Long-time University of Alabama head football coach Paul Bryant received his nickname Bear from this event during his teen years.
- Being six foot one
- Shooting a bear
- Suiting up as his high school’s mascot
- Wrestling a bear
Long-time University of Alabama head football coach Paul Bryant received his nickname Bear from this event during his teen years.
Wrestling a bear. A traveling circus offered anyone a dollar a minute for wrestling their bear. Bryant wrestled it to the ground. When he tried to collect his winnings, the bear’s owner had disappeared.