Where in the World is Eugene Nash?

Wanted: Eugene NashAs Stephen so eloquently explained in a recent post, the Razorback Expats organization has always had a particular fascination with basketball walk-ons…those unsung heroes who would dominate mere mortals in a pickup game, yet ride the pine while the big names do battle on the court.

In the pantheon of Razorback walk-ons, no star shines brighter than that of Eugene Nash, that legendary crowd favorite from the mid-Eddie Sutton era. However, his tale has largely been lost to history…a sad state of affairs that we are now seeking to correct.

So, if you know Eugene Nash, have information about his whereabouts or, best of all, actually are Eugene Nash, please contact us at razorbackexpats at yahoo dot com. We would very much like to track him down and conduct an informal interview to share his story with the world (and give us the chance to chat with one of our favorite ex-Hogs).

Filed under: walk ons, Basketball — John at 4:54 pm on Wednesday, January 23, 2008

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Comment by freethrow

January 23, 2008 @ 7:17 pm

http://www.hsstm-digital.com/hsstm/200711_arkansas/?pg=28

Comment by Razorback Expats

January 23, 2008 @ 7:23 pm

Freethrow, you are obviously a genius. This is great stuff!

Keep those bits of information coming, folks.

Thanks,
John

Comment by hogcaller

January 24, 2008 @ 6:49 pm

Ellis Johnson to South Carolina! Already trouble in the ranks?

On the subject of favorite walk-ons, Clark Irwin has left the football team. You may remember his stellar holds for field goals and extra points this past season. Proud to say that there were no botched holds though I always told him he should bobble it on purpose to run/throw for a touchdown.

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January 24, 2008 @ 8:03 pm

[…] * Don’t Forgot: Help us find this man. […]

Comment by Mike Otten

January 25, 2008 @ 6:28 pm

I think Eugene (The dunking machine) Nash is from Turrell Arkansas. Might be a good place to start looking.

Comment by Mike Otten

January 26, 2008 @ 10:11 pm

Correction on my last comment. Eugene is from Tyronza not Turrell. Good luck

Comment by OldskoolJT

January 27, 2008 @ 10:42 am

This might be a longshot but….

I worked at Tyson Foods in the early to mid 90s. When I left, Eugene was still working there. That headshot of him in the magazine with his daughter could have been taken at Tyson Foods.

Migj\ht be worth a shot to dail up the corpoate office and ask for Eugene…

Comment by Whit E. Knight

January 28, 2008 @ 10:37 am

In the latest edition of Where’s Eugene, here is a cached Google link from earlier this month:

http://66.102.9.104/search?q=cache:Phs68EEDV5sJ:www.nwaonline.net/articles/2008/01/17/sports/011608htmmaybtournwrap.txt+Arkansas+basketball+%22Eugene+Nash%22&hl=hr&ct=clnk&cd=7&gl=hr

You might also consider www.whitepages.com for Fayetteville, there is a Eugene J. Nash and spouse listed there who appear to be the correct age.

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January 29, 2008 @ 2:13 pm

[…] we announced that we were unleashing the awe-inspiring full power of this blog and its readers on the project of tracking down legendary basketball walk-on Eugene Nash. Without spoiling any surprises, I’m happy to report that we’ve made significant […]

Comment by Michael

January 29, 2008 @ 2:46 pm

Remember when they used to print a full-page photo of one player in the newsprint programs they handed out at the basketball games?! I remember one night, when Nash’s photo was in the program, the Hogs were up by double digits, and it was EUGENE time! … every one opened their programs to his picture and yelled “EU-GENE! EU-GENE!” until finally Eddie put him in.

Gee, it sure was great back when we had a basketball team…

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February 13, 2008 @ 4:19 am

[…] few weeks ago, we asked for your help in tracking down former walk-on Eugene Nash, one of our all-time favorite Raz…. We’re happy to report that, thanks to the subsequent tips, we were able to do so. Today, […]

Comment by smith46

June 11, 2008 @ 7:06 pm

eugene nash can be found any giving weeek end in the summer in a gym teaching our younger ones good sportmanship my daughter pla ball for him from 5th grae thro high school eugene your are a super man thank you brenda and nicole

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