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Crash Kills Former Cornhusker

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From Staff and Wire Reports

Former Nebraska tight end Jerry List and his wife were among five killed in a single-engine airplane crash near the northern Nebraska community of Stuart. Jerry and Susan List were 43.

List played in 1970-72 and was a member of two national championship teams. List had 61 catches for 901 yards and five touchdowns in his career.

Also killed were George Medlock and Virginia Medlock, his wife. Medlock was the president of First National Bank of Valentine and List was vice president.

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The pilot of the airplane, Tod Keller, also was killed in the crash. The airplane, which was en route to Lincoln, struck a truck-trailer and a hog shed shortly after taking off. There was heavy fog at the time of the crash.

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