Paul Bryant biography at QuotationFun

A Short Biography of Paul Bryant

Author Name:

Paul Bryant

Born As:

Paul Bryant

Other Names:

Bear Bryant

Born:

11 Sep 1913

Died:

26 Jan 1983




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College football coach                          
                          
He was the 11th of 12 children born to William Monroe and Ida Kilgore Bryant.                          
Head coach of the University of Alabama football team. for 25 years.

Presidential Medal of Freedom - 1983
A movie, The Bear - 1984, with Gary Busey and Jon-Erik Hexum. Written by Michael Kane, directed by Richard C. Sarafian, and produced by James A. Hearn and Larry G. Spangler.                          
He wrestled a muzzled bear for a theater promotion, after which he was given the nickname "Bear”, when  he was 13 years old.