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Fred Akers (1938–2020)
Arkansas-born Fred Akers was a Hall of Fame college football coach whose playing career at the University of A...
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All American Red Heads
A nationally known women’s basketball team, the All American Red Heads formed in 1936 in Cassville, Missouri...
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Dick Allen (1942–2020)
aka: Richard Anthony Allen
Richard Anthony (Dick) Allen—or Richie Allen, as the media called...
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Aluminum Bowl
On December 22, 1956, War Memorial Stadium in Little Rock (Pulaski County) hosted the Aluminum Bowl football g...
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Lance Dwight "Bambi" Alworth (1940–)
An All-American football player at the University of Arkansas (UA) in Fayetteville (Washington County) in 1961...
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Glen Andrews (1931–)
Glen Daniel Andrews Sr. is considered one of the all-time great professional bass anglers. Bobby Murray, two-t...
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Arkansas Derby
The Arkansas Derby is the most lucrative thoroughbred horse race in Arkansas, currently offering a “purse”...
Arkansas Diamonds
The Arkansas Diamonds professional football team competed in the Continental Football League in 1968 and 1969....
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Arkansas Game and Fish Commission
The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission (AGFC) manages wildlife and natural habitat and sets hunting, fishing, a...
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Arkansas Golf Trail
aka: Natural State Golf Trail
The Arkansas Golf Trail is a public-private partnership created to ...
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Arkansas Intercollegiate Conference
The Arkansas Intercollegiate Conference (AIC) was an athletic confederation of Arkansas colleges and universit...
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Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame
The Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame is a nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving the history of sports in ...
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Arkansas Swimming Hall of Fame
The Arkansas Swimming Hall of Fame is a body that recognizes swimming excellence in the state. The induction o...
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Arkansas Track and Field Hall of Fame
The Arkansas Track and Field Hall of Fame (ATFHF), which began honoring athletes in 1995, is dedicated to reco...
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Arkansas Travelers [Baseball Team]
For parts of three centuries, the Arkansas Travelers baseball team has used only one nickname, played on only ...
Arkansas Women's Intercollegiate Sports Association
The Arkansas Women’s Intercollegiate Sports Association (AWISA) was created as the Arkansas Women’s Extram...
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Arkansas-Missouri League
aka: Arkansas State League
The Arkansas State League/Arkansas-Missouri League was a profession...
Karen Aston (1964–)
Longtime women’s basketball coach Karen Aston first had a successful high school and college playing career....
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ATA Martial Arts
ATA Martial Arts, previously known as the American Taekwondo Association, was founded in 1969 by Haeng Ung Lee...
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"Geese" Ausbie (1938–)
aka: Hubert Ausbie
Hubert “Geese” Ausbie joined the Harlem Globetrotters basketbal...
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Al Baldwin (1923–1994)
Hampered by a chronic bone infection, Al Baldwin underwent five different foot surgeries in high school before...
Miller Westford Barber Jr. (1931–2013)
Miller Barber was a successful professional golfer who played on both the Professional Golf Association (PGA) ...
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Jim "Bad News" Barnes (1941–2002)
Velvet James (Jim) “Bad News” Barnes was an American basketball player and Olympic gold medalist originall...
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John Henry "Barnie" Barnhill (1903–1973)
John Henry Barnhill was a successful head football coach both at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville and ...
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Major League Baseball Players
The game of baseball developed in the nineteenth century and became, along with hot dogs and apple pie, a clas...
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Basketball
Basketball, a uniquely American invention in the history of sports, is one of the most popular sports in Arkan...
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Raymond Henry Bass (1910–1997)
Raymond Henry Bass was an Olympic gold medalist, Gymnastics Hall of Fame honoree, and decorated World War II h...
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Battle of the Ravine
The Battle of the Ravine is the name most frequently used for the annual football game at Arkadelphia (Clark C...
David Bazzel (1963–)
David Bazzel is an Arkansas media personality, public speaker, and sports promoter who came to Arkansas at age...
Gene Bearden (1920–2004)
Gene Bearden was a major league baseball player in the late 1940s and early 1950s. After serving in World War ...
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Earl Holmes Bell (1955–)
Earl Holmes Bell of Jonesboro (Craighead County) is one of the most renowned U.S. men’s pole vaulters and co...
Jesse N. "Buddy" Benson (1933–2011)
Jesse N. “Buddy” Benson earned statewide recognition in Arkansas athletic circles, first as a football pla...