Prominent athletes who have died in plane or helicopter accidents
0
42
Retired NASCAR driver Greg Biffle was on the plane that crashed outside of Charlotte, North Carolina, on Thursday, killing all seven people aboard. He joins a somber roll of athletes who died in plane or helicopter crashes, including fellow race car drivers Alan Kulwicki and Davey Allison, who died in separate accidents in 1993. Here are some of the sports figures who died in aviation accidents: Alan Kulwicki The Wisconsin native was NASCAR’s 1986 Rookie of the Year in 1992 became the first Northerner and first college graduate to win the drivers’ championship, edging Bill Elliott in the standings in what was then the closest finish in the circuit’s history. Kulwicki, 38, two executives from...