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Paul “Bear” Bryant History

University of Alabama Crimson Tide

Bryant’s arrival at the University of Alabama as a head coach in 1958 marked a turning point in the school’s football history. Over the next 25 years, he guided the Crimson Tide to a triumphant era, redefining the standards of excellence. Under his leadership, the team secured an impressive six national championships, cementing his status as an icon in college football coaching. Bryant’s influence extended beyond the field, as he emphasized discipline, teamwork, and character development. His unique blend of strategic brilliance and motivational mastery propelled his teams to victory and his players to greatness.

The mentor who turned the Crimson Tide around, he was named the NCAA’s Coach of the 1960s. His teams toured the bowl circuit : Orange, Cotton, Sugar, Gator, Liberty, Bluebonnet – 24 in all. When he retired, Bryant had won more games than any other coach in college football history (323). In 25 years, he coached Alabama to 25 winning seasons, 24 bowl games, and six national championships. Br

Bear Bryant

American football coach (1913–1983)

Bryant in 1973

Born(1913-09-11)September 11, 1913
Moro Bottom, Arkansas, U.S.
DiedJanuary 26, 1983(1983-01-26) (aged 69)
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, U.S.
1933–1935Alabama
Position(s)End
1936 (spring)Union (TN) (line)
1936–1939Alabama (line)
1940–1941Vanderbilt (line)
1942Georgia Pre-Flight (ends)
1944North Carolina Pre-Flight (line)
1945Maryland
1946–1953Kentucky
1954–1957Texas A&M
1958–1982Alabama
1954–1957Texas A&M
1958–1983Alabama
Overall323–85–17
Bowls15–12–2
6 national (1961, 1964, 1965, 1973, 1978, 1979)
14 SEC (1950, 1961, 1964–1966, 1971–1975, 1977–1979, 1981)
1 SWC (1956)
  • 3× AFCA Coach of the Year (1961, 1971, 1973)
  • 12× SEC Coach of the Year (1950, 1959, 1961, 1964, 1965, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1977–1979, 1981)
  • Third-team All-American (1935)
  • Second-team All-SEC (1934)
College Football Hall of Fame
Inducted in 1986 (profile)

Paul William "Bear" Bryant (September 11, 1913 – January 26, 1983) was

September 11, 1913 – Paul William Bryant is born in Moro Bottoms near Moro Creek in southern Arkansas. Moro Bottom was a three-square mile plot of land where seven families lived.

He is the 11th of 12 children borne by Ida Kilgore and Wilson Monroe Bryant. Three of the Bryant children had died in infancy.

1924 – The Bryant family moves to nearby Fordyce, Ark., a town of 3,600 people.

1926 – Paul Bryant goes out for football and plays in the first game he ever sees. He has cleats screwed into his shoes, the only pair he owns, and wears them everywhere he goes.

1927 – The young teenager goes to the Lyric Theatre in Fordyce. where anyone who will wrestle a bear can win a dollar a minute. Bryant wrestles the bear but the owner and the bear escape without paying. He didn’t get the buck but he got a nickname.

1930 – Paul ‘Bear’ Bryant leads his high school team, the Fordyce Red Bugs to a perfect season and a state championship.

1931 – Alabama assistant coach Hank Crisp com

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