Frank Broyles
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"John Franklin Broyles" 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 constitutes the record number of wins by a coach in Arkansas Razorbacks football history. With Arkansas, Broyles won seven Southwest Conference titles and his 1964 Arkansas Razorbacks football team/1964 team was named a NCAA Division I FBS national football championship/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.

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