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Brook talked a lot about what Nebraska has
done for him. I believe he gave more back to us.9
GOV. BEN NELSON
Derringer remembered
Osborne, teammates
mourn sudden loss
of friend, champion
From Daily Nebraskan reports
The world lost a role model Thurs
day when Brook Berringer died in
plane crash, Nebraska football coach
Tom Osborne said.
“If you had somebody you wanted
your son to be like,” Osborne said,
“Brook would be a great place to start.”
Players and coaches reacted to the
news that the former Comhusker quar
terback had died as if there had been a
death in the family.
Aaron Graham, 1995 team co-cap
tain, said in a statement released by the
Nebraska Sports Information Depart
ment that he had lost a brother.
“I lived with 1iim for two years,”
Graham said. “We spent an awful lot
of time hunting and fishing together
and doing the things we shared inter
ests in.
“This is a tragic death that hap
pened today.”
The plane Berringer was fly ing went
down in a field near Raymond Thurs
day afternoon. Tobey Lake of Aurora,
Colo., the brother of Berringcr’s girl
friend, also died in the crash.
Reactions to Berringer’s death had
a common theme—a great young man
was lost.
Lloyd Holbrook, a mend ol the
Berringer family, said from Goodland,
Kan., that he had known Berringer
since he was in junior high school.
Berringer would come to use the li
brary at Grant Junior High School,
where Holbrook is a librarian.
Everyone in Goodland knew
Berringer, Holbrook said, and people
thought highly of him.
“He was a fine young man,”
Holbrook said. “He was just stellar.”
Part of what made Berringer so
special, Holbrook said, was his con
cern for others.
“Brook put a lot of other people
ahead of himself,” he said. “He was a
person who really accomplished a lot
for himself.
“I just can’t say enough about him.
He was just a super young man.”
Gov. Ben Nelson released a state
ment Thursday evening saying
Berringer had “touched our lives with
his skill on the field.”
“The death of any young person is
a tragedy, but the loss of one of our
best and brightest is a sad moment for
all of us who knew and admired him,”
Nelson said.
Nelson extended his condolences
to Berringer’s family, friends, coaches
Travis Heying/DN
Nebraska quarterback Brook Berringer kneels on the sideline
during the 1994 Orange Bowl. Berringer led the Cornhuskers
through the second half of a perfect season that resulted in a
national championship.
and teammates, saying he had made an
impact on the state.
“The last time I saw Brook, we
talked about going hunting together,”
Nelson said. “Brook talked a lot about
what Nebraska has done for him. I
believe he gave more back to us.”
Osborne was also feeling for the
family. He had spoken to Berringer’s
mother before talking to reporters at
the Bob Devaney Sports Center Thurs
day night.
With tonight’s national champion
ship celebration canceled, Osborne
said he wanted the ticket money to go
to a fund for a Berringer memorial.
“Brook was a good guy,” the coach
said. “He’s one of those people who
stood for all the right things.”
As of Thursday afternoon, more than
35,000 tickets had been sold at $3 each.
“Brook was a very wel l-liked player;
he had no enemies,” Osborne said.
“He was very wel 1-respected by every
body, not just for his ability, but be
cause of the way he handled things.”
Tony Veland, another 1995 co-cap
tain, said in a statement that Berringer
was a “great teammate, a great friend
and a great person.”
“Brook won the biggest champion
ship of his life when he committed
himself to the Lord. Although we
mourn, we rejoice for him.”
Osborne, looking tired and emo-.
tional, spoke after a meeting of the
Fellowship of Christian Athletes, a
meeting where Berringer was sched
uled to speak. Osborne said Berringer
would have wanted the program to go
on.
“He loved life. He did what he
wanted to do,” Osborne said. “He had
a lot of enthusiasm and he enjoyed
every day.
“I’m sure he had no regrets.”
Compiled by Matthew Waite and Trevor
Parks from reports by Mike Kluck and Juile
Sobczyk.
Berringer
Continued from Page 1
letes banquet at Bob Devaney
Sports Center Thursday night.
Berringer was scheduled to
speak at the banquet. Instead,
Osborne spoke about him, saying
Berringer was the type of person
people would want their son to be
like.
“Brook’s the kind of guy that
would want this program to go on
tonight. He loved life. He did what
he wanted to do,” Osborne said.
“He had a lot of enthusiasm, and
he enjoyed every day. I’m sure he
had no regrets.”
Earlier Thursday, Berringer and
Harry Barr, owner of the plane, had
talked about the upcoming draft
and Berringer’s chances.
Berringer told Barr he was hop
ing to be drafted by a team in the
Midwest, such as the Kansas City
Chiefs or the Denver Broncos.
But Berringer had flying on his
mind, Barr said, and asked if he
could take the plane out.
An aspiring commercial pilot,
Berringer held a pilot’s license and
was one of few people authorized
to fly the plane.
Barr, a pilot for Duncan Avia
Where the plane went down
Former NU Quarterback Brook
Berringer and friend Tobey Lake
were killed Thursday in a plane crash
near Raymond.
tion of Lincoln, said Berringer had
flown the plane several times.
Barr said the plane was well
maintained, and he had no idea what
could have caused the crash. He
often flew in air shows, doing tricks
and stunts, and never had any
trouble.
“I use it to land on top of cars and
other things so we have to keep it in
good shape,” he said.
The plane was kept in a hangar
at the airstrip, co-owned by Barr
and Jack Christensen of Raymond.
Jeffers, a pilot for 31 years and
one of three witnesses, said a plane
like the one Berringer was flying
was often used for training but was
also good for pleasure flights.
“It’s good to go out on a nice day
and fly and look at the countryside
and look at the lakes,” Jeffers said.
Barr said that was exactly what
Berringer was going to do.
“He just went out for fun.”