in 2019 as Kentucky’s all-time coaching ...