Cast members visited Huntington in September and October for ongoing promotion of "We Are Marshall." "I think he'd be totally amazed at what's going on. 2 as Marshall's all-time top passer behind Chad Pennington is the player who followed him in the lineup -- Byron Leftwich. Those who attended the Keith-Albee premiere of "We Are Marshall" on Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2006, later attended a gala at the Big Sandy Superstore Arena. Members of the 1971 Young Thundering Herd football team in town for the movie premiere gather Monday, Dec. 11, 2006, to have a group photograph taken at Gino's Pub, where the old Fairfield Stadium scoreboard was erected in the parking lot. While she hasn't seen the script, she has met with Mary Viola, associate producer of Warner Bros. Pictures, the studio making the film. Marshall University (white jerseys) lost to Morehead State (dark jerseys) 6-29 in the season opener Sept. 18, 1971, at Morehead. On Nov. 14, 1970, a plane carrying 75 people including Marshall's football team, coaches, staff, community members and flight crew crashed near the Huntington Tri-State Airport on a return trip following the Thundering Herd's game against East Carolina. Moss played in the NFL for Minnesota, Oakland, New England and Tennessee. "We had a rainbow wedding," Sharon Ruffin said, referring to the multi-colored ceremony.She also remembers Nate getting on his knees as they recited Shakespeare together -- one of their favorite pastimes.The couple has two other grown children, Ryan, 24, of Charleston, W.Va.; and Carmen, 36, of Pittsburgh.
The 1970 team had a 3-6 record under coach Rick Tolley.
Faculty, students and others attend memorial services at the Memorial Student Center Plaza for the Marshall University football team that lost their lives in a plane crash on Nov. 14, 1970. Please log in, or sign up for a new account and purchase a subscription to continue reading.Please purchase a subscription to continue reading.Your current subscription does not provide access to this content.Sunny to partly cloudy. "I can hear him saying up in heaven, 'They finally did it.'" The 900 block of Huntington's Fourth Avenue was featured in a few scenes in "We Are Marshall." "It was a natural thing. Anthony Mackie portrayed Nate wonderfully and caught his spirit of leadership and caring!
A large crowd gathers at the Pullman Square Marquee Cinemas to watch the student premiere of "We Are Marshall" on Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2006, in Huntington. But there was a young boy who desperately needed a bone marrow transplant, and Nate Ruffin helped rally for the boy's cause. Those who attended the Keith-Albee premiere of "We Are Marshall" on Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2006, later attended a gala at the Big Sandy Superstore Arena. Sharon Ruffin vividly recalls one of the last days of her husband's life -- a day he felt well enough to go fishing, his favorite hobby. The board room scene in "We Are Marshall" used several local people as extras. Nate missed the 1971 game against East Carolina due to an injury. Members of the Young Thundering Herd attend practices in August and September 1971.
Members of the Marshall community gather at the Marshall Memorial Fountain Monday, Nov. 14, 2005, during a ceremony honoring the 35th anniversary of the deaths of 75 Marshall football players, coaches, staff, supporters and crew who died in a plane crash near the Huntington Tri-State airport. Marshall Athletics hosts a Spring Fountain Celebration on Saturday, April 27, 2019, at the Marshall Memorial Student Center Plaza in Huntington. The service honors the 75 lives lost in the 1970 plane crash.
The "We Are Marshall" premiere was Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2006, in Huntington. Final preparations are made for the Keith-Albee Performing Arts Center premiere of "We Are Marshall" Monday, Dec. 11, 2006, in Huntington. Chance of rain 50%.Randy Snyder/The Herald-Dispatch Sharon Ruffin, widow of former Marshall football player Nate Ruffin, laughs on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2006, as she recounts the life of her husband and his portrayal in the upcoming movie profiling the Young Thundering Herd. Photo taken February 2001. On the flight back from Greenville, N.C., the jet crashed short of Tri-State Airport and all 75 people aboard died -- including most of the football team.Left behind on campus, Ruffin passed the time by going downtown to a movie theater. The annual memorial service honors the 75 victims of the 1970 Marshall plane crash. "The ground you're walking on was paved by many black men and many white men," Ruffin said he told Moss.
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