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Member of Football Team in 'Remember the Titans' Dies After Car Crash: Report
Darryl "Blue" Stanton played on the celebrated T.C. Williams squad that won the state championship.
ALEXANDRIA, VA — A member of the T.C. Williams High School football team portrayed in the movie "Remember the Titans" died last week following a car crash in North Carolina, according to a media report.
Darryl "Blue" Stanton Sr. played on the team that won the state championship in 1971, the year that the school was integrated, WUSA-TV Channel 9 reported.
In "Remember the Titans," the 2000 movie that starred Denzel Washington, Blue was played by actor Earl Poitier, according to Channel 9. Washington played Herman Boone, the team's head coach.
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Stanton passed away on March 16, according to a memorial Facebook page for T.C. Williams graduates, and the family and friends of Stanton, a member of the Class of 1973, wrote their condolences to the family on the page. No information was available on funeral arrangements.
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