Eighth in a series profiling the nine newest members of the Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame. Induction ceremonies will be held Friday at the Statehouse Convention Center in Little Rock.
The company Larry Jackson is about to keep would have brought a smile to his face, his wife Tammy says.
Six and a half years after he was struck and killed by lightning on a beach in the Bahamas, Jackson will be inducted into the Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame.
Larry Jackson
at a glance
POSITION Linebacker
FAMILY Wife Tammy, daughter Shannan, son Skyler, granddaughter Aubrianna
NOTEWORTHY Named to Arkansas’ All-Decade team for the 1970s.