Football presented to Bear Bryant after becoming the "winningest" coach in NCAA football history
date: label: Date made
content: 1981
name: label: referenced
content: Bryant, Paul W.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This was the game ball used to put Paul “Bear” Bryant into College Football’s Winningest Coach category. Beating 314 wins previously set by Coach Amos Alonzo Stagg of the University of Chicago, Bryant coached Alabama to a 28 to 17 victory over Auburn on November 28, 1981. The ball was painted by Alabama artist Don Barnes and given to Senator Howell Heflin, a huge supporter and friend of Bear Bryant’s. In turn, Senator Heflin donated the ball to the Smithsonian so that others may enjoy the rich history and proud accomplishment of one of the greatest college football coaches of all time. Although Bryant’s record has since been broken, his coaching legend will live on, especially through the fans of the University of Alabama.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: web subject
content: Sports
label: name of sport
content: Football
label: level of sport
content: collegiate
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Senator Howell Heflin
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1997.0337.01
label: accession number
content: 1997.0337
label: catalog number
content: 1997.0337.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: football
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paint (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 28.4 cm x 13.2 cm x 15.7 cm; 11 3/16 in x 5 3/16 in x 6 3/16 in