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East Carolina remembers its link to Marshall tragedy

Assocaited Press

Thursday, November 9, 2006

GREENVILLE, N.C. -- Former East Carolina fullback Harold Robinson sometimes wonders how history might have changed had Marshall coach Rick Tolley accepted an impromptu invitation nearly 36 years ago from Pirates coach Mike McGee. "Coach McGee came across the field [and] he asked the coach at Marshall if he wanted to stay over that night," Robinson said. "I'll never forget what the coach of Marshall said: 'We need to get on back tonight."' They never made it. Tolley and 74 other Ma ...

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