November Ever After:
A Memoir of Tragedy and Triumph
in the Wake of the 1970 Marshall
Football Plane Crash
The legacy of the Marshall players who perished transcends wins and
losses. Their tragic deaths squashed the likelihood of a bloody race
riot on campus. The evening of November 14, 1970 was damp and chilly
with a steady drizzle and dense fog. Students at Marshall University had
no idea that the night's horrific events would change their lives
forever. On this night, a plane crash wiped out most of the school's
football team. Unless you were there, you could never fully comprehend
the gravity of grief that engulfed Huntington, West Virginia, in the
days following the worst aviation disaster in the history of American
sports. I know. I was there. I'll never forget. It could have been me on
that plane. I played football at MU for two seasons. A year before the
tragedy, I left the team for personal reasons. When the school began the
daunting task of resurrecting its football program in the spring of
'71, it was a no-brainer decision for me to rejoin the team and become
part of the rebuilding process. Media projects devoted to the plane
crash provide well-deserved notoriety. Still, there are glaring
omissions. Now, for the first time, former Marshall defensive back Craig
T. Greenlee tells the real story - the whole story - about Thundering
Herd football from back in the day.Meet the Author: Craig T. Greenlee
Craig T. Greenlee is a seasoned sports writer who earned his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in journalism from Marshall University. The publication of November Ever Aftersignals Greenlee’s debut as a book author. Craig has a unique connection to the Marshall story. He played football at MU for two seasons, but left the team the year before the tragedy occurred. As a former teammate, the author knew most of the players who were on board that fatal flight in 1970. He rejoined the team after the crash and took part in the rebuilding process during the spring of 1971.
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