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Former TCU football coach, sprinter among Hall of Fame class

Two former TCU Horned Frogs are among the 2017 Southwest Conference Hall of Fame class.

TCU sprinter Horatio Porter and All-American defensive lineman for Arkansas Dick Bumpas, who was the defensive coordinator at TCU for 10 seasons, join seven others in the 2017 class, which is sponsored by the Texas Sports Hall of Fame.

Bumpas retired in 2015 after 40 years of coaching. He was an All-American defensive tackle for Arkansas in 1970. TCU led the nation in total defense under Bumpas from 2008-10.

Porter was a five-time All-American sprinter who ran the lead-off leg as a member of the relay team that set the NCAA record in the 4x100 meter relay (38.