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Last Address Paul Bryant was the 11th of 12 children born to William Monroe and Ida Kilgore Bryant, a farming family, in Moro Bottom, Arkansas, USA.
Date of Passing Jan 26, 1983
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LCDR Bryant served in the Navy, on the USAT Uruguay, before becoming the head coach of a preflight training school football team in North Carolina.
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Coach Bryant became Leuteniant Commander Bryant in the U.S. Navy. He was stationed on the USAT Uruguay in North Africa. While Bryant saw no actual fighting, he did escape death when his ship was rammed in February, 1943. Many of his shipmates drowned, but Bryant luckily survived.
Other Memories September 1, 1954 - In his first year at Texas A&M, Bryant loads his team on buses and takes off for Junction, Tex., for pre-season training. The Aggies go 1-9 with the lone win being a 6-0 upset of Georgia.
November 12, 1955 - Trailing Rice 12-0 with two minutes to go, Bryant calls his team together and says, "There's still time. You can still win - if you believe you can. Suck up your guts and win." The Aggies rally and win 20-12. For years the game would become Bryant's standard for others to live by.
1956 -Texas A&M goes 9-0-1 and wins the Southwest Conference, beating Texas 34-21 in the season finale in Austin. It is the first time ever the Aggies had beaten the Longhorns on their home turf.
1957 - John David Crow wins the Heisman Trophy for Texas A&M but the big news is that Paul Bryant is leaving after the Gator Bowl to coach his alma mater The University of Alabama. He finishes with a record of 25-14-2 at College Station.
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