LITTLE ROCK -- An Arkansas sports autograph hound would have been in hog heaven Sunday at the Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame's tribute to broadcasting legend Pat Summerall.

Former Razorback basketball centers Joe Kleine and Scott Hastings mingled with the crowd of 300 people, towering over admirers and leaning down to shake hands.

Eight-time Pro Bowl defensive tackle Cortez Kennedy, who went from the small town of Wilson in eastern Arkansas to the University of Miami and the Seattle Seahawks before retiring two years ago, ambled about, smiling and greeting friends.

Summerall, 71, whose time on the Razorback football team predates even the era of longtime coach Frank Broyles, now athletic director, posed for pictures with former receiver Preston Carpenter, like Summerall an NFL veteran.

The 71-year-old Broyles was there, too, looking none the worse for the battle he is waging against prostate cancer. "I'm doing fine, thanks,'' he said in response to an inquiry about his health.

Archie Manning, one of the speakers who paid tribute to Summerall, was kept busy greeting old friends and new acquaintances who remembered the NFL and Ole Miss teams he quarterbacked.

Rex Nelson, a top aide to Gov. Mike Huckabee, corralled Summerall to get the broadcaster's autograph -- for Nelson's 9-year-old son, the political operative specified.

Also in the crowd were former Arkansas State football coach Larry Lacewell and current ASU coach Steve Roberts.

And lining the walls of the banquet room at a west Little Rock hotel were tables and tables of sports memorabilia, all autographed and all for sale in a silent auction.

A basketball with Michael Jordan's moniker scrawled on the pebbly surface was going for $250. A framed combination of pictures and a magazine cover signed by home-run sluggers Sammy Sosa and Mark McGwire had drawn the most bids, moving from a minimum of $180 up to $225 after five bidders had each exceeded the previous offer.

A large, framed photograph of the recently deceased Ted Williams was also getting top dollar. The picture of the man hailed by many as the top hitter of all time had drawn a $200 bid.

Other tables offered a football signed by Manning and both his sons, Peyton and Eli, also SEC quarterbacks; a bat signed by Detroit Lions standout George Kell of Swifton; a football helmet signed by Razorback and NFL standout Billy Ray Smith Jr.; a Dale Earnhardt plaque bearing his signature; a Rice jersey signed by that school's current coach and former Razorback coach Ken Hatfield.

The money from the auction will benefit the Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame, according to executive director Ray Tucker.

This was only the fourth year for the annual Pat Summerall golf tournament staged by the hall.

But for 21 years -- first at CBS and then, since 1994, at Fox -- Summerall and John Madden were a team for NFL broadcasts, with Summerall as the play-by-play man. He announced before this year's Super Bowl that it would be the last broadcast for the team.

Summerall was involved with the NFL for 50 years as a player and broadcaster. He kicked 100 field goals in 10 seasons and then broadcast more than 1,000 games in the next 40.