UA to honor late Gayle Hopkins
The funeral service for Arizona’s 1964 NCAA long jump champion and Tokyo Olympics long jumper Gayle Hopkins is Monday at 11 a.m., at Brings Funeral Home, 6910 E. Broadway. At 3 p.m., Monday, the UA will honor Hopkins, an associate athletic director at the school for 27 years. A celebration of his life will be held at the Jim Click Hall of Champions. The UA will plant a tree on the lawn adjacent to McKale Center in Hopkins’ memory.
