ARKANSAS SPORTS HALL OF FAME HARRY JONES:
SI high jinks
Jones’ cover appearance feted, not fretted, in 1965
Wingback Harry Jones was the first Arkansas football player to make the cover of Sports Illustrated, a copy of which hangs in a frame behind him. “I was totally in awe of that,” said Jones, who played five seasons in the NFL after three seasons with Arkansas.
By
Tom Murphy
Saturday, January 28, 2012
This is the fourth in a series profiling the 11 individuals and one team that will be inducted into the Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame on Feb. 3 at Verizon Arena in North Little Rock. — Arkansas football’s most golden era, the mid-1960 s, produced one national championship team and an abundance of folklore.
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Sports, Pages 23 on 01/28/2012
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billypaul says...
Harry Jones was ELECTRIC when he touched the ball. After those two interception returns for touchdowns, it was obvious - even to a teenager at the time - that Harry belonged on offense. Great story for one of my favorite Razorbacks of all time. Glad to see this honor for Harry.
January 28, 2012 at 9:47 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
dwp007 says...
Run Harry run... Great story.
January 28, 2012 at 6:56 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
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