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Paul William "Bear" Bryant (September 11, 1913 – January 26, 1983) was an American college football player and coach. He is considered by many to be one of the greatest college football coaches of all time, and best known as the head coach of the University of Alabama football team, the Alabama Crimson Tide, from 1958 to 1982.
January 26 – Bear Bryant, American football player and coach (b. 1913) January 27. Georges Bidault, French Resistance leader and politician, 82nd Prime Minister of France (b. 1899) Louis de Funès, French actor (b. 1914) January 28. Frank Forde, Australian politician, 15th Prime Minister of Australia, leader of the World War II (b. 1890)
The Junction Boys were the "survivors" of Texas A&M Aggies football coach Bear Bryant's brutal 10-day summer camp in Junction, Texas, beginning September 1, 1954.The ordeal became the subject of a 2001 book by Jim Dent, The Junction Boys, [1] and a television movie with the same title produced by ESPN, starring Tom Berenger as Bryant.
Thousands attended Paul William "Bear" Bryant's funeral in Tuscaloosa, which was so large that it was held in three churches on Greensboro Avenue.
Jon-Erik Hexum (/ ˈ h ɛ k s əm /; November 5, 1957 – October 18, 1984) was an American actor and model, known for his lead roles in the TV series Voyagers! and Cover Up, and his supporting role as Pat Trammell in the biopic The Bear. He died by an accidental self-inflicted blank cartridge gunshot to the head on the set of Cover Up. [1]
It’d be an understatement to say Bryant was a great coach. During his brief appearance, the Alabama legend shared some interesting conversations from his time with Bear Bryant. Joe Namath ...
In Bryant's autobiography The Bear, he stated that the day Pat died was "the saddest day of my life." [ citation needed ] After Coach Bryant celebrated his 300th college football victory, in 1980, a reprint of an interview by author Clyde Bolton was published in The Birmingham News when he was reflecting back on his success as a football coach ...
Cheryl Cole, who shares a 7-year-old son, Bear, with Liam Payne, criticized "abhorrent reports and media exploitation" in the wake of Payne's death.