Ihe mberede a mere ụnyaahụ n'ihe dịka elekere 4:09 nke mgbede (EST) na njedebe nke ọdụ ụgbọ elu Lake Placid nwere. Francis, onye bụbu NFL kwụsiri ike nke zụtara azụmaahịa njem nlegharị anya Lake Placid Airways na ọdụ ụgbọ elu, yana ndị nwe ụgbọ elu na ndị ọkwọ ụgbọ elu Association Senior Vice President Richard McSpadden, nọ n'ụgbọ.
E sitere na ụlọ akwụkwọ sekọndrị Kailua dị n'agwaetiti Oahu in Hawaii, Russ Francis, gbara egwu na NFL wee merie Super Bowl na otu San Francisco 49ers. Akpọrọ ya "ụwa niile" njedebe site n'aka onye egwuregwu egwuregwu Howard Cosell, tolitere na-achọ ife efe, ma nọrọ ndụ ya na mbara igwe.
Ọ bụ onye ahọpụtara ndị Patriots na Oregon na 1975 wee nọrọ afọ 14 na NFL ebe ọ na-egwuri egwu na 3 Pro Bowls. A họpụtara ya na otu All-NFL na 1976, 1977, 1978, na 1980. Francis bụ onye otu Hawaii Sports Hall of Fame ma bụrụ onye egwuregwu egwuregwu na Hawaii na maka ABC, CBS, na ESPN mgbe ọrụ NFL gasịrị.
