Bear bryant

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When Paul "Bear" Bryant wasn't leading the Alabama Crimson Tide to national championships, he played tambourine and dominoes and wore a beret.

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College Football Coach. He is best remembered as the longtime head coach of the University of Alabama Crimson Tide football team. During his 25-year tenure as Alabama's head football coach, he accumulated six national championships (1961, 1964, 1965, 1973, 1978, and 1979) and thirteen conference championships, along...

Coach Paul Bryant "The Bear" with his famous stand next to the goalpost

(AP Photo/ Butch Dill)Florida coach Urban Meyer speaks to the media during a news conference at the Southeastern Conference football Media Days in Hoover, Ala., on Thursday, July 23, 2009. HOOVER, Ala. -- Controversial Press-Register sports columnist Paul Finebaum created...

Paul "Bear" Bryant and his famous pose leaning on the goal post.

Great Pair...Joe and Bear!!!!

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