Broyles tribute set for Saturday

The Sentinel-Record file photo BROYLES REMEMBERED: Frank Broyles, then-athletic director at the University of Arkansas, visits with attendees at the Barbara Broyles Caregiver Retreat at the Arlington Hotel & Spa June 17, 2006. Broyles passed away Monday at 92 due to complications from Alzheimer's disease, a cause he championed after losing his wife Barbara to the disease in 2004.
The Sentinel-Record file photo BROYLES REMEMBERED: Frank Broyles, then-athletic director at the University of Arkansas, visits with attendees at the Barbara Broyles Caregiver Retreat at the Arlington Hotel & Spa June 17, 2006. Broyles passed away Monday at 92 due to complications from Alzheimer's disease, a cause he championed after losing his wife Barbara to the disease in 2004.

The public is welcome to what the University of Arkansas Fayetteville is calling a celebration of life following the passing of Coach Frank Broyles.

Broyles, 92, died Monday from complications of Alzheimer's disease.

"Broyles spent more than half a century serving the University of Arkansas as a football coach, athletics director and goodwill ambassador," according to a press release.

The tribute will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in Bud Walton Arena. Those attending should enter through the north, south and west entrances and are allowed to bring one bottle of water. No professional video or photography equipment will be permitted.

The tribute will also be streamed live on the WatchESPN application.

NW News on 08/18/2017

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