Who starred in the movie about the 1970 tragic plane crash of the Marshall University football team?”
In November, 1970, virtually the entire football team and coaches of Marshall University (Huntington, W.V.) die in a plane crash. That spring, led by Nate Ruffin, a player who was ill and missed the fatal flight, students rally to convince the board of governors to play the 1971 season. The college president, Don Dedman, must find a coach, who then must find players. They petition the NCAA to allow freshmen to play, and coach Jack Lengyel motivates and leads young players at the same time that he reexamines the Lombardi creed that winning is the only thing. The father and the fiancée of a player who died find strength to move on. Can Marshall win even one game in 1971? http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0758794/plotsummary On November 14, 1970, Marshall University and the entire community of Huntington, West Virginia, experienced the greatest air tragedy in the history of collegiate athletics. Seventy-five members of
Called We Are Marshall, a movie about the tragic death of the entire football squad of the Marshall College in 1970 starred actor Matthew McConaughey. Sources: Information came from Zimbio.com.
