"I just don't know what's going to happen to him," Varner said. ear Bryant surrounded himself with people he could trust, and he trusted nobody more than Billy Varner, a tough, barrel-chested African-American. Last week, after 23 years of mostly losing seasons, UAB President Ray Watts announced that the 2014 football season would be the last for UAB. Since then, Moore says, daughters of Joe Namath and Ken Stabler have attended Alabama on . Roll Tide!" (File Photo/ The Huntsville TImes) The Huntsville Times, Former Alabama student Tammy Rogers at graveside service for Alabama coach Paul 'Bear' Bryant at Elmwood Cemetery in Birmingham, Ala. on Friday Jan. 28, 1983. His voice is deep and trails off when he's unsure. All rights reserved (About Us). Please update it here. He looks back at the Liberty Bowl photograph. Photo by Dave Dieter HVT, Buy newspaper front pages, posters and more. (File Photo/ The Huntsville TImes) The Huntsville Times. University of Kentucky Libraries Special Collections Research Center. Wilson's father added his own nod of approval, replying loudly, though muffled by a bite of hot dog, "Rollf Tfide! He says something else, his voice deep, the sentences trailing off. There is certainly regret in Bryant's choice of devotional. A few days before the game, as a television crew interviewed him, Bryant walked by and cracked, "Don't rush yourself, Billy, I'll bring the car around. "My name is Chase Bryant Duncan," said a teenager, proudly pointing to his nametag as he stood in the food line on the lawn of the Paul W. Bryant Museum with his family. Bryant's family and friends fiercely guard his legacy, but this omerta brings with it an accidental cost. ", Paul 'Bear' Bryant's name persists in Alabama fans, Inside the big-money battle that could decide the ACC's future. She was accompanied by her son, Paul Bryant Jr., and daughter, Mae Martin Tyson. Billy's voice drops back down, and the words press together, a slurry of confusion and rearranged thoughts, part truth, part fiction. 1983 Press Photo Alabama-Air view of Coach "Bear" Bryant's funeral procession, Alabama-Air view of Coach "Bear" Bryant's funeral procession The Birmingham News, Mae Martin Bryant Tyson, Stella Gray, Anna Laurie, The daughter of Alabama coach Paul "Bear" Bryant, Mae Martin Bryant Tyson, left, and son Paul Bryant Jr., right, attend a memorial service on the campus at Tuscaloosa, Ala., Jan. 27, 1983. Paul W. Bryant Jr. - Wikipedia "It's my daddy's middle name!" Susie can tell you what she saw, but that's it. According to Social Security records, since 1959 there have been 1,403 Bryants born in Alabama -- so many that it piqued the curiosity of the Bear's original namesake, Paul William "Bear" Bryant Jr. After a lifetime of hearing "I was named for your daddy," it was Junior who approached the museum that honors his father with the idea of compiling a database of those whose names do the same. He said he asked Esquire for a retraction, but William M. Adler, the freelance writer of the article, said he stood by the story. Football The Birmingham News, By Steve Gates - Fans watch Bear Bryant's funeral procession from the Woodstock overpass on I-59. The 68-year-old son of late football coaching legend Bear Bryant has had successful business ventures in everything from catfish farming to concrete, from dog tracks to casinos and from banks to reinsurance. Bryant Jr.,today, is perhaps as close as we get to someone who seemingly fits the meaning of Churchill's quote: something or someone that is immensely puzzling to figure out or extraordinarily complex to fully understand, often relying on hyperbole and occasionally sarcasm to describe. Because of the overflow crowd, the service also was piped into the nearby First Baptist Church, which seated 1,300, and the Presbyterian Church, which accommodates 600. [1] He was described by The Birmingham News as "among the most private of men, largely a mystery to many."[1]. In his late 20s, Bryant helped organize Peoples Bank of Tuscaloosa, which was merged into AmSouth in the early 1980s, with AmSouth later merging with Regions Bank. Community Rules apply to all content you upload or otherwise submit to this site. Billy saw him weak and insecure. We're going into the stadium. He died on Jan. 26, 1983, only a few weeks after his final game on the sideline, the '82 Liberty Bowl. Bryant, at the time less well-known, lived in the historic Redmont home shortly after he married Mary Harmon in June 1935. He laughs at himself when he recenters. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Advance Local. [2] He went on to establish more tracks in Texas (for example in La Marque, Texas), Idaho, and Iowa. "I host the family holidays here at my house in Tuscaloosa, and we have so many Pauls and Marys and Mays that I have to draw up place cards for everyone and I have to use a very sophisticated system of last initials. "That's him," she says, standing so he can sit. Buy what you want, he told her, not what you need. Bryant coached the Tide for 25 years, from 1958 to 1982. Use of and/or registration on any portion of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement, Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement, and Your Privacy Choices and Rights (each updated 1/26/2023). "I met a lot of business people through my parents," Bryant told Bloomberg, acknowledging the obvious connections his famous name brought. Cookie Settings/Do Not Sell My Personal Information. The magazine quoted Bryant, who owned GreeneTrack in Greene County at the time, as saying that the dog track was frequented by low-class, welfare blacks.. Paul William "Bear" Bryant would have turned 100 on Wednesday, and the grandson made famous by photos of him walking off the field with the man he calls "Papa" is now 50. But that doesn't mean Bryant views football as unimportant. Varner went home to rest, and that's where he was when the phone rang again. just to see how many people would turn around. He has also commissioned two books by Delbert Teed honoring Alabama alumni who served in World War II: When Winning Was Everything: Alabama Football Players in World War II and All of Us Fought the War. Paul W. Bryant, Jr. is the son of the late Paul W. Bryant and Mary Harmon Black Bryant. Patsy Abbott said it pointedly -- like, literally pointing at her grandson as he waited to build a bear. He collapsed once from nervous exhaustion, chain-smoked cigarettes, ripped the filters off ones he bummed, passed out on couches, checked into alcohol rehab. Paul Bryant Jr. Profiles | Facebook That's what he called him, like it was a Southern debutante's double name. Yes, Bear died, but He is risen. Paul William Bryant (1913 - 1983) - Genealogy - geni family tree From 2000 to 2015, he was a member of the Board of Trustees of The University of Alabama System. The price for memories is regret, and somewhere in the middle of all this, Billy considers how he spent his life. The Huntsville Times, Press Photo Bud Wilkinson at Funeral for Bear Bryant, Football Coach, Bud Wilkinson at Funeral for Bear Bryant, Football Coach The Huntsville Times. "I don't ever talk to him now," Billy says. Paul Bryant Jr., at this time 38 and an established businessman with concerns in real estate, agriculture and dog racing tracks as well as a new reinsurance company, which insures insurance. He rushed back to the hospital, and when he saw the look on the team trainer's face, he knew. He got his bartender a badge and a gun. But I got it. It was the first and only time he heard Bryant talk like that, and he realized that maybe his boss was a lonely man. The John C. Wyatt photographs (LHL) consist of an estimated 2 million unique photographic negatives spanning the years 1939-2001. Kobe . The Birmingham News. He puts a finger over his lips and says, "Shhh." He'd eaten some sausage, and it upset his stomach is all. Paul Bryant Obituary (2006) - Phoenix, AZ - The Arizona Republic "That's him up there," he says. Help me understand the power of Paul Bryant, Jr. | SEC Rant They hoped that through him they might better understand the coach. "I know I've made this journey," he told a reporter just before his final season. John C. Wyatt Lexington Herald-Leader photographs. Bryant's son, Paul Bryant Jr., remembers his father's birthday more than the anniversary of his death, but for most Alabama fans, everything changed "the day Bear Bryant died." John C. Wyatt Lexington Herald-Leader photographs, https://lhlphotoarchive.org/ark:/16417/th71m0q2fr6vl, This item is 1 of 3716 items in the series ". Paul William Bryant Jr. (born c. 1945) is an American banker, investor and philanthropist from Alabama. You want a window into Bear Bryant's power in the state of Alabama? The house--a classic Tudor-style--was owned by Harmon's family. #RollTide pic.twitter.com/C5wakg73d7. nyttksemme sinulle kohdennettuja mainoksia ja sislt kiinnostusprofiileiden perusteella, mitataksemme kohdennettujen mainosten ja sisltjen tehokkuutta. He remembers his mother,. "Because my wife's favorite movie is 'Sweet Home Alabama' and what's-his-name [Josh Lucas], his hound dog was named Bryant for Coach Bryant and our dog looked just like the dog from the movie. (AP Photo). Next fall, another great-grandson, Paul William Bryant Tyson, will be on Nick Saban's roster as a freshman quarterback. The university sells houndstooth beach balls and houndstooth pool floats, which you can enjoy with an adult beverage kept cold by a houndstooth huggie. I'd park the car. "But we have a registration process. This urge to protect, probably born from seeing the Saturday Evening Post erroneously accuse the coach of fixing a game, is also erasing something. I didn't use it but one time. He drove him to Birmingham one year before Christmas because Bryant got a letter from a sick girl and he wanted to surprise her. Four loud slaps. NFL combine Day 2 recap: Which draft prospects are rising? Billy told her not to worry about Coach. Paul Bryant, Jr., who traveled with his former K-9 partner Azeem to Ground Zero to search for missing persons shortly after the attacks of . Most afternoons, Bryant would slip into the bar and play cards with friends. Everyone gifted with some version of Coach's moniker wears a nametag, so as to keep them all straight. The patrolman understood and backed off. Paul W. Bryant is dying for the second time, and one day, in the not-so-distant future, only The Bear will remain. The pictures on the wall hold him. With the nomination tied up in the Legislature, trustee Frank Bromberg decided to resign, which allowed Bryant to fill the sixth district slot in April 2000. That's just Alabama.". Kentucky football coach Paul 'Bear' Bryant poses with his family, Paul Jr. at center with their pet dachshund, and his wife Mary, right, at their home in Lexington, Kent., Feb. 5, 1954. Conduct JAR & JAD sessions with the user community in terms of the submissions of process flows and data structures for respective C++ technical programmers and ICASE practitioners. It's the only time we've put our name on anything. Paul W. Bryant Jr. sat down recently for a rare interview, giving insight into his involvement with UA athletics - both real and rumored - as well as a revealing glimpse into his personality, his background and the school's growth during his time on the board of trustees. You had more fun on that job. That's what I like when I've got a chance to get away.. Jack Rutledge asked carefully. He only serves on one committee, but he does carry some influence with other board members. Despite his famous name, business success and longtime influential role at the University of Alabama, Paul Bryant Jr. has stayed out of the spotlight. Bryant entered Druid City Hospital in Tuscaloosa on January 25, 1983, after feeling chest discomfort. another $13 mil or so, in fact, which now . Lexington Leader (Lexington, Ky. : Daily), [Identification of item], John C. Wyatt Lexington Herald-Leader photographs, 1936-1990,2004AV001, Special Collections and Digital Programs, University of Kentucky Libraries,Lexington, University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center. Kobe Bryant's Widow Vanessa Bryant Settles Crash Photos Lawsuit at They're probably dead themselves because I was a fast gun. Susie would come home -- she worked with mental patients in a local hospital -- and see Billy's traveling bag gone. It's difficult to understand if you're not from here, but when football isn't doing well it kind of hurts, the whole state is kind of in a funk. Stewart. I had a four- or five- or six-year head start on them. A half-hour or more has passed. Lexington (Ky.) -- History -- 20th century. "His life is as concealed as Coach Bryant's life. "The white hat. He co-authored two books about American football in 2013. Married with three daughters, Bryant is known to be a student of American history, especially the Civil War. That led to jobs, bartending at parties and running errands, and by the late 1960s, around the same time the coach traded his brown fedora for a hat with black-and-white checks, Billy began working for Bryant full time. Historic buildings -- Kentucky -- Lexington. "It is a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma; but perhaps there is a key: That key is Russian national interest.". Which non-quarterback group will define each top-25 team's season? We know Lombardi from David Maraniss' biography, "When Pride Still Mattered," and he comes across as smaller and therefore larger in the retelling, because his humanity is on every page. Alabama-They began gathering in the early morning fog at Elmwood Cemetery today. "Well, that's my middle name!" "He's young all the time here," Billy says. Which non-quarterback group will define each top-25 team's season? The history of it kind of came up with lobbyists who worked for UAB at the time, some other people opposing my being on the board and it got to be kind of, sort of, a fight.. Supporters of UAB football insist that the now-scrapped football program played an important role in helping the university attract students and build campus life. Coach was at Jimmy Hinton's house and didn't feel well. In 1977, Bryant opened GreeneTrack, a dog racing track in Greene County. "He's there in the black," he says. After an hour and a half, Bryant, looking tired and old, walked into his bedroom. As she stands by the office exhibit, the speakers to her left loop audio of Bryant reading that devotional: "What I do today is very important because I am exchanging a day of my life for it. "It's really important to the state that we have a successful football program. "Coach Bryant used to be the coach at Alabama," he says. I spend virtually all my time in Greene County, Bryant said. The origins of the Lexington Herald-Leader can be traced back over 130 years to the Lexington Daily Press. That's what the annual namesake reunion is all about, bringing the living tributes together to create a sense of crimson-blooded community among those linked by their labels. The funeral service at the First Methodist Church in Tuscaloosa was deeply religious, with little reference to Bryant's career or character. [2], In 2005, Bryant founded the Bryant Bank. He doesn't seek the limelight, that's for sure, said McNair, who served as sports information director at UA under Bear Bryant and who now publishes Bama Magazine. He'll dress in the middle of the night and try to leave, his pajamas rolled up in his hand. George Wallace and former Washington Redskins Coach George Allen, representing President Reagan, were among the 400 dignataries, family members and friends who packed the church for the rites. ", Overhearing this exchange was yet another teenager, Bryant Denny Turner, whose parents dared to go even a step further and give their son the name of the legendary Alabama football coach and the name of the arena where the Bear did his homework, Denny Stadium. They greet one another by saying "Doctor " "Doctor " "Doctor " "Doctor " in a round-robin introduction that ends up with the title being used 24 times. He not only participated in the creation of this visual resource but he was also responsible for the organization and intellectual control of the collection. I had a little head start on my friends because I didn't get put in the service when I graduated, and a lot of them did that and went on to law school and to graduate school, he said. What I would suspect, and it's only a suspicion, but I think he wouldn't want people to think he was trading on his father's name. You start thinking about what you could have been doing. "There's not much really you can talk about Billy," Rutledge said. [3], Bryant founded the People's Bank in the late 1960s,[1] and later sold it. It happens slowly but clearly. The newspapers had a combined Sunday edition, but their editorial policies remained quite different. My passion is the dogs, really, he said. Bryant's net worth is not public knowledge, but he has amassed enough wealth to donate tens of millions of dollars to the UA. "[1] He is worth "hundreds of millions of dollars. Horns' Robinson: Versatility worthy of early pick, QB Young 5-10 1/8, 204 pounds at NFL combine, Wolverines' Turner wows with 4.26 40 at combine, Smart backs UGA culture after fatal crash, arrests, Kelly inks contract extension at UCLA through '27, Top QB prospect Levis eager to unleash 'cannon', Smith-Njigba feels 100% after injury-marred '22. Billy picked him up in the morning. They put him on night traffic, and that first winter, he caught pneumonia. "It's exactly like that," Hilburn added. Facebook gives people the power. Former New York Jets quarterback Joe Namath -- Bryant's most famous player -- former Oklahoma Coach Bud Wilkinson and Georgia Coach Vince Dooley were among those at the graveside, bathed in bright sunshine. When he came back, he was a regular campus policeman. His voice ticks up a few notches. I walked in front of him. If you purchase a product or register for an account through one of the links on our site, we may receive compensation. Bryant is survived by his wife, Mary Harmon Bryant; a son, Paul Bryant Jr.; a daughter, Mae Martin Bryant Tyson; three sisters, Bessie Goolsby of Nashville, Tenn., Carrie Hatcher of. He told me one time, if somebody comes up and shoots me, they're gonna shoot you first. Not yet anyway. "Uh, uh. Even Mrs. Bryant didn't know him as well as Billy did. Watts has said he, not University of Alabama System trustees made the decision to shut the football program down. Obviously, I had an advantage in that I had met a lot of business people through my parents when I was in high school and college, in the state and out of state. The Bear, the rough-faced legend on the video board, was predestined to be great. Bryant. A man looks up and he's 76 years old, with memories he can't touch and not much else. We went to the dressing room. Joe Elmore said. Rutledge played for Bryant's first team and was an assistant on his last, and when he realized that he would be sharing new information, he clammed up. TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- There is a scene in the 1985 comedy "Spies Like Us" in which Chevy Chase and Dan Aykroyd, posing as doctors, enter a tent full of actual doctors. I think that's one reason, McNair said, that he has put so much money (in the form of donations) into museums at the university., In 2005, Bryant founded Bryant Bank, which he calls my winding-down project.. A 1966 UA graduate who earned a degree in commerce, Bryant started People's Bank while still in his 20's. Coach Bear Bryant at the 1982 Liberty Bowl football game in Memphis, Tennessee. Sitting with Paul Murray was his cousin, Mary Harmon Hilburn, granddaughter of Bear. But that's how it goes with family, and all those people out there today with Papa's name, that's what they are: family. usie Varner answers the door. ", "You didn't play no football," she says. Currently, Bryant is president of the privately held holding company, Greene Group, Inc. which has operated a multi-state business engaged in reinsurance, finance, leasing, par-mutual racing, casino management, cattle ranching, aquaculture, catfish processing and distribution, fuel distribution, outdoor recreation, wildlife management, and concrete/aggregate construction. "There was so much going on," he says. A lot of them we've got don't hunt because they're older. Bryant said he was urged by the UA alumni association, ex-presidents of the school, members of the A-Club (made up of former UA athletic letter winners) and alumni to seek the seat on the board. So why change the dog's name? [8], He has donated millions of dollars to the Alabama Crimson Tide football program. His clarity comes and goes. Place kicker Peter Kim is at top right. His nickname stemmed from his having agreed to wrestle a captive bear during a theater promotion when he was 13 years old. "It was so quiet. Paul Bryant has stepped up for this project like he . Paul Bryant Jr: His famous father casts a long shadow, one seemingly Welcome to the 23rd annual Paul W. Bryant Namesake Reunion, where the only requirement to attend is that you or a member of your immediate family is willingly and lovingly -- sometimes strategically -- named for the coach known as "Bear." The family had asked that cameras be barred from the services. Who makes up the University of Alabama Board of Trustees? "At the University of Alabama it's really important," Bryant told Deas. 1983 Press Photo Alabama-Fans watching T.V. It's certainly not too serious of a process by any stretch, but we really want to know people's stories and give them a chance to share those stories.". KATIE J. BUSH SUFFOLK -Katie Jane Bush, 74, died. A funeral procession three miles long, consisting of more than 300 cars and six buses carrying Bryant's last University of Alabama team and many of his former players, drove the 60 miles to Birmingham behind the white hearse after funeral services in Tuscaloosa. But I got outvoted. [1] His father, Bear Bryant, was an American football player and coach. (AP Photo), Press Photo Mel Allen At Bear Bryant Funeral In Birmingham, Mel Allen - Birmingham - Bear Bryant Funeral. Each day brings its own reality. Tietosuojakytnnstmme ja evstekytnnstmme voit lukea lis siit, miten kytmme henkiltietojasi. 1983 Press Photo Alabama-Young man gives final salute to Coach "Bear" Bryant. Paul William Bryant Jr. Born: c. 1945: Alma mater: University of Alabama: Occupation: Banker, investor, philanthropist: Children: 3 daughters: Parent(s) Bear Bryant: See something missing? Bryant has been married for 50 years to UA classmate Cherry Handley Hicks Bryant. In a brief graveside service, the crowd recited the 23rd Psalm and the Lord's Prayer and then Bryant's family left, with the mourners straggling behind and the simple pine casket still beside the grave. Married with three daughters, Bryant is known to be a student of American history, especially the Civil War.
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