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The Bear Collectors' Edition, a 1981 Athlon Publications magazine from the publishers of Southeastern Football, devoted to Paul "Bear" Bryant, America's All-Time Winning Coach. Cover photo of Bryant tipping his houndstooth hat. About 8.2 x 11 inches. Used condition with light cover wear and edge rubbing.
Eleven chapters trace his career: That 'Other End' at Alabama and Back at 'Bama by Alf Van Hoose; Bryant's Days at Vanderbilt by Elmore "Scoop" Hudgins; Why Bear Chose Maryland by Leonard Shapiro; Kentucky Couldn't Hold Both Bryant and Rupp by Billy Reed; Those Aggie Survivors by Galyn Wilkins; The Sizzling Sixties by Alf Van Hoose; His Courtroom Triumph by Fred Russell; and Ebb Before Tidal Wave, Alabama's Golden Years With the Wishbone and Two for the Ages: Stagg and Bryant by Marvin West.
Published by Athlon Publications, Nashville, Tennessee, copyright 1981. Back cover is a Crown Royal puzzle ad; inside front cover a Mr. Boston cocktails ad.
Eleven chapters trace his career: That 'Other End' at Alabama and Back at 'Bama by Alf Van Hoose; Bryant's Days at Vanderbilt by Elmore "Scoop" Hudgins; Why Bear Chose Maryland by Leonard Shapiro; Kentucky Couldn't Hold Both Bryant and Rupp by Billy Reed; Those Aggie Survivors by Galyn Wilkins; The Sizzling Sixties by Alf Van Hoose; His Courtroom Triumph by Fred Russell; and Ebb Before Tidal Wave, Alabama's Golden Years With the Wishbone and Two for the Ages: Stagg and Bryant by Marvin West.
Published by Athlon Publications, Nashville, Tennessee, copyright 1981. Back cover is a Crown Royal puzzle ad; inside front cover a Mr. Boston cocktails ad.