Jack Lengyel

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Jack Lengyel is an American football coach best known for rebuilding Marshall University's football program after the 1970 plane crash, a story dramatized in the film "We Are Marshall."

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American football coach
human
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
educatedAt Akron University NERFINISHED
employer College of Wooster NERFINISHED
Marshall University NERFINISHED
United States Naval Academy NERFINISHED
endTime 1974
familyName Lengyel NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork sports administration
genreOfOccupation college football coaching
givenName Jack
memberOfSportsTeam Akron Zips football team (assistant coach) NERFINISHED
Cornell Big Red football team (assistant coach) NERFINISHED
Marshall Thundering Herd football team (head coach)
Wooster Fighting Scots football team (head coach) NERFINISHED
notableEvent 1970 Marshall University football team plane crash aftermath
notableWork rebuilding Marshall University football program after 1970 plane crash
occupation American football coach
athletic director
portrayedBy Matthew McConaughey NERFINISHED
positionHeld athletic director at United States Naval Academy
head football coach at College of Wooster
head football coach at Marshall University
residence United States of America
sexOrGender male
sport American football
startTime 1971
subjectOf film "We Are Marshall" NERFINISHED
workLocation Huntington, West Virginia NERFINISHED

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We Are Marshall mainCharacter Jack Lengyel