UNOFFICIAL MARSHALL UNIVERSITY 1970 CRASH
A few months ago, I was contacted by the following students: Mason Snider, Colby Seebaugh, Trenton Bixman, and Austin Hargis. These students attend 4th grade at Kanawha Elementary School in Davisville, WV. They did a social studies project on the plane crash. They then complied their report into a power point presentation and added music with it. If you take this link, you will be able to download their 20 megabyte presentation.
If you are using a modem, you might need to hit RELOAD to view all pictures. This is a media intensive page.
Since the movie is coming out, there are some other pages that started to appear regarding the 1970 Marshall plane crash. I started this page in 1999 while I was a student at Marshall University. Click this link to see what my page looked like in 2000. My reason for starting this page was simply and solely because no good documentation of the crash existed either on-line nor by the college at that time. When I was a prospective student, the Marshall tour guide messed up the facts regarding the crash.
Regarding the pictures below, I spent days scanning and looking at microfilm. When I was at the library scanning the microfilm, I said to the librarian, "I bet this microfilm is looked at all the time". Her reply was, "Hardly, I think you are the first person this year to look at it (this was in November of 1998)." I have invested a lot of time and money in this site. For instance, the pictures that I took of the crash site and of the cemetery from the air cost 250.00 and that was just for gas!I placed my name on the bottom of each pictures so that other people will not be able to easily just copy the picture, and put it on their webpage, thus copying everything. I did NOT take the pictures that are of the crash - I was not even born. However I did take all the pictures that are in color, except those of them team.
IF YOU WANT SOME OF THE PICTURES WITHOUT MY NAME ON IT, ASK AND I WILL E-MAIL IT TO YOU. Yet, I had one guy ask for all the pictures so that he could place them on his site which had advertisements. I already have had 4 people offer me money for advertising space - I did this page not to make a profit, but for the people that died that wet and cold night. This same guy also stole the sound files below, with no statement stating that they were done by Jeff Miller.
Be sure to also visit my
page.
Marshall University has a site where you could see production pictures relating to the movie that is expected to be out in December of 2006. The title will be "WE ARE . . . MARSHALL!
View: www.marshall.edu/movie
The 1970 MU football team.
1st Row (L to R): Asst. Coach Al Carelli*, Asst. Coach Jim Moss*, Asst. Coach Carl Kokor,
Head Coach Rick Tolley*, Asst. Coach Red Dawson, Asst. Coach Mickey Jackson, Asset. Coach Deke Brackett*, and Asst. Coach Frank Loria*.2nd Row (L to R): 12 Bob Harris*, 14 Ted Shoebridge*, 20 Richard Lech*, 21 Felix Jordan, 22 Art Harris*, 23 Marcelo Lajterman*, 24 Kevin Gilmore*, and 25 Nate Ruffin.
3rd Row (L to R): 30 Dickie Carter, 31 Willie Bluford*, 33 Joe Hood*, 34 Art Shannon*, 35 Barry Nash*, 40 Larry Sanders*, 41 Bobby Joe Hill*, 42 Tony Barile, and 43 Stuart Cottrell*
4th Row (L to R): 45 Gary Morgan, 50 Richard Dardinger*, 51 Jim Adams*, 52 Mike Swartley, 53 Wes Hickman, 55 Dennis Foley, 56 Jerry Stainback*, 58 Frank James,
59 Allen Skeens*, and 60 Tom Howard*5th Row (L to R) 62 Tom Zborill*, 64 Greg Finn, 65 Tom Brown*, 66 Pat Norrell, 67 Mike Blake*, 68 Larry Brown*, 71 Bob Patterson*, 73 Jon Calvin, 75 Robert Van Horn*,
76 David Debord*, and 77 Ed Carter.6th Row (L to R): 79 David Withers, 80 Dennis Blevins*, 81 Dave Griffith*, 82 Jack Repasy*, 83 Scotty Reese*, 84 Pete Naputano, 85 Roger Vanover*,
86 John Young*, 87 Fred Wilson*, 88 Al Saylor*Absent: 61 Mark Andrews*
* = died in crash
NOTE: There are a few other players and coaches that were associated with the team that died, that are not in the team picture above.
The "Young Thundering Herd," a year after the accident.
Marshall won over Xavier in their second game, 15 - 13, at the last second.
This stadium no longer exist, it was torn down a couple of years ago.
50% 75%
Picture of Catch.
It's still considered a very special time in the history of Thundering Herd football. Following the plane crash in November 1970, Marshall had pieced together a football team for the following season and the media called it the "Young Thundering Herd." It was the first home game after the crash. With no time left on the clock in the September 25, 1971 game, Terry Gardner, No. 26, a freshman pulled in a pass from quarterback Reggie Oliver for a 15-13 win over Xavier. The score came on a play never used by the Herd. On a bootleg screen pass off the left side, Oliver threw to Gardner instead of to the expected receiver who was well covered. "It was a storybook finish," proclaimed new coach Jack Lengyel in the locker room after the victory. "No one thought we had a chance to win except the team." The Herd finished the year 2-8, also beating Bowling Green.
-- The above came from the Herald Dispatch. --
BLUE - COACHES
BROWN - TEAMMATES
RED - CREW MEMBERS
GREEN - STAFF
YELLOW - SUPPORTERS
Capt. Frank Abbot
James Michael Adams
Mark Raeburn Andrews
Charles Arnold
Rachel Lynette Arnold
Mike Francis Blake
Dennis Michael Blevins
Willie Bluford, Jr.
Donald Booth
Herbert B. (Deke) Brackett
Larry Brown
Tomas Wayne Brown
Albert C. Carelli Jr.
Dr. Joseph Chambers
Margaret Chambers
Roger Keith Childers
Stuart Spence Cottrell
Richard Lee Dardinger
David Grant DeBord
Danny Deese
Gary Wilson George
Kevin Francis Gilmore
David Dearing Griffith, Jr.
Dr. Ray Hagley
Shirley Ann Hagley
Arthur W. Harris
Arthur L. Harris
Robert Anthony Harris
E.O. Heath
Elaine Lois Heath
Bob Wayne Hill
Joe Lee Hood
James Thomas Howard, Jr.
James Jarrell
Cynthia Scott Leslie Jarrell
Kenneth Jones
Charles E. Kaput
Marcelo H. Lajterman
Richard Adam Lech
Frank Loria
Eugene J. Morehouse
James M. Moss II
Barry Winston Nash
Jeffrey P. Nathan
Patrick Jay Norrell
Dr. Brian R. O'Connor
James Robert Patterson
Charlene Poat
Michael Prestera
Dr. Glenn Preston
Phyllis Jean Charles Preston
Dr. H.D. Proctor
Courtney Phillips Proctor
Murrill Ralsten
Helen Ralsten
Scottie Lee Reese
John Anton Repasy, Jr.
Larry Sanders
Charles Alan Saylor
James Joseph Schroer
Arthur Kirk Shannon
Lionel Ted Shoebridge
Allen Gene Skeens
Jerry Smith
Jerry Dodson Stainback
Donald Tackett, Jr.
Rickey D. Tolley
Robert James Vanhorn
Roger Arnie Vanover
Patricia Vaught
Parker Ward
Norman Weichmann
Freddie Clay Wilson
John Patton Young
Thomas Jonathan Zborill
The only people that I have talked to is the daughter of Danny Deese, a
relative of Parker Ward, Barry Nash, and Stuart Cottrell.
I have also been lucky enough to talk to Pete Naputano and Greg Finn, who
were players on the 70 team, but missed the flight.
It is
rumored that there are 75 caps, thus representing everyone that died on the
crash. However this is NOT the case.
There over 100 caps.
It was made by sculptor
Harry Bertoia.
At first looks it is a confusion fountain. However I believe that
Harry Bertoia theme was
"The rebirth". I could not have done a better job. I think he
got the point across.
MEMORIAL FOUNTAIN
November 14, 1970
"On this dark, overcast Saturday evening at 7:47 p.m., a chartered DC-9 airliner plunged through the drizzle into a hillside as it approached Tri-State Airport at Huntington, West Virginia, claiming the
lives of all 75 aboard. Lost in the fiery crash were thirty-seven members of the Marshall University football team, five of their
coaches, seven university staff members, twenty-one faithful supporters and five
airplane crew members.
THEY SHALL LIVE ON IN THE HEARTS OF THEIR FAMILIES AND FRIENDS FOREVER, AND THIS MEMORIAL RECORDS THEIR LOSS TO THE UNIVERSITY AND TO THE COMMUNITY."
LINKS: All pictures taken by I, Rocco
S. Rossetti, except those from 1970 & 1971.
Information that deals with the plane crash and final game:
Pictures
of plane
wreckage
Pictures of
the crash site - 37 years later
PDF of NTSB Crash - pulled this from Marshall
University
My PDF
copy of the Herald Dispatch just a few pages - November 18, 1970
(1.29 meg file)
Pictures of the 1970 team in color and black & white
1971
Pictures: Winning Catch at Xavier Game, and Fairfield Stadium
Question & Answers, and Misc. Information
Pictures of Crash Site - Now
Those that deal with the Movie: WE ARE
. . . MARSHALL
Yahoo Movie Site
Pictures
from Filming in Atlanta, GA - Where I was a KY
state trooper.
Video Clip of Filming - I will add this after the movie comes out.
Modifying a DC-9 to be in the movie
Main website for the
Movie - WE ARE MARSHALL
Pages that deal with Memorial:
Pictures of cemetery that contains six unmarked graves.
Map of
Spring Hill cemetery
Marshall University - memorial page
Picture of the cemetery from the air and the crash site at the Huntington
Tri-State Airport.
Pictures of the memorial plaque at the Student Center
Pictures
of the Memorial Fountain
Movie
clip of the Memorial Fountain
(2.86 meg file)
Pictures of the memorial display in Gullickson Hall
Picture of memorial plaque in the Twin Towers East lobby
Pictures of
memorial at πKA House
Memorial
on West Side of Stadium
Other Miscellaneous
pictures and items:
Herald-Dispatch - Memorial webpage site
WSAZ - Marshall Movie Site -
Various movie and news clips.
Harry Bertoia Research Project - This is
the guy that created the memorial water fountain.
USA TODAY Article - Off Site Web Link
ESPN Article
Parthenon Letter to Editor
Buy the DVD "Ashes To Glory" @ Amazon.com
Buy the Book "The Marshall Story"
- I have not read this yet.
Buy the Book "Real Tragedy, Real Triumph" - Herald Dispatch
CBS Radio News, - Steve Young - November 15, 1970
CBS Radio News - Steve Young & Tony Sergeant -Top Stories of the day
CBS Radio News - November 15th, 1970 - Recovery Efforts
Mutual News, No Survivors
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I did not make these PDF files. I found them somewhere over the years.
PDF FILE (6 megs)
"ALL ONE HEART"
(6 megs)
"IT'S ALWAYS WITH YOU" (674 kb)
These PDF files contain background
information regarding the people that died on that dreary 1970 night.
Brochure Page 1
Brochure Page 2
Brochure Page 3
Brochure Page 4
Every so often I will get a Marshall Magazine
which deals with what is happening on the campus.
The following PDF files are copies of pages that pertain to the movie:
We Are Marshall
Amazing Day Green & White Game with film Crew (12.4 Megs)
The Story of We are Marshall (33.2 Megs)
The Future Impact of the movie We Are Marshall (10 Megs)
COPYRIGHT 2006 - Rocco S. Rossetti -
http://users.marshall.edu/~rossett1
304 - 476 - 4772
Email
Me:
Rossett1@marshall.edu
Last updated: 05/05/2009 12:15 AM