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On this day: From Lou Thesz to Joe Namath to Bear Bryant, it's the 29th of December
1968: Joe Namath beats the Mets ... TD passes but sealed his legend two weeks later in Super Bowl III. 1982: Bear Bryant retires and unfortunately comes close to predicting his fate, suggesting ...
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Bear Bryant 'simply the best there ever was'
Now imagine a guy that can carry the nickname Bear," says Joe Namath on ESPN Classic's SportsCentury series. Bryant's first, and only, priority was winning. After breaking the record for career ...
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1965 NFL Draft: Oral history – NFL's clandestine operation leads to marathon session
Packers team historian Cliff Christl has assembled an oral history series on the NFL Draft, highlighting significant and ...
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Namath was lovable rogue
Joe Namath led the Jets to a 16-7 upset win over ... he enrolled at Alabama to play for Bear Bryant. The legendary Bryant would one day call his rebellious quarterback "the greatest athlete ...
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Steve Sloan, quarterback who played at Alabama under Paul ‘Bear Bryant’ and went on to lead different athletics programs, dies
(WIAT) — Steve Sloan, who began his athletics career as a backup quarterback for Joe Namath at the University ... to be an assistant coach to Bryant. By 1971, he had left for Tallahassee ...