Frank Broyles
Frank Broyles (center) with Vic Snyder and Mike Ross (right)
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| Sport(s) | Football |
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| Biographical details | |
| Born |
December 26, 1924 Decatur, Georgia |
| Playing career | |
| 1943–1944, 1946 | Georgia Tech |
| Position(s) | Quarterback |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1947–1949 | Baylor (assistant) |
| 1950 | Florida (assistant) |
| 1951–1956 | Georgia Tech (OC) |
| 1957 | Missouri |
| 1958–1976 | Arkansas |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1974–2007 | Arkansas |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 149–62–6 |
| Bowls | 4–6 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 1 National (1964) 7 SWC (1959–1961, 1964–1965, 1968, 1975) |
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| Awards | |
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AFCA Coach of the Year (1964) Sporting News College Football COY (1964) |
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College Football Hall of Fame Inducted in 1983 (profile) |
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John Franklin Broyles (born December 26, 1924) is a former American football player and coach, athletics administrator, and broadcaster. He served as the head football coach at the University of Missouri in 1957 and at the University of Arkansas from 1958 to 1976. Broyles also was Arkansas' athletic director from 1974 until his retirement on December 31, 2007.
As a head football coach, Broyles compiled a record of 149–62–6. His mark of 144–58–5 in 19 seasons is the most for any coach in Arkansas history. With Arkansas, Broyles won seven Southwest Conference titles and his 1964 team was named a national champion by a number of selectors including the Football Writers Association of America. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1983.
After his graduation from Decatur Boys High School, Broyles studied at Georgia Tech, where he was a quarterback from 1944 to 1946. He graduated from Georgia Tech with a degree in Industrial Management. He led the Georgia Tech football team to four bowl appearances. He was named Southeastern Conference Player of the Year in 1944. Until Michigan quarterback Tom Brady broke his record in 2000, Broyles held the Orange Bowl record for most passing yards in a game and is a member of the Orange Bowl, Gator Bowl, and Cotton Bowl Classic Halls of Fame and the Georgia Tech Hall of Fame. Broyles was later drafted by the Chicago Bears in the third round of the 1946 NFL Draft.
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