Read more about the article The ‘Time’ magazine face that launched a thousand Bryant myths; ‘The Bear’ may have protested facing Michigan State’s Horace Smith

The ‘Time’ magazine face that launched a thousand Bryant myths; ‘The Bear’ may have protested facing Michigan State’s Horace Smith

I invite you to visit my website homepage, TomShanahan.Report First in a series. The links to parts II, III and IV are found at the end of Part I. By TOM SHANAHAN The famed Time photographer, positioned behind a clear glass writing board, snapped frames as Alabama coach Paul “Bear” Bryant drew X’s and O’s. The southern football god, wearing his iconic houndstooth hat, captured on film. Neil Leifer’s photo graced the cover of Time magazine’s Sept. 29,…

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Read more about the article September 12, 1970: STANFORD vs. ARKANSAS at LITTLE ROCK

September 12, 1970: STANFORD vs. ARKANSAS at LITTLE ROCK

Cover photo (L-R): Stanford's all-minority backfield in 1970: Jackie Brown, Hillary Shockley and Jim Plunkett. Visit my home page, TomShanahanReport *** “History writes people out of the story. It's our job to write them back in.” --- David Maraniss, Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer. BY TOM SHANAHAN We’ve been misled by myths surrounding the 1970 USC-Alabama game’s racial impact. The revisionist history has cost the true 1960s pioneers of college football integration their due. They’ve been forgotten. They are hidden…

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