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High school friend says
Bryant a ‘natural winner’
United Press International
FOR DYCK, Ark. — A former
high school teammate of Paul
“Bear" Bryant, the winningest
college football coach of all time,
said the coach was a “natural
winner” determined not to lose.
“I didn't really know him till
he showed up here around
1927,” said Clark Jordan, a high
school teammate of Bryant. “I
was a year or two older than him.
He had all the determination in
the world. He has always been a
natural winner. He just wasn't
going to lose.”
Bryant, (i9, died of a heart
attack Wednesday at a Tusca
loosa, Ala., hospital. In his 38-
year college football coaching
career, he won 323 games.
Raised in the country about
seven miles east of Fordyce in
the Smith Chapel community,
Brvant ventured into the south-
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central Arkansas town and even
tually made a name for himself
on the Fordyce Redbug football
team.
Jordan said Bryant’s death
Wednesday came as no surprise
to him. He knew the Alabama
coach, who retired at the end of
the last football season, had been
in bad health.
“I told all of them herein For
dyce that I knew from year be
fore last he wouldn't have more
than two more vears left,” Jor
dan said. “He knew he was all
out. But he had so much guts
and determination that he was
going to stay in there. I could tell
time was running out. I think he
could, too.”
Jordan said he last spoke with
Bryant Jan. 15 and told him he
probably could not make it out
to Alabama in early Februarv to
goon their annual bird-hunting
trip, an excursion thev had
made the past two vears.
“I said I didn't think I was
going to be up to going out
there,” Jordan said. “He said he
didn't blame me a bit. But he
said if I wasn't coming out here,
‘I'm going to come see you.' He
said I could expect him any
time.”
Jordan recalled his days with
Bryant — even the time the
“Bear,” a “pretty good-sized
boy” of about 1 7, agreed to wres
tle a real bear for $5. He said two
men came through Fordyce with
a sideshow and challenged peo
ple to wrestle the muzzled bear.
Bryant accepted the challenge.
“They were going to give him
$5 if he stayed in there two mi
nutes with the bear," Jordan
said. “Five dollars. That was
some money in those days. Paul
was that type. He said he could
do it.
“The bear had a muzzle on it.
They got in there and wrestled,
and that muzzle came off.
(Bryant) jumped off that stage
and ran outside. He stayed until
the muzzle came off. When he
saw that muzzle come off, he
left.”
Jordan said: “He deserved all
the credit and honor you can put
on a man. He's just a great guv.
And I feel sure he was the best
friend I had left. I'm sure going
to miss him. No doubt about it —
he was a wonderful guv.”
way of life was a great thing. To
him, life was a football game.
You have to play just as hard in
life 25 years after you’re out of
school as you do on the football
field.
“He was the type of individual
that you could still have the same
rapport with even after 25
years,” he said. “He’s just a
great, great individual. His pas
sing is really a great loss. He real
ly had a tremendous capacity for
a lot of things.”
John David Crow, the Aggies’
all-America halfback in 1957
and the only Heisman Trophy
winner in Texas A&M history,
expressed deep sorrow about
the death of a close friend.
“It’s a ... it’s a very difficult
thing for me to say anything ab
out,” Crow said. “It hurts so bad
to lose someone that has meant
so much to me and my family. 1
feel like ... I’m very fortunate
because I have written him and
told him how much I loved him
and how much I appreciated
what he has done for me and my
family.
“It’s a tragic loss for me. Peo
ple have been calling me to talk
about the football aspect of it,
but it’s a lot more personal than
that for me. I’ve thought about
taking the phone off the hook,
but I don’t think he would have
wanted me to do that. He always
told me that when you get
again.
Billy Pickard served}!
dent trainer for the
team during two of Bns
sons as head coach
Aggies’ head trainers!
said his experienceswitl!
have helped him
during his career.
“At the outset, I’dla
I was fortunate enougli
visited with him Jan.
Angeles at the Amei
ball Coaches' Associai
ing,” Pickard said. “Hi
v ivid recollection was
two vears I spentwithkH
student trainer) have.®
tionablv helped me prrPf
think that’s had a lotto®
whv I’ve lieen here fori®
“I think the mostren^N
tfung about that time®
Junction is the successraH
people who wereoutthew
who made it through.!®
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pendent oit operators:®
gionp \II thosewhonui®
a sut i ess now, and Iwoui®
to say that I'm in tlitH
category.
“Coach Bryant andli
close relationship while
here as a student,” he
looked after his son*
were at Junction. Thes
question that evervone
vious of his success, and
think his record wil
again.
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The Arkansas Razorbacks had a hard time escaping Luti
with a victory Wednesday night, as was evident by the final®
And the Houston Cougars had their troubles with theRict|
as well', which was not evident by the final score.
The Southwest Conference’s top two clubs both rolle Rod g
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But finally Houston began to break away, Olaju won lead®
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