The Northwest Arkansas Gridiron Show ran from 1978-1990, back when newspaper photographers shot primarily black-and-white film. Here are some photos from those days, identified where fading memories allow.
old photos
David Speer, Kathy Vanlaningham, 1980
Edmark,Voorhies, Dan O’Mara, 1986
Billy Bob’s choir boys, 1984 (?)
1980, Charlie Alison at right
Peter Tooker, center, 1982 (?)
Shurlds & Speer, G. Yates (R), 1982
Dave Edmark, front, 1982 (?)
Brenda Blagg, 1986
Miss Liberty, 1986
Scott Vanlaningham as Frank White, 1982
Mike Gauldin, 1983 (?)
“Wouldn’t you like to be a bigot too?” 1980
Edmark and Alison, Ham-A-Lot, 1984
First woman on Supreme Court, 1982
Alison & Shurlds, 1983
Shurlds and Vanlaningham, 1982 (?)
Johann Sebastian Crock (Guy Barnes)
Steve Voorhies, date?
Bill Rogers and Phillip Bruce, 1980
Shurlds, Barnes, & ?, 1982
1982 cast sings the closing song