re: Fun Fact: Alabama football's worst loss EVER?

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Brings to perspective all those fans who want to call a war hero a "cheating drunk", huh?

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I did find the rest of the story from the reference.

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Bryant disobeyed the order, saving the lives of his men. Two hundred others died. He was later granted an honorable discharge to train recruits and coach the North Carolina Navy Pre-Flight football team. One of the players he coached for the Navy was the future Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback Otto Graham. While in the Navy, Bryant attained the rank of Lieutenant Commander.

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It turns out that the US Navy felt that the best way for Bryant to serve his country was to coach football.