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'Rabbit' Burnett had charmed coaching career
With kickoff approaching, preseason goes to dogs
By DAVID GRIMES
Special to The Log Cabin

(EDITOR'S NOTE: This is another in a series by Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame director David Grimes about inductees into the hall with Faulkner County connections):

Raymond "Rabbit" Burnett was inducted into the Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame in 1974 along with Jack Robbins, Goose Tatum and Hendrix standout John R. Thompson.

Born in Newhope in 1914, Burnett was a football and basketball star at Atkins High School in the late 1920s. He originally played at University of Central Arkansas' archrival Arkansas Tech, where he was All-AIC in football in 1935...