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June 7, 2011
Though best known as the football coach and athletic director at the University of Arkansas (UA) in Fayetteville (Washington County), John “Barnie” Barnhill was an accomplished college football player in his own right. As an offensive and defensive guard at the University of Tennessee, he lettered from 1925 to 1927 and was named to the All-Southern teams during his last two years of competition. He is shown here as the team captain in this 1927 photograph.