🏈 33 years later.....

[sean]

He's still one of the greatest to ever walk the sidelines.

Remembering Alabama football coach Paul 'Bear' Bryant on the 33rd anniversary of his death

 

[UAgrad93]

I was 12 years old and sitting in a 6th grade classroom when our teacher told us the news. It had been my goal to play football at UA for Coach Bryant. It crushed me when he had announced his retirement a couple of weeks earlier. Then to hear he had died, brought me to tears. Several years later, I would attain a part of that goal by being invited to walk on at UA.

 

[psychojoe]

I was at work when people started getting phone calls-no cell phones or internet back then- but even by word of mouth the news spread quickly. As the old saying goes, 'Bad news travels fast.'

 

[bradenob]

Was coming back from Atlanta on a bus - got back to get picked up by my parents, everyone was so solemn picking us kids up..... Thank you for everything, Coach.

 

[rammerjammer]

I was in 5th grade on the bus ride home when a friend told me, I thought he was joking. I didn't really believe him until I got home and heard it from my dad.

 

[AFF]

I heard it on the radio while driving on 65 North just north of Mobile. I was on my way home to Huntsville after attending my best friend's wedding in Mobile. It was quite literally like losing a close family member. Very difficult 5 hour drive.

 

[Sgt. Lincoln Osiris]

I was 7 yrs old, just gone thru a nasty divorce with a deadbeat dad that didn't teach me anything about life, or sports.

What I know about Bear Bryant, I learned in the late 80s-early 90s, when I became interested in sports on my own.

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[AFF]

So one story goes:

Bryant and John McKay entered a restaurant where Frank Sinatra was dining. Sinatra sent word that the men should come visit his table. Bryant sent back word that Sinatra was welcome to visit their table, and thirty seconds later, there came Frank.​

Here's an SI article reporting his retirement. There's another Sinatra story in the article.

I guess we know who is the REAL Chairman of the Board. LOL

 

[rick4bama]

I was station at Ft. Stewart, Ga. but I heard it over the news on the TV that evening.

 

[AFF]

 

[XXL TideFan]

I was on an aircraft carrier in the Med. Didn't know about it till landing at Bham airport Christmas Eve

 

[PurlJam]

I was at basketball practice, senior year of high school. Our hc got a call, stopped practice, told us and canceled the rest of practice.