Tulane at Virginia

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  Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 21, 1949, page 1

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  Death of HuIfbock in Crash OfCo Mourned at Virginia u. Gene Edmonds, Is, Ex-Morine, Killed As Auto Overturns CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, Me-. 21.-The University Of Virginia today mourned the death of one of its varsity football players who was. killed early yesterday in a freak automobile accident. He was Gene Edmonds, Is, a halfback on the team that scarce ly IL hours before his death had been defeated. 28–⁠14. by Tulane University here. Edmonds had caught a forward pass to score his teams second touchdown In the waning minutes Of the game. Edmonds, a Marine veteran, was killed when the automobile he had borrowed ran off the road and overturned. He was riding with a friend, Willard L. Wade, Of Clifton Forge, Va. who was uninjured. Thrown Out Of Car. When the car dropped OF the side of the road, the door swung open and Edmonds was pitched out, according to a university spokesman. The football player who was married and the father OF an infant daughter. received a broken neck. The automobile was only slightly damaged and Mr.. Wade said he did not believe Edmonds would have been injured If the door had not swung ajar. The accident occurred only q short distance from Scott Stadium where 10000 had cheered wher Edmonds scored. his touchdown. Mrs. Edmonds is a secretary ir the Office of Norton G. Pritchett the director Of the university’s athletics, and she and her hus. band had left their daughter with friends during the game and eve ming. The football player and Mr.

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Tulane leads 4–⁠2 in six meetings, counting the five since this game.