FAYETTEVILLE — George McKinney, who played quarterback and safety for the University of Arkansas on three consecutive Southwest Conference championship teams from 1959-61, died Monday night in Knoxville, Tenn. He was 82.
McKinney, who came to Arkansas from Texarkana, Texas, was one of three captains on the 1961 team along with John Childress and Harold Horton.
“Back in those days your teammates elected you captain,” Horton said Tuesday. “So that tells you what his teammates thought of George.
“With his passing, we all feel that loss. Everyone of his teammates feels it, because George was a good friend to all of us.