Bob Seaman, the coach who led the Wichita State football team following the plane crash of 1970, died on Monday in Eaton, Ohio at the age of 86.
Mr. Seaman was the driving force in WSU football continuing after a plane transporting players, athletic department officials and boosters to a game in Logan, Utah crashed into a Colorado mountainside west of Denver and killed 31 people on Oct. 2, 1970.
Mr. Seaman was the offensive coordinator at the time and was subsequently promoted to head coach. After the surviving players voted, Mr. Seaman led the Shockers back onto the field just 22 days later against Arkansas.