Bama Trivia... on this day
July 24, 1942
 

All of college football is in for a dramatic change this fall with a number of players and coaches having been inducted into the armed services. Coach Frank Thomas of Alabama says his coaches Hank Crisp, Red Drew, Tilden Campbell and Ed Hickerson are all in the armed services while he reports players Vaughn Stewart, Morton Kimball, Lloyd Wise, Howard Hughes, Mackey McCoy, Carl Mims, Herman Beard, Linday Lauro, John Suski, Louis Godfrey, Red Billings and Buel St. John are also defending the USA and obviously not playing football this fall.

  

 
 
 

 

The Paul W. Bryant Museum is open daily
9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Nothing but a winner. That's how he described himself even before he broke the record that made him the "winningest" coach in the history of big-time college football. Even though he is gone, today's University team shares a secret with Coach Paul William "Bear" Bryant. It's knowing what victory demands of you every day of your life.

Football got Bryant out from behind a plow and in front of a crowd when he was growing up in Morro Bottom, Arkansas. He earned a scholarship to Alabama through his size, strength, and spirit. He returned to Alabama as a coach because he said "Mama called." She needed him.

Bryant was national coach of the year three times, SEC coach of the year eight times, coached six national championship teams and on November 28, 1981, he became the winningest coach in the history of college football. Bryant retired from coaching with an astonishing 323 victories.

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