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A memorial site for the Wichita State University football team plane crash, featuring a sign, a cross, a jersey, and various tributes scattered across the hillside. A small, yellow plush mascot figure is placed inside a piece of cracked metal wreckage at the Wichita University football team plane crash site.
Following its plane crash, Wichita State was granted similar permission to use freshmen on the varsity to resume its 1970 season. Head coach Rick Tolley was among the crash victims. [ 15 ] Lengyel was hired to take Tolley's place on March 11, 1971, after Dick Bestwick , the first choice for the job, backed out after just one week and returned ...
Albert C. Katzenmeyer (July 11, 1918 – October 2, 1970) was an American coach and administrator who was the men's golf coach at the University of Michigan from 1947 to 1968 and the Wichita State University athletic director from 1968 to 1970. He was one of 31 fatalities in the Wichita State University football team plane crash.
In 1970, the Wichita State University football team was devastated after much of the team was killed when a twin-engine charter plane crashed into a Colorado mountain after taking off from the ...
Wichita State University: American football: Golden Eagle Aviation: Martin 4-0-4: Clear Creek County, Colorado, United States: 31: 15: 14 players and coach Ben Wilson were killed, in one of two planes en route to a game vs. Utah State University. Another plane with reserve players and assistant coaches landed safely in Utah. 14 November 1970 ...
The team played its home games at Cessna Stadium in Wichita, Kansas. The 1972 season was the Shockers' first with a winning record since 1963. In the seven prior seasons, the program had compiled an 11–57 record and sustained tragedy in the 1970 Wichita State University football team plane crash .
California Polytechnic State University football team plane crash: Swanton Township: Ohio: Curtiss C-46 Commando: The aircraft crashed during takeoff due to a premature liftoff by the pilot. Contributing factors were that the aircraft was overloaded and partial loss of power from one engine. October 4, 1960 62 10 10 Eastern Air Lines Flight 375 ...
Head coach Ben Wilson, 14 players, and 16 others died on October 2 in the Wichita State University football team plane crash. Bob Seaman took over as head coach after the crash. The team's statistical leaders included Rick Baehr with 513 passing yards, Don Gilley with 290 rushing yards and 12 points scored, Bill Moore with 175 receiving yards. [2]