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re: Coach Frank Broyles has passed away *Edited*
Posted on 8/14/17 at 2:10 pm to HogX
Posted on 8/14/17 at 2:10 pm to HogX
The Greatest coach/AD ever, sad day for everything Arkansas and Razorbacks.
May spend the rest of the week fishing and reflecting on all of the great things he has done for all of us.
GO HOGS
May spend the rest of the week fishing and reflecting on all of the great things he has done for all of us.
GO HOGS
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Posted on 8/14/17 at 2:15 pm to Hawgeye
Sucks he couldn't witness us win another national championship in football before he passed away.
Posted on 8/14/17 at 2:16 pm to HogFanfromHTown
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Just terrible, I met him one time at the Popeyes on MLK a year or two ago. He had just ordered and I didn't recognize him until one of the employees said to a coworker "I think that's coach Broyles" I turned around and sure enough it was him. Nice guy; got to shake his hand but all I could bring myself to say to him was "Coach Broyles! It's an honor to meet you; Popeyes never gets old does it?" and he just laughed and said something about the biscuits couldn't really understand exactly what he said he was speaking so softly, but I just laughed back and said they were my favorites and made my way. When I look back I couldn't believe I didn't talk to him about the Hogs but I was just too nervous to bring up the topic. I kinda felt like it would be a dick move to bring it up. I pray he gets better, strokes are a hell of a thing to come back from.
My dad is friends with his daughter-in-law, so I got the opportunity to have Thanksgiving dinner with him a few years ago. He and I sat and watched football that day and talked about old coaches, games and programs. He could not have been more gracious. One of the best Football experiences of my life.
This post was edited on 8/14/17 at 2:17 pm
Posted on 8/14/17 at 2:19 pm to Feral
Experience of a lifetime right there. I would have loved to have had the opportunity to talk shop with him about the game. That's beyond awesome.
Posted on 8/14/17 at 2:28 pm to TheCheshireHog
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Experience of a lifetime right there. I would have loved to have had the opportunity to talk shop with him about the game. That's beyond awesome.
It was amazing. He was impressed that I knew about old coaches like Frank Thomas, Jess Neely and Bobby Dodd despite being just 27 years old (at the time). It was also awesome to hear the firsthand accounts of him getting hired by John Barnhill, as well as us joining the SEC.
This post was edited on 8/14/17 at 2:31 pm
Posted on 8/14/17 at 2:41 pm to Feral
Posted on 8/14/17 at 2:58 pm to Feral
He never watched the '69 'Game of the Century.'
My brother and I had gone to Memphis to watch the Hogs play Memphis in the Liberty Bowl quite a few years ago. Tight game all the way, we won by a field goal I believe.
We left the game a couple of minutes before it was over, to beat a little of the rush.
Walking down the street, I noticed a man walking down the sidewalk towards us and the stadium. He got closer and I recognized him. It was Frank Broyles.
He had gotten so nervous that he had left the stadium and went for a walk. I understand that happened frequently.
My brother and I had gone to Memphis to watch the Hogs play Memphis in the Liberty Bowl quite a few years ago. Tight game all the way, we won by a field goal I believe.
We left the game a couple of minutes before it was over, to beat a little of the rush.
Walking down the street, I noticed a man walking down the sidewalk towards us and the stadium. He got closer and I recognized him. It was Frank Broyles.
He had gotten so nervous that he had left the stadium and went for a walk. I understand that happened frequently.
This post was edited on 8/14/17 at 2:59 pm
Posted on 8/14/17 at 3:58 pm to DC RaiseHerBack
I got his autograph in the late 90s at at a razorback football game in the stands and he pointed out Brandon Dean and Brandon Davis out to me so I can get their autograph too. It was their freshman year @arkansas?
Csb.
Csb.
Posted on 8/14/17 at 7:30 pm to pioneerbasketball
Here's a CSB copied from another board:
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Here is a true story told to me by a former coach who won a lot of high school football games, and was a very good friend of Coach Broyles' right hand man, Wilson Matthews.
There was a national coaches convention in Texas. Coach Broyles was one of the keynote speakers. This was in the mid '60's, right after we won the MNC. Coach Broyles was placed in one of the penthouse rooms of the nice hotel the clinic was being held in. A bunch of coaches pooled their money, and they hired a prostitute and paid her $500 to go to Coach Broyles' room. $500 in the mid sixties was a lot, and I mean lot of money. It would almost buy a new car.
The woman was paid half the money under the condition that she would assure Coach Broyles nobody would ever know about this, but that a rich man wanted to honor him for his success. She would receive the rest after she returned to the group to let them know he was happy about it. They all bet on whether he would let her in the room. Seems like 12 guys said he would, and 3 said he wouldn't.
She was to meet the guys at breakfast the next morning to settle things. She was back to the bar in 15 minutes. She told them Coach Broyles had politely refused. She claims she assured him, and even pleaded with him that nobody would know. He told her, "ma'am, I would know, and I could not live with myself if I was unfaithful to my wife."
She got the rest of her money, and left them in the bar.
He was a true role model. God bless the memory of J. Frank Broyles.
Posted on 8/14/17 at 7:42 pm to Hawgeye
I stopped in Clarksville one afternoon to buy some peaches. Frank and Barbara were there shopping for peaches also.
I introduced myself to Coach, we shook hands and out of no where he said "young man, do you know what good peaches look like?" I answered, I think so.
Being from Georgia he spent 5 minutes of his time teaching me how to find the best peaches.
And 38 years later I still use his methods to by the best peaches
RIP Coach
I introduced myself to Coach, we shook hands and out of no where he said "young man, do you know what good peaches look like?" I answered, I think so.
Being from Georgia he spent 5 minutes of his time teaching me how to find the best peaches.
And 38 years later I still use his methods to by the best peaches
RIP Coach
Posted on 8/14/17 at 8:14 pm to ArHog
can somebody make this a sig pic? I can't get to work on my phone.
Posted on 8/14/17 at 8:26 pm to HogX
RIP coach Broyles
Posted on 8/14/17 at 10:44 pm to ArHog
I went to the catfish hole one night and was met with a longer than normal wait, once they finally had a table ready we were going through the restaurant when we passed Coach Broyles who was seated at a table with some other prominent people not relevant to this story and Pat was there in and razorback stories and tales were being told. The way to our table caused us to pass right by coach and of course the opportunity had to be taken.
"What's good tonight coach?"
"The catfish of course"
"That's what I'll be ordering, then"
"Well uh here take a piece with you to help make up ya mind it's what you want tunight."
He lifted his plate and gave me a piece right from his plate.
:csb:
Hard to believe we lost both men in less than a week. :( and they say these things come in 3s...
"What's good tonight coach?"
"The catfish of course"
"That's what I'll be ordering, then"
"Well uh here take a piece with you to help make up ya mind it's what you want tunight."
He lifted his plate and gave me a piece right from his plate.
:csb:
Hard to believe we lost both men in less than a week. :( and they say these things come in 3s...
Posted on 8/15/17 at 4:07 am to DaleDenton
Simply put....Frank Broyles made the Arkansas Razorbacks.
Posted on 8/15/17 at 6:22 am to Rzrbackguy
I wonder what we do to honor him this season? You'd have to think something has been in the works for quite some time given his age. I'd hope the father of our program merits a tad more than just a black initial decal on the back of helmets. Here's hoping we wear the '64 throwback uniforms from the 2014 Bama game (or something like them) at some point this season.
Posted on 8/15/17 at 6:52 am to Feral
Posted on 8/15/17 at 10:15 am to Feral
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Here's a CSB copied from another board:
Sounds legit #sarcasm
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