1982 Liberty Bowl: Bear Bryant looked ‘really tired’ coaching his last game, in Memphis.
The casket of Alabama football coach Paul "Bear" Bryant, covered with flowers, is carried into the First Methodist Church in Tuscaloosa, Ala., Jan. 28, 1983. Pallbearers are eight members of his 1982 football team. (AP File Photo)
No one understood then just how exhausted the longtime Alabama coach was on a cold night 40 years ago.
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Tim Buckley
Tim is a veteran sportswriter who graduated from CBHS in Memphis and the University of Missouri. He previously covered LSU sports in Baton Rouge, and the University of Louisiana football and basketball for The Daily Advertiser/USA TODAY Network in Lafayette, the NBA’s Utah Jazz for the Deseret News in Salt Lake City, the NHL’s Tampa Bay Lightning for the St. Petersburg Times in Florida, and West Texas State basketball for the Amarillo Globe News in Texas.
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