Board of Trustees president reflects on life as son of Paul ‘Bear’ Bryant

[Coach Hank Crisp]

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Paul W. Bryant, Jr., president pro tempore of the Board of Trustees, has become a major figure at the University of Alabama, nearly 30 years after his father, legendary head football coach Paul “Bear” Bryant last roamed the University’s sidelines.

Born in Birmingham in the mid 1940s, Bryant went on to attend Alabama while his father was head football coach, a position he would hold until his retirement in 1982.

While at the Capstone, Bryant was in Sigma Nu fraternity and was elected president of the business college. Today, Bryant jokes about his long-ago dalliance into politics. “I was not the Machine candidate, but then again, no one ran against me,” Bryant said.

A spitting image of his father, he speaks very softly, seemingly judging the weight of each syllable. “It was a little harder,” Bryant said when asked about the difficulties of growing up in the shadow of a legend.

[Old Tider]

Good link. No photo but the last time I saw one he wasn't "The spitting image of his father."

[SUPERCOACH]

Good link. No photo but the last time I saw one he wasn't "The spitting image of his father."

I thought the same thing.  I was looking for the picture too, to back that up.

[BAMAWV]

Good link. No photo but the last time I saw one he wasn't "The spitting image of his father."

I thought the same thing.  I was looking for the picture too, to back that up.

Hard for DNA to give that hardened look that 60 years in the blazing sun did.

[Coach Hank Crisp]

In 1998, the company I was working for upgraded the fire alarm system and security system in the ten story Amsouth building on Main Street in Tuscaloosa.

Bryant had the 'Green Floor.' A floor for his people that ran the dog track and the early beginnings of the Bryant Bank. It was inacessible from elevator or stairs without a cardkey and PIN.

Workers doing the installation project were there for 3-4 months and never saw Bryant one time.

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