Killed in Bus Accident, Daily Racing Form, 1938-11-14

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KILLED IN BUS ACCIDENT BELLE PLAINE, Minn., Nov. 12. Two football players were killed near here today when the bus carrying the entire gridiron squad of Gustavus Adolphus College of St. Peter, Minn., crashed into a truck. The players were on heir way home from Depere, Wis., where they won an Armistice Day game from St. Norbert College. The dead are Karl Olsen, 22, of St. Peter, "a sophomore member of the squad and driver of the truck, and Don Victory Anderson, of Washburn, Wis., center on the team. A dozen other players were hurt, several seriously. Coach Geo. Muriam was critically injured. The bus crashed into the rear of the truck, according to witnesses, scattering the players on the road. Neither the truck driver nor his assistant was hurt.


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