FAYETTEVILLE — When you grow up in an area called Hog Chain, no matter the state, perhaps you’re destined to wind up as an Arkansas Razorback.
Pro Football Hall of Fame receiver Lance Alworth might not have gone to the University of Arkansas after his career as a Brookhaven High Panther just north of Hog Chain, Miss., but for a quirky rule that was somewhat reflective of the Deep South in the late 1950s.
“Well, I was going to Ole Miss and I got married in high school,” Alworth recalled in a recent phone interview. “And Ole Miss at that time didn’t take married football players.