Sometimes it’s amazing what you remember, even events from 50 years ago.
In the summer of 1957, our family went on vacation to the Isle of Palms with long-time friends Frank and Tommie Rose and their family. Frank was president of Transylvania University in Lexington, Ky., better known as “Transy” in family parlance. They were good folks.
He also was on his way to becoming president of the University of Alabama. One afternoon, he announced that the first thing he would do on taking over in Tuscaloosa was to hire Bear Bryant as head football coach. I had no idea who Bear Bryant was, but all of us would find out. Quickly
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