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Cal Poly football team plane crash
1960 Oct, 29

An airplane carrying the Cal Poly football team crashes on takeoff in Toledo, Ohio.

The California Polytechnic State University football team plane crash occurred on October 29, 1960, at 22:02 EST near Toledo, Ohio. The aircraft, a veteran of World War II, was carrying the Cal Poly Mustangs college football team. Of the 48 on board, 22 were killed, including both pilots, 16 players, a student manager, and a Cal Poly football booster.

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