Evansville Basketball 1977
13 1977 a plane crashed near the airport in evansville indiana.
Evansville basketball 1977. The crash resulted in 29 deaths a night that is still. The plane was on its way to nashville international airport taking the team to. In the heady days between 1959 and 1971 ue men s basketball won its five national college championships but by 1977 the program had lost some steam.
13 1977 when a plane carrying the men s basketball team crashed shortly after takeoff killing all 29 on board. Watson was a college basketball player for the vmi keydets and began his coaching career at a virginia high school. 1977 78 evansville purple aces roster and stats.
By charles roberts associated press writer. Mike joyner a 1977 graduate of terre haute south high school was a freshman guard on the university of evansville basketball team killed in the plane crash described below. Ap a plane loaded with college basketball players and team supporters was trying to turn back with a sputtering engine in rain and dense fog when it crashed into a muddy hillside killing all 29 aboard witnesses said.
Robert lee watson august 8 1942 december 13 1977 was an american basketball coach. The air indiana flight 216 crash occurred on december 13 1977 at 19 22 cst when a douglas dc 3 registration n51071 carrying the university of evansville basketball team crashed on takeoff at the evansville regional airport in evansville indiana the aircraft lost control and crashed shortly after lift off. Among the 29 killed were coaches and players on the university of evansville men s basketball team.
He was in his first season as a head coach for the evansville purple aces men s basketball team when he and his team were killed in the 1977 air indiana flight 216 crash. Evansville ind tragedy struck the community of evansville on dec. It s the story of how air indiana flight 216 which carried the evansville men s basketball team crashed after takeoff on dec.
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