Mary Jane Tolley, the widow of Marshall head coach Rick Tolley, was not on the tragic flight in 1970 because she had remained home to tend to their ailing German shepherd.

Wednesday evening's deadly Washington, D.C., plane crash brought back memories of a 1970 crash involving Wichita State University's football team.

The Virginia widow of a Marshall football coach who died in a plane crash 54 years ago is sharing her story after the deadly ...

WSU tragedy was among two major 1970 college ... including 37 members of the Marshall University football team, eight coaches, 25 boosters, two pilots, two flight attendants and a charter coordinator.