Paul "Bear" Bryant, front left, was born in rural Arkansas in 1913, the 11th of 12 siblings. As a youth, he worked on the family farm and played sports at Fordyce High School.
Young Paul Bryant
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Courtesy of the Paul W. Bryant Museum, University of Alabama
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