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Sports Teams Killed in Airplane Crashes
Notable Famous Deaths 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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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
Football“ All 18 footballers, including Efford Chabala and Wisdom Mumba Chansa „ - 3
Figure skating“ All 18 skaters, coaches, and judges „ - 4
College basketball“ 29 players, staff and fans „ - 5
Football“ 18 players, club officials, and journalists „ - 6
“ 35 players, eight coaches, and 25 boosters „ - 7 Football“ 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 College basketball“ Ten people associated with men's basketball team (including two players) „
- 9 Canadian football“ Five players returning from Vancouver „
- 10 “ 24 of 40 team members „
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Suriname national football team
Football“ Fourteen playersplayers „ - 12 “ 17 players „
- 13
Apex Motorsports
“ Five people total: two drivers, Richard Lloyd and David Leslie, a data engineer, and two pilots. „ - 14
Bulgarian rhythmic gymnastics women's team
“ 1978 Balkan Bulgarian Tupolev Tu-134 crash „ - 15
Cuban national fencing team
“ All 24 members of the team, trainers and the coach „ - 16
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
“ 16 members of the American football team and six others „ - 17
Embassy Hill
“ Five people total, including former F1 world champion Graham Hill, driver Tony Brise, and designer Andy Smallman. „ - 18
Hendrick Motorsports
“ 10 people associated with the team, including family, team crew, and pilots „ - 19
Iowa State University cross country women's team
“ 7 people associated with the team, including 3 runners, 3 coaches/staff, and pilots „ - 20
Puerto Rico national women's volleyball team
“ Most members of the team „ - 21
Stella Maris College rugby union team
“ 24 of 40 team members „ - 22
U.S. Olympic boxing team
“ All team members except for Bobby Czyz, Marvis Frazier and Lee Roy Murphy „ - 23
USAC officials
“ 8 lead officials „ - 24
Wichita State University football team
“ 31 players, coaches and supporters „
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