| Bear Bryant  AKA Paul William Bryant
Born: 11-Sep-1913
Birthplace: Moro Bottom, AR
Died: 26-Jan-1983
Location of death: Tuscaloosa, AL [1]
Cause of death: unspecified
Remains: Buried, Elmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, AL
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Football Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Legendary Alabama head coach Military service: US Navy (WWII, North Africa on the USS Uruguay)
[1] Druid City Hospital, Tuscaloosa, AL.
Father: William Monroe Bryant
Mother: Ida Kilgore
Wife: Mary Harmon Black (m. 1935, one daughter, one son)
Daughter: Mae Martin (b. 1936)
Son: Paul, Jr. (b. 1944)
High School: Fordyce High School, Fordyce, AR
University: University of Alabama (1936)
Coach: Assistant Coach, University of Alabama (1936-39)
Coach: Assistant Coach, Vanderbilt University (1940-41)
Coach: Head Coach, University of Maryland College Park (1945)
Coach: Head Coach, University of Kentucky (1946-53)
Coach: Head Coach, Texas A&M University (1954-57)
Coach: Head Coach, University of Alabama (1958-82)
Alabama Sports Hall of Fame 1969
Presidential Medal of Freedom 1983 (posthumous)
College Football Hall of Fame 1986
Polygraphed (Mar-1963)
Author of books:
Bear (1974)
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