Jerry Lamb's teammates on the University of Arkansas football team remembered him as being a player who mostly led by example, but spoke up when the Razorbacks needed it the most.
An All-Southwest Conference receiver as a senior on the Razorbacks' 1964 team that finished 11-0 and won a share of the national championship with Alabama, Lamb died Monday in Little Rock. He was 78.
"Jerry was a genuine teammate that everybody respected and was glad to be with, but he was quiet," said Ken Hatfield, a defensive back and kick returner for the 1964 Razorbacks. "He wasn't a rah-rah type of guy.