Name That Obscure Hog

by Arkansas Expats on Aug 23, 2008 12:02 PM CDT in Arkansas Razorback Basketball

Senator Obama's text message was only the second-most anticipated communiqué of the weekend. The first, of course, was our text message informing Americans from sea to shining sea that it's time for another installment of the game they've found more addictive than black-tar heroin. Well, junkies, you no longer have to feel like you've got bugs crawling under your skin: Your fix is here.

Some Hogs are more obscure than others, and we suspect that today's mystery player, pictured above, might be one of the easier ones to name. Still, he's hardly an all-time great, and some of our younger readers likely will have no idea who he is.

A few clues: he was a basketball player under Eddie Sutton; he is a native of the Windy City; as a freshman, he sank a 30-ft., last-second shot to send a game against Texas A&M into overtime; and, oh yeah, he wasn't a bad dunker.

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Tony Brown?
he was a great dunker

by DrMongoose on Aug 23, 2008 2:15 PM CDT reply actions

You are correct, sir. Nice work.

by Stephen on Aug 23, 2008 3:50 PM CDT reply actions

“Down Town” Tony Brown

by GonzoHog on Aug 24, 2008 9:02 AM CDT reply actions

I recall a dunk TB threw down, against Rice I think. It was the last few seconds of the game, Hogs were just killing clock. Tony had the ball out on the wing, and with about 5 seconds to go he took off for the rim. He threw that sucker down so hard the ball bounced off the floor and back up above the rim, as high as the top of the backboard, the way I picture it. The buzzer sounded before the ball came back down. Tony just kept going, headed for the locker room.

by EArHog on Sep 14, 2008 10:49 AM CDT reply actions

Another cool memory from Tony Brown. He was the only one of his contemporary Hogs that could snatch a quarter off the top of the backboard, but if my memory serves, Daryl Walker had a higher vertical leap.

by Brent Rogers on Oct 16, 2008 5:40 AM CDT reply actions