Bear's battle with segregation went back to his days as the head football coach at Kentucky. A few of the issues and people are mentioned in this article which details Coach Bryant's rebuffed attempts to integrate football at UK, TAMU, and for a while, Alabama. This article, although not extremely deep, is a good primer for anyone interested in the Coach's stance on integration at a time when it was a defining belief.

Bear Bryant's Biggest Score

Outstanding Tuscaloosa News article on Coach Gene Stalling and family. Good detail on John Mark Stallings and interesting comments at the end of the article. A must-read.

Life on the Ranch

Alabama Stuns Tennessee 9-6

Posted Today at 12:28 PM by bamachile
This New York Times article is a decent, but not great, review of Alabama's greatest victory over rival SEC power Tennessee. As mentioned in the article, Alabama handed UT their only three losses over a 25-game stretch, including this classic. Of note is the coverage of the Georgia Tech tie with North Carolina just below the coverage of Alabama's victory. The tie was the only mar on GT's record in 1990 and the...

Curt Gowdy's column is more of a personal look at Coach Bear Bryant, and a good one. It is sometimes forgotten that Bear was an important figure in breaking the color barrier in the early 70's--this ESPN article touches on the subject toward the end, even if only briefly.

Hunting with "Bear"

It was a bad day for Bear and a good day for Gene Stallings. Texas A&M had defeated Alabama in the 1968 Cotton Bowl, but the Dallas press was still covering the mighty Bear. A good article on a classic match-up.

Bear is Showman, Even in Defeat