This week in Razorback history

Frank Broyles coached Arkansas to a national championship in 1964.

Aug. 10

2008

Cliff Lee, a former Razorback, worked eight shutout innings to lead the Cleveland Indians to a 4-0 victory at Toronto.

1984

The US Olympic basketball team, including Razorbacks Alvin Robertson and Joe Kleine, beat Spain 96-65 at the Forum in Los Angeles to win the gold medal.

The U.S. team, led by Michael Jordan, finished 8-0. Robertson averaged 7.8 points, 2.8 rebounds, 2.1 steals and 2.0 assists and hit 26 of 40 shots. Kleine averaged 3.4 points and 2.0 rebounds and hit 10 of 16 shots and 7 of 8 free throws.

Aug. 11

2012

Former Arkansas sprinter Tyson Gay earned his first Olympic medal — a silver — when he ran on the U.S. 400-meter relay team that finished second in London.

“I’m glad I got the medal,” Gay said. “That’s the part of my heart that was missing. I think I finally filled it.”

2011

Top tailback Knile Davis, a 1,322-yard rusher for the Razorbacks’ Sugar Bowl team the previous season, suffered a broken left ankle just seven plays into the first live-tackling scrimmage of training camp.

The All-SEC running back underwent surgery and missed all of 2011, in which tailbacks Dennis Johnson and Ronnie Wingo split time and the Razorbacks finished 11-2 behind quarterback Tyler Wilson.

2000

Chuck Dicus, an All-American wide receiver at Arkansas in 1969-70, was enshrined in the College Football Hall of Fame in South Bend, Ind.

In an era when teams predominantly ran the ball, Discus formed a potent passing combination with quarterback Bill Montgomery and had 42 receptions for 688 yards in 1969 and 38 catches for 557 yards in 1970.

Dicus’ career stats don’t include his big Sugar Bowl games, because at the time postseason stats weren’t counted. He had an Arkansas bowl-record 12 catches for 169 yards in the 1969 Sugar Bowl against Georgia and 6 catches for an Arkansas bowl-record 171 yards against Ole Miss in the 1970 Sugar Bowl.

1991

Former Razorback John Daly won the PGA Championship, his first of two majors with a 12-under 276 at Crooked Stick Golf Club in Carmel, Ind.

Daly won by three strokes over American Bruce Lietzke.

Aug. 12

2012

Guard Mardracus Wade scored a team-high 24 points and forward Coty Clarke had 18 points and seven rebounds off the bench to lead the Razorbacks to a 129-89 victory over Amici del Campetto, an Italian pro team, in Castellanaza, Italy.

The game marked the opener of an exhibition tour of Italy for the Razorbacks.

Aug. 13

2016

Former Razorback Jarrion Lawson finished fourth in the long jump at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with a best of 27-03/4.

Jeff Henderson, from Sylvan Hills, won the gold medal with a leap of 27-6.

2008

Arkansas and ISP Sports agreed to a 10-year deal that allowed ISP to establish Arkansas Sports Properties and manage all multimedia rights for the UA sports programs.

Under the contract, KATV-TV, Channel 7, gave up the sports rights for the UA, but remained as the flagship station to carry television coverage of the Razorbacks.

Arkansas was guaranteed $73 million during the run of the contract. The $5.7 million in the first year of the deal represented a 67% increase in comparison to the $3.4 million generated the previous year.

In 2010, ISP was bought by IMG Worldwide Inc., a global sports, entertainment and media company, which is now the UA’s multimedia rights holder.

2005

Former Arkansas All-American linebacker Wayne Harris and Razorbacks defensive line coach Tracy Rocker were enshrined into the College Football Hall of Fame in South Bend, Ind.

Harris, from El Dorado, was an All-American as a senior in 1960 when he led the Razorbacks with 174 tackles.

Rocker, who won the Outland Trophy and Lombardi Award as a senior defensive tackle at Auburn in 1988, was an assistant coach for the Razorbacks for five seasons from 2003-07. He is currently South Carolina’s defensive line coach.

Aug. 14

2017

Frank Broyles, who served Arkansas for 50 years as head football coach and athletic director, died at age 92 at his home of complications from Alzheimer’s disease.

The man chosen by the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette as the state’s most influential sports figure of the 20th century came to Fayetteville in December 1957 and never left.

Broyles led the Razorbacks to a 144-58-5 record in 19 seasons from 1958-76, including a share of the 1964 national championship.

As athletic director from 1973-2007, Broyles built an all-sports program and first-class facilities while steering Arkansas from the dying Southwest Conference to the prosperous SEC.

“He did some things at Arkansas when he took over the program that more people than not probably believed couldn’t be done,” said Terry Don Phillips, the former Clemson athletic director who played for Broyles and worked with him as an assistant athletic director, in 2007. “He made you feel that Arkansas could be as good as anybody in America in whatever we did, and then he made it happen.”

Barry Switzer, who led Oklahoma to three national championships and the Dallas Cowboys to a Super Bowl title, was a player and assistant coach under Broyles at Arkansas.

“No one will ever cast the shadow that Frank Broyles has cast over Arkansas, the entire state,” Switzer said in 2007. “Frank Broyles has accomplished more in his life as a coach and as an athletic director than any man who’s ever been in both positions.

“What he contributed to that university and that state is unparalleled.”

Broyles reflected on his Arkansas tenure in December 2004, shortly before his 80th birthday.

“If you ask any person that’s been in this profession if they can match the charmed life I’ve had here at Arkansas, they would say it’s the rarest, rarest, rarest thing there is, to be on the job at one school for this long,” Broyles said. “I’ve always been so pleased and happy. It’s a privilege to have this job, and I’ve never tried to take another job.”

Aug. 15

2016

Former Razorbacks Drew Smyly (Little Rock Central) and Logan Forsythe were key in the Tampa Bay Rays’ 8-2 victory over the San Diego Padres in St. Petersburg, Fla.

Smyly allowed just a solo home run over seven innings of one-hit ball and Forsythe hit his fifth home run in the last 13 games.

2012

Nick Holt, a former Washington defensive coordinator and Idaho coach, was named Arkansas’ on-campus recruiting coordinator.

Holt, 49, replaced Jessica Dorrell, who resigned after being involved in a motorcycle wreck that led to Coach Bobby Petrino’s dismissal.

2008

Former Razorback Cliff Lee pitched a complete game for Cleveland in the Indians’ 3-2 victory over the Los Angeles Angels. Lee had six strikeouts.

2004

Junior Amanda McCurdy, the first Lady Razorback to reach the championship round of a national tournament, fell in 36 holes to Jane Park in the final of the U.S. Amateur Championship at The Kahkwa Club in Erie, Pa.

McCurdy, of El Dorado, was even with Park after the first 18 holes at the par-72, 6,356-yard course, but fell behind midway through the second 18 before bogeying the last hole to lose by two.

“Of course I wish I could have won,” McCurdy said. “I’m a competitor and I hate to come this far and not come out on top, but second place isn’t always that bad … She’s a great champion.”

McCurdy beat Paula Creamer 6 and 4 in the semifinals to advance to the championship.

Aug. 16

2016

Omar McLeod became the first Arkansas male athlete in 24 years to win an individual Olympic goal medal.

McLeod, a three-time NCAA individual champion before turning pro after his sophomore year in 2015, gained the lead quickly in the 110-meter hurdles and pulled away to win in 13.05 seconds in Rio de Janeiro.

Before McLeod, Mike Conley was the last Razorback male athlete to win individual gold, taking the triple jump at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.

2012

Texas Rangers outfielder Craig Gentry (Fort Smith Christian), a former Razorback, turned a spot start into a tie-breaking hit to help the Rangers beat New York 10-6 at Yankee Stadium.

Gentry started for the first time in two weeks and his two-out, two-run single in the seventh inning put the Rangers ahead 7-5.

Gentry delivered his first hit since July 29 and tied a career-best with his two RBI.