FAYETTEVILLE -- Former University of Arkansas coaches, players and employees spanning decades and multiple sports are mourning this week following the death of Dave England, a long-time athletic trainer for the Razorbacks.

England died Tuesday at Washington Regional Medical Center, where he had been hospitalized for several days after suffering an aneurysm. He was 69.

"He fought as hard as he could, but his body finally gave out and things moved quickly," his wife, Heather, and daughters Alyson and Jennifer wrote on a CaringBridge page that updated England's condition. "He was peaceful, surrounded by his girls and their husbands, with Springsteen playing -- just as he always made me promise."

Counting his time as a student, England worked more than four decades at Arkansas, including as

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