Paul 'Bear' Bryant
Paul 'Bear' Bryant was an American college football player and coach. He was best known as the longtime head coach of the University of Alabama football team. As head coach he won six national championship and thirteen conference championships. He also held the record for most wins as a head coach with 323 wins. Before Alabama, Bryant was head coach and other school, including the University of Maryland, the University of Kentucky, and Texas A&M University. Bryant was the 11th of 12 children born in Fordyce, Arkansas. He gained the nickname he holds because he agreed to wrestle a captive bear during a promotion for a theater when he was 13 years old. Bryant began playing football since the 8th grade.