Garry was a tough football player and probably one of the toughest guys I ever had to tackle, even though he was two grades behind me as he practiced with the varsity football team. Garry would run straight at you full speed ahead with no reservation and with a very violent result often ensuing.
Garry was a good guy too and fun to be around. I remember watching Arkansas beating Texas in football (42-11) in 1981 at Gregg Ogden’s house. Before the game even ended, we (Gregg, Mark Priest, Tim Taylor and John Siccardi I believe too to name a few) all went straight down to Dickson St. to “celebrate” with Garry leading the charge as a crowd quickly began to swell―soon filling the street. One of the lasting memories I have of that late Saturday afternoon was when a Volkswagen bug was stopped in its tracks by the crowd in middle of Dickson St. with Garry again leading the way. No sooner than when the VW bug was being rocked back and forth by the crowd was it lifted up and turned around in the opposite direction before driving away. By nightfall, I remember people everywhere with bonfires lighting the Dickson St. night.
I’m pretty sure efforts have since been made to secure Dickson St. after big Razorback victories in Fayetteville, but those were certainly fun times. Rest in peace, Garry.
―Eugene Sekiguchi