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Because of the intense amount of travel involved in a traditional sporting season, a large amount of aviation accidents have killed professional, amateur and collegiate sports teams. One of the most famous incidents involved the crash of Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571, a chartered flight carrying an entire rugby team that went down in the Andes in 1972, and became the basis for a best-selling book and later a film called "Alive." But numerous other teams have suffered catastrophic losses in the same fashion, including the clubs and organizations mentioned on the below list.

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Rank   Name Sport Founded Location
  1. 1
    Ice Hockey
    43 dead in September 7, 2011, plane crash near the city of Yaroslavl. Casualties included former NHL All-Star Pavol Demitra, former NHL defenseman Brad McCrimmon and 2 members of the 2010 World Championship Czech team, Jan Marek and Josef Vasicek.
  2. 2
    Football
    1929
    Zambia
    All 18 footballers, including Efford Chabala and Wisdom Mumba Chansa
  3. 3
    Figure skating
    All 18 skaters, coaches, and judges
  4. 4
    College basketball
    Evansville
    29 players, staff and fans
  5. 5
    Football
    1906-12-03
    Turin
    18 players, club officials, and journalists
  6. 6
    35 players, eight coaches, and 25 boosters
  7. 7
    Football
    1878
    Manchester
    23 people total; including eight footballers: Geoff Bent, Roger Byrne, Eddie Colman, Duncan Edwards, Mark Jones, David Pegg, Tommy Taylor, and Billy Whelan; coach Bert Whalley, trainer Tom Curry, and club secretary Walter Crickmer.
  8. 8
    College basketball
    Stillwater
    Ten people associated with men's basketball team (including two players)
  9. 9
    Canadian football
    Five players returning from Vancouver
  10. 10
    24 of 40 team members
  11. 11

    Suriname national football team

    Football
    1920
    Suriname
    Fourteen playersplayers
  12. 12
    1946
    17 players
  13. 13

    Apex Motorsports

    Five people total: two drivers, Richard Lloyd and David Leslie, a data engineer, and two pilots.
  14. 14

    Bulgarian rhythmic gymnastics women's team

    1978 Balkan Bulgarian Tupolev Tu-134 crash
  15. 15

    Cuban national fencing team

    All 24 members of the team, trainers and the coach
  16. 16

    Cal Poly San Luis Obispo

    16 members of the American football team and six others
  17. 17

    Embassy Hill

    Five people total, including former F1 world champion Graham Hill, driver Tony Brise, and designer Andy Smallman.
  18. 18

    Hendrick Motorsports

    10 people associated with the team, including family, team crew, and pilots
  19. 19

    Iowa State University cross country women's team

    7 people associated with the team, including 3 runners, 3 coaches/staff, and pilots
  20. 20

    Puerto Rico national women's volleyball team

    Most members of the team
  21. 21

    Stella Maris College rugby union team

    24 of 40 team members
  22. 22

    U.S. Olympic boxing team

    All team members except for Bobby Czyz, Marvis Frazier and Lee Roy Murphy
  23. 23

    USAC officials

    8 lead officials
  24. 24

    Wichita State University football team

    31 players, coaches and supporters

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  1. Aitken_Drum
    Sports Teams Killed in Airplane Crashes at 11/13/2011 8:32 AM
    #10 and #21 are the same.
  2. anonomus
    Sports Teams Killed in Airplane Crashes at 5/05/2011 8:32 AM
    marshall univursity lost 75 people not 68
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