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Back in the day, April 18, 1996: Former Nebraska QB Brook Berringer, friend killed in plane crash

Omaha World-Herald
Apr 18, 2023
Apr 18, 2023 Updated Apr 26, 2023
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Brook Berringer, left — Brook Berringer, left, and Abdul Muhammed at Nebraska football practice on Oct. 28, 1994, in Lincoln.
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Former Nebraska football player Brook Berringer died 27 years ago today in a plane crash near Raymond.

Brook Berringer was remembered at the Husker spring game in 2016. He passed away in April 1996.

Photos: Remembering Brook Berringer

2 FROST RELIGION STORY Z — Nebraska quarterback Scott Frost, center, during the funeral for teammate Brook Berringer in Goodland, Kansas. Pictured next to Frost at left is Matt Turman. Frost said Berringer's death had a lot to do with his recommitment to his faith.
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Berringer1 — In this 2006 photo, Jan Berringer straightens a Nebraska Cornhusker flag that had been left at the grave of her son, former Nebraska quarterback Brook Berringer, in Goodland, Kansas. Berringer isn't sure who leaves the flag but says there is always one there. Berringer was killed in a plane crash northwest of Lincoln on April 18, 1996.
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Berringer3 — Brook Berringer is buried next to his father, Warren Berringer, in the Goodland, Kansas, cemetery.
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Berringer (copy) — Nebraska's Brook Berringer looks for daylight during the Huskers' 32-3 win over Oklahoma State on Oct. 8, 1994.
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042221-owh-new-backintheday-3- — Former Nebraska football coach Ron Brown speaks at a tribute to Brook Berringer on April 10, 2006, in Lincoln.
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042221-owh-new-backintheday-2--2- — Former Nebraska football coach Tom Osborne with Jan Berringer on April 10, 2006, in Lincoln. The pair were together for a Brook Berringer celebration.
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Shatel: Brook Berringer accepted the backup role and thrived, but these are different times (copy) — Brook Berringer, left, and Tommie Frazier with the Huskers' national championship trophy.
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Berringer — At his 1996 funeral, Berringer was eulogized as a man who did more living in his 22 years than many people do in a lifetime.
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042221-owh-new-backintheday-2- — In this 2010 photo, NU Athletic Director Tom Osborne and Jan Berringer hug before a Nebraska football game. Berringer, the mother of former quarterback Brook Berringer, was at the game to give Jared Crick a scholarship.
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042221-owh-new-backintheday — 2013 PHOTO: Nebraska's Imani Cross accepts the Brook Berringer scholarship from Brook's mother ,Jan Berringer, before the game as Nebraska hosted UCLA at Memorial stadium in Lincoln, Neb.
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1995 — Brook Berringer took over for a hobbled Tommie Frazier, leading No. 2 Nebraska to a 50-10 victory over Michigan State in 1995.
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Nebraska quarterback Brook Berringer — Nebraska quarterback Brook Berringer carries the ball against Oklahoma.
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042221-owh-new-backintheday-6- — Brook in the ill-fated 1946 J-3 Piper Cub airplane.
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042221-owh-new-backintheday-4- — Lancaster County Sheriff's Office investigators look over the wreckage of Brook Berringer's Piper Cub after the April 18, 1996, crash near Raymond, Nebraska, that killed Berringer.
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Berringer2 — Jan Berringer shows off the jersey her son Brook wore for Nebraska in the 1994 Orange Bowl. Brook Berringer led Nebraska through an undefeated season in 1994 after starting quarterback Tommie Frazier went down with an injury.
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