A group of 10 will be inducted into the 2024 Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame on Friday, April 19, at the Statehouse Convention Center in Little Rock.
The 66th annual induction banquet will recognize Carla Crowder, who has coached girls’ basketball for 40 years; Glen Day, a golfer who has been featured in the top 50 of the Official World Golf Rankings; Jeff Glasbrenner, a para-athlete known for his accomplishments in basketball, triathlons and mountaineering; Peyton Hillis, former Razorback football player who went on to play for the Denver Broncos, Cleveland Browns, Kansas City Chiefs and New York Giants; and former Razorback Jason Peters, a seven-time Pro Bowler who also won Super Bowl LII with the Philadelphia Eagles.
In the senior/posthumous category, inductees include Al Flanigan, a member of the SAU 500-Point Club who went on to successfully coach Little Rock Parkview into 7 state and 11 conference championships; Butch Gardner, who, as of 2020, still holds career-scoring records at Harding University with 2,255 career points in basketball; ASGA Hall of Famer Ed Harris, who was named the ASGA’s Golfer of the Decade for the 1990s; Eric Jackson, an employee of Oaklawn since 1978 who help found Instant Racing, which helped Oaklawn recover from the 1990’s slump; and former Razorback quarterback Ryan Mallett, who went on to place for the New England Patriots, Houston Texans and Baltimore Ravens. Mallett tragically died in June of this year in a swimming accident.
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