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...football bidding wars when he signed with the New York Jets of the A.F.L. His $420,000 salary and his love of the bright lights brought him fame as Broadway Joe, worker of the miracle victory over the Baltimore Colts in the 1969 Super Bowl. Namath reminisces about Bryant...
...Coach Bryant rarely touts his own team. The growth of his players is his main concern. The most important thing, he says, is their convincing themselves that they're getting better. He wanted to show what he expected of us so we'd all be confident in one another. That really helped me in the pros. Understanding people and having them understand him are very important to him. If he doesn't understand something, he asks. He wants everybody to do the same. He teaches an individual to take a certain pride in himself, and that takes...
...lefthanded Kenny Stabler quarterbacked the Tide. Picked by the Oakland Raiders in 1968, he was their starting quarterback from 1973 through 1979, leading the team to a Super Bowl title in 1977. Traded to Houston last spring, he now finds himself working under Bum Phillips, a former Bryant assistant. Like Namath, Stabler was once thrown off the 'Bama team and reinstated after serving his penance. Stabler recalls...
...your basic conformist, and he was tough on me for my own good. I don't know where I'd be if it wasn't for Coach Bryant. I needed guidance...
...knee injury and had been kept out of spring practice. I got frustrated, started running around and chasing ladies. One thing led to another, and I ended up in Foley, my home town. He sent me a telegram that said: "You have been indefinitely suspended. Signed, Coach Paul W. Bryant...