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| Latjerman played a key role as MU's placekicker |
Marcelo Latjerman played just one
season of varsity football at Marshall University. But during that
one season, he showed much promise as one of the nation’s
up-and-coming place-kickers. As a sophomore, his longest field goal
of the season was a 47-yarder vs. Western Michigan.
Latjerman, a native of Lynhurst, New
Jersey, was unable to finish his college career. He was among the 75
passengers who died in the Marshall plane crash on the night of
November 14, 1970. There were no survivors in this tragedy which
nearly decimated the Thundering Herd’s football team. Although it’s
been nearly 44 years since the crash, the memories have not faded
away.
Since 2007, the Latjerman family has
honored the memory of Marcelo and the 1970 team with a golf
tournament. This annual event serves as a fundraiser for a
scholarship award which bears his name.
The Marcelo Latjerman Memorial
Scholarship Golf Tournament will be held September 12 at the Silo
Golf Course in Lavalette, West Virginia. Registration begins at 8
a.m. and tee-off is 10 a.m. Tournament proceeds are earmarked for
academic and athletic scholarships at Marshall. Initially held in New
Jersey, the tournament was moved to West Virginia last year.
Entry fee is $100 player/$400 per team.
The fee entitles tourney participants to a light breakfast, along
with lunch, a golf shirt, hat, and a mug. For more information,
contact the tournament’s assistant director Mike Stapleton by email
at staple8@gmail.com
or call 304-634-5274.
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