The Parthenon · Nov 10, 2020
Athletes of the Week: The 75
Richard CrankOn a standard week, The Parthenon’s sports staff would be honoring a current Marshall athlete for his or her performance from the previous week.
But on this week every November, it is not an ordinary week. It is a week of mourning, celebration and remembrance.
On Saturday, it will have been 50 years since the tragic Marshall football plane crash that claimed the lives of 75 members of the Marshall community. Not only did it take players and coaches from this world but also parents, spouses, sons, daughters and integral members of the Huntington community.
The plane crash did not simply shake a football program; it struck a town and a university to their core.