Coach Bear Bryant - begins coaching at University of Alabama

Artist: Kaitlynn Taylor
School: Lincoln Elementary, Lincoln

"Coach Bear Bryant begins coaching at University of Alabama"

1983 January 26: Alabamians are shocked and saddened when retired University of Alabama football coach Paul "Bear" Bryant dies suddenly from a heart attack. Bryant began coaching at Alabama in 1958 and went on to win six national championships with the team. In 1981 he became football's "winningest" coach with 315 victories.



Return to Archives Week Art main page

Created: October 11, 2007
http://www.archives.alabama.gov/2007Archives_Week_art/Kaitlynn_Taylor.html
Alabama Department of Archives & History
624 Washington Avenue
Montgomery, Alabama 36130-0100
Phone: (334) 242-4435
E-Mail:Debbie.Pendleton@archives.alabama.gov 		ADAH logo