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Donald Walter Holleder (August 3, 1934 – October 17, 1967) was an American college football star while attending the United States Military Academy and later assistant football coach for the United States Military Academy, who was later killed in the Vietnam War.
Kalsu's name (third row, middle) on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. James Robert Kalsu (April 13, 1945 – July 21, 1970) was an American professional football player who was an All-American tackle at the University of Oklahoma and an eighth-round selection in the 1968 NFL/AFL draft by the Buffalo Bills of the American Football League (AFL). [1]
It was the first time that the team had reached 40 points. [29] Al Ahly won the 1958–59 league championship for the ninth time in a row. El-Sayed El-Dhizui became the first Al Ahly player to be the top goal scorer in the league. The team scored 55 goals in just 18 games that season, more than 20 goals from their nearest competitors.
Northeastern Oklahoma A&M: 5 football players were killed in a head-on highway crash (1966). Marshall: 37 members died in an airplane crash (1970). Wichita State: most of the starting players and coaches, 31 in total, died in an airplane crash (1970). Cal Poly Mustangs football team: 16 players and 6 others died in an airplane crash (1960).
In the summer of 1929, the Al Ahly football team made a tour, the first of its kind where the team traveled to face several European clubs, such as Fenerbahçe and Galatasaray in Turkey and BFC Preussen, 1860 Munich and Schalke in Germany. The tour ended after Al Ahly played the last two games in Bulgaria against Levski Sofia and Slavia Sofia. [15]
Long unrecognized as the first NFL player to be killed in action in the Vietnam War, Steinbrunner was honored by the Browns on November 14, 2004. [8] Buffalo Bills ' guard Bob Kalsu , a first lieutenant in the U.S. Army with the 101st Airborne Division , was killed in action on July 21, 1970.
died Position Team Last year played Service Details of death if available Mike Basca [1] 27 1944 Halfback: Philadelphia Eagles: 1941 Army: Killed when his tank was hit by a German 88. Charlie Behan [2] 24 1945 End: Detroit Lions: 1942 Marines: Killed in action during the Battle of Okinawa. Posthumously awarded the Navy Cross. Harry Benson [3 ...
Ahly then moved to land Abdelwahab on a permanent basis from Al Dhafra Club, who turned down the offer. However, a clause in the player's contract with the UAE side allowed him to annul it and sign for Ahly, triggering a tug-of-war between Al Ahly and Al Dhafra and leaving the player inactive for the entire summer, causing him to lose his place ...