There are 4 article(s) tagged Bear Bryant:

• January 2023

  • 1982 Liberty Bowl: Bear Bryant wanted Memphis for final game

    The Crimson Tide faced Illinois in the final game of the fabled college football coach’s career.

    By Tim Buckley January 06, 2023

  • 1982 Liberty Bowl: The day Bear Bryant almost ate a reporter’s microphone

    The throng of reporters flocking to Memphis to cover a fabled Alabama coach’s final game 40 years ago was massive. Radio intern Harold Graeter will never forget it.

    By Tim Buckley January 06, 2023

  • 1982 Liberty Bowl: Bear Bryant looked ‘really tired’ coaching his last game, in Memphis.

    No one understood then just how exhausted the longtime Alabama coach was on a cold night 40 years ago.

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    By Tim Buckley January 06, 2023

• December 2022

  • 1982 Liberty Bowl: How Bear Bryant’s parka made it from Memphis to a museum

    On a wet, frigid December night 40 years ago, Alabama’s legendary coach bundled up in a coat from a Korea that is the last vision of him for many.

    By Tim Buckley December 24, 2022