Coach Says Tragedy 'Cut a Wide Swath', Lengyel Says Herd,: ; Marshall, Huntington All Devastated by Crash
Charleston Daily Mail › December 22, 2006
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PHOENIX - Thirty-six years later, Jack Lengyel vividly recalls the overwhelming sadness that surrounded him when he arrived at Marshall.
He had come as the new football coach to help revive a program torn to pieces by one of the worst sports disasters in U.S. history - the loss of 75 people in a plane crash on the outskirts of town.See the full content of this document
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Coach Says Tragedy 'Cut a Wide Swath', Lengyel Says Herd,: ; Marshall, Huntington All Devastated by Crash
"I thought I was coming to rebuild a football program," Lengyel said. "It turned out to be the whole community."
Among the dead were 52 members of the Thundering Herd football team, as well as some of the university's leading boosters, top...See the full content of this document
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