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Forty one years ago tomorrow
Posted on 1/25/24 at 9:29 pm
Posted on 1/25/24 at 9:29 pm
1/26/83
Coach Bryant passed away.. if you are old enough to remember, you know exactly where you were when you heard the news.
It was a sad sad day for the State , the South and across the Nation.
Some say Saban is the GOAT.. perhaps he is… but if he is 1A, Bryant is 1A-
Paul William Bryant is the patriarch of Alabama Football!
We love you Coach and we miss you!
Coach Bryant passed away.. if you are old enough to remember, you know exactly where you were when you heard the news.
It was a sad sad day for the State , the South and across the Nation.
Some say Saban is the GOAT.. perhaps he is… but if he is 1A, Bryant is 1A-
Paul William Bryant is the patriarch of Alabama Football!
We love you Coach and we miss you!
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Posted on 1/25/24 at 9:32 pm to cmayes56
I was 6 years old, but I remember it all over the TV. I also remember watching the funeral procession on television.
Posted on 1/25/24 at 9:38 pm to cmayes56
I was almost 3 years old.
We lived in Jackson, MS, at the time. My parents saved the Jackson newspaper (Clarion Ledger) with the articles of him passing.
I have them now.
Pretty surreal how a neighboring state's largest newspaper dedicated almost 20 pages to a rival football coach after his death.
We lived in Jackson, MS, at the time. My parents saved the Jackson newspaper (Clarion Ledger) with the articles of him passing.
I have them now.
Pretty surreal how a neighboring state's largest newspaper dedicated almost 20 pages to a rival football coach after his death.
Posted on 1/25/24 at 9:42 pm to cmayes56
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you know exactly where you were when you heard the news.
I was in elementary school. I had a hall pass, and was walking from the bathroom back to my classroom and they announced it on the school PA.
Posted on 1/25/24 at 10:00 pm to cmayes56
WASHINGTON -- President Reagan Thursday praised Paul 'Bear' Bryant, the late Alabama football coach, for making 'legends out of ordinary people.'
Reagan said of Bryant, who died Wednesday at 69:
'Today we Americans lost a hero who always seemed larger than life.
Paul 'Bear' Bryant won more college football games than any other coach in history, and he made legends out of ordinary people. Only four weeks ago, we held our breath then cheered when the 'Bear' notched his final victory in a game named, fittingly, the Liberty Bowl.
'He was a hard, but loved taskmaster. Patriotic to the core, devoted to his players, and inspired by a winning spirit that would not quit, 'Bear' Bryant gave his country the gift of a life unsurpassed. In making the impossible seem easy, he lived what we strived to be.'
Reagan said of Bryant, who died Wednesday at 69:
'Today we Americans lost a hero who always seemed larger than life.
Paul 'Bear' Bryant won more college football games than any other coach in history, and he made legends out of ordinary people. Only four weeks ago, we held our breath then cheered when the 'Bear' notched his final victory in a game named, fittingly, the Liberty Bowl.
'He was a hard, but loved taskmaster. Patriotic to the core, devoted to his players, and inspired by a winning spirit that would not quit, 'Bear' Bryant gave his country the gift of a life unsurpassed. In making the impossible seem easy, he lived what we strived to be.'
Posted on 1/25/24 at 10:36 pm to cmayes56
I was teaching in north Florida and asked if we could put the flag at half mast.
Posted on 1/25/24 at 11:49 pm to cmayes56
I was in the 6th grade. Everyday at PE, we would always play football and I was playing for Coach Bryant. When he retired, it hurt, because I wanted so bad to go to BAMA and play for the Legend that my Dad and uncles had raised me to watch. When they announced Coach Bryant’s death over the PA, I cried like he was my family. Several years later, OL Coach Jim Fuller came to my school to recruit me. Even though I got injured my senior season, Coach Fuller extended a walk on offer and I partially fulfilled my dream of putting on that Crimson jersey. Only thing missing was Coach Bryant. When Coach Stallings arrived, it was a VERY CLOSE SECOND!!!
Posted on 1/26/24 at 11:30 am to cmayes56
I was 14 yrs old and just returned home from a dentist appointment when my mother answered the phone. She immediately started crying so I knew something bad had happened again. My older brother had just been killed in a car accident a few weeks earlier in Birmingham.
Posted on 1/26/24 at 11:56 am to cmayes56
I was driving north of Marianna FL in that section of highway that used to be canopied by oak trees for the longest strip of road. It was cold and rainy that day and Coach Bryant’s death just added to dreariness.
Posted on 1/26/24 at 2:43 pm to cmayes56
I'll be 60 years old tomorrow. I remember finding out buying a pack of smokes on the way home from work from a little old lady. Time flies.
Posted on 1/26/24 at 6:45 pm to cmayes56
I was 2 months old
Posted on 1/28/24 at 5:49 pm to cmayes56
quote:
Coach Bryant passed away.. if you are old enough to remember, you know exactly where you were when you heard the news.
I wasn't even a Bama fan then and I remember.
The GOAT.
Posted on 1/28/24 at 9:13 pm to cmayes56
I was a sophomore in college. I went to Bear’s last three games. Had a blast at the Liberty Bowl. I will tell that story someday. But when I heard the news I was driving to traffic court. I had passed a car driving about 15 mph leaving my subdivision. Because I was not “fully” back in my lane when I entered onto a bridge (two lane bridge), it’s considered reckless driving. I wasn’t even speeding. Anyway I sorta won the case. But I was not able to process what had happened untill on my way home from court. I watched the funeral at a commuter lounge on campus. Remember as though it just happened.
This post was edited on 1/29/24 at 11:26 am
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