Richard Bell, a captain on Frank Broyles’ first Arkansas football team who went on to have a long career as a college coach, died Saturday. He was 88.
Bell’s death at an assisted living facility in the Atlanta suburb of Woodstock, Ga., was confirmed by his son Murray.
“In my lifetime I would say he would be in the top three in terms of the man that he was, just his character and his beliefs and the way he lived his life was just so, so impressive,” said Tim Horton, the former Arkansas player and assistant coach who worked with Bell at the Air Force Academy from 1999-2005.