Tuscaloosa native William "Bully" Van de Graaff, left, was the University of Alabama's first All-American football player. He was the brother of renowned physicist Robert Van de Graaff, inventor of the Van de Graaff generator.
Bully Van de Graaff
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Courtesy of the Paul W. Bryant Museum, University of Alabama
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