Active athletes, coaches, officials who have died in plane crashes |
| Date | Person, team, place | | Oct. 11, 2006 | Cory Lidle, New York Yankees pitcher, in New York. | | Sept. 29, 2001 | Michael Cervi Jr., a member of the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association, Marshfield, Wis. | | Sept. 11, 2001 | Mari Rae Sopper, a gymnastics coach at UC Santa Barbara, was one of the passengers aboard American Airlines Flight 77 which crashed into the Pentagon in Washington. | | Sept. 11, 2001 | Garnet “Ace” Bailey, director of pro scouting for the Los Angeles Kings and Mark Bavis, an amateur scout for the Kings, were aboard United Airlines Flight 175 — the second plane to hit the World Trade Center in New York. | | Jan. 27, 2001 | Oklahoma State basketball players Dan Lawson and Nate Fleming, and six team staffers and broadcasters, in Byers, Colo. | | Oct. 25, 1999 | Payne Stewart, winner of the 1989 PGA Championship and a two-time U.S. Open winner, two miles west of Mina, S.D. | | May 11, 1996 | Rodney Culver, San Diego Chargers running back, in Florida Everglades. | | April 18, 1996 | Brook Berringer, Nebraska quarterback, two days before the NFL draft, when the small plane he was piloting crashed in Raymond, Neb. | | July 13, 1993 | Davey Allison, NASCAR driver, the day after a helicopter he was piloting crashed on the infield at Talladega Superspeedway in Talladega, Ala. | | April 28, 1993 | Zambia’s national soccer team, 18 players and five team officials, in Libreville, Gabon. | | April 1, 1993 | Alan Kulwicki, NASCAR’s 1992 champion, in Blountville, Tenn.July 19, 1989 | | Sept. 30, 1988 | Al Holbert, six-time IMSA champion, near Columbus Ohio. | | Dec. 8, 1987 | 17 players of the Alianza Peruvian first-division soccer team in Lima, Peru. | | Aug. 16, 1987 | Nick Vanos, Phoenix Suns center, in Romulus, Mich. | | Nov. 25, 1985 | Six members of the Iowa State women’s cross country team in Des Moines, Iowa. | | Dec. 12, 1983 | Rex Dockery, Memphis State football coach, with offensive coordinator Chris Faros and defensive back Charles Greenhill, Lawrenceburg, Tenn. | | March 14, 1980 | 14 members of the U.S. amateur boxing team in Warsaw, Poland. | | Jan. 11, 1980 | Bo Rein, LSU football coach, in the Atlantic Ocean. | | Aug. 2, 1979 | Thurman Munson, New York Yankees catcher, in Canton, Ohio. | | Dec. 13, 1977 | 14 University of Evansville basketball players and coach Bobby Watson in Evansville, Ind. | | June 24, 1975 — Wendell Ladner, New York Nets forward, in New York. | Tony Lema, 1964 British Open champion, in Munster, Ind. | | Dec. 31, 1972 | Roberto Clemente, Pittsburgh Pirate outfielder, from San Juan, Puerto Rico en route to Nicaragua to aid earthquake victims. | | Oct. 11, 1972 | 30 members of a Uruguayan rugby club, in Chile. | | Nov. 14, 1970 | 36 Marshall University football players, in Huntington, W.Va. | | Oct. 2, 1970 | 14 Wichita State football players, in Colorado. | | Sept. 26, 1969 | 25 members of Bolivian soccer team “The Strongest”, in the Andes. | | Aug. 31, 1969 — Rocky Marciano, world heavyweight champion, in Newton, Iowa. | 16 members of the Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo football team, in Toledo, Ohio. | | June 4, 1969 — Rafael Osuna, 1963 U.S. Open Tennis Champion, in Mexico. | Joaquin Blume, Spain’s European gymnastics champion, in Madrid. | | April 28, 1968 | Six members of the Lamar Tech track team, in Beaumont, Texas. | | July 24, 1966 | Tony Lema, 1964 British Open champion, in Munster, Ind. | | Feb. 15, 1964 | Ken Hubbs, 22, Chicago Cub second baseman, in Utah. | | April 12, 1962 | Ron Flockhart, Scottish racing driver, in Melbourne. | | March 1, 1962 | Johnny Dieckman, world fly-casting champion, in Chicago. | | April 3, 1961 | Green Cross, a first-division Chilean soccer team, in the Las Lastimas Mountains. | | Feb. 16, 1961 | 18 members of the U.S. figure skating team, in Belgium. | | Oct. 10, 1960 | 16 members of the Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo football team, in Toledo, Ohio. | | April 29, 1959 | Joaquin Blume, Spain’s European gymnastics champion, in Madrid. | | Oct. 30, 1958 | Philip Scrutton, British Walker Cup golfer. | | Aug. 14, 1958 | Six members of the Egyptian fencing team, in the Atlantic Ocean. | | Feb. 6, 1958 | Eight members of the English soccer champion Manchester United, in Munich. | | Nov. 27, 1956 | Charlie Peete, St. Louis Cardinal outfielder, in Venezuela. | | Sept. 20, 1956 | Tom Gastall, Baltimore Oriole catcher, in Maryland. | | Oct. 30, 1954 | Wilbur Shaw, President of Indianapolis Motor Speedway, in Decatur, Ind. | | July 1, 1954 | John McBride, Alabama halfback, killed in ROTC training flight in Texas. | | Oct. 27, 1949 | Marcel Cerdan, former world middleweight champion, en route to fight Jake LaMotta in Spain. | | May 4, 1949 | 22 members of Torino, the Italian soccer champions, in Turin, Italy. | | June 2, 1943 | Nile Kinnick, 1939 Heisman Trophy winner, in the Gulf of Paria. | | March 31, 1931 | Knute Rockne, Notre Dame football coach, in Kansas. | | Oct. 18, 1925 | Marvin Goodwin, Cincinnati Reds pitcher, in Houston. |
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