Tom McNeely (B. 1935) "Bear Bryant" W/C

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Aug 14, 2022

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  Tom McNeely (Canadian, B. 1935) "Bear Bryant" Signed lower right. Original Watercolor painting on Paper.
  
  Provenance: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation.
  
  This painting appeared on the Fleetwood First Day Cover of the 32c Bear Bryant stamp issued July 25, 1997.
  
  Born in Arkansas in 1913, Paul Bryant earned the nickname "Bear" as a teenager when he was offered a dollar a minute to wrestle a live show-bear. After graduating from Alabama, where he played right end on the Crimson Tide team that defeated Stanford in the 1935 Rose Bowl, "Bear" Bryant worked as an assistant coach at Alabama and Vanderbilt. In 1941, with World War II underway, he joined the Navy. When the war ended, Bryant coached at Maryland for one year, moving to the University of Kentucky in 1946. His Kentucky record over the next eight years was 60-23-5 and included three bowl victories. In 1954, Bryant went to Texas A&M where he suffered his first and only losing season. But over the next three years the Aggies lost just five games and won the 1956 Southwest Conference championship. Bryant returned to Alabama in 1958 to coach a floundering football team that had just completed its fourth losing season. Looming larger than life in his trademark houndstooth check porkpie hat, "Bear" quickly turned the Crimson Tide around, becoming Coach of the Year in 1961. A tough disciplinarian, Bryant was not afraid to bench his recalcitrant star, Joe Namath, in 1964, even though it meant a close call in Alabama's Sugar Bowl victory over Mississippi. "Bear" Bryant retired only a month before his death in 1983. He had won or shared six national championships, been honored as Coach of the Year three times, won 15 of 29 bowl game appearances, and earned an overall won-lost record of 323-85, with 17 ties.
  
  Image Size: 21.5 x 15.75 in.
  Overall Size: 26.5 x 22.25 in.
  Unframed.
  (B15767)

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