{"title":"Al Browning","description":"\u003cp\u003eAL BROWNING was president of Five-Points South Productions and the author of at least eight books on Southern college football, including \u003cem\u003eThird Saturday in October\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eBowl, Bama, Bowl\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrowning covered University of Alabama football for ten years for the \u003cem\u003eTuscaloosa News\u003c\/em\u003e and later served as a sports columnist for the \u003cem\u003eKnoxville News-Sentinel\u003c\/em\u003e. He also served as Bear Bryant’s personal assistant in the early 1980s and as the Bryant family’s media liaison following the coach’s death.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrowning died of cancer in 2002 at the age of 52.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAl Browning’s books are published by Cumberland House Publishing, an imprint of Turner Publishing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrowse more: \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/books-new-releases\"\u003eNew Releases\u003c\/a\u003e · \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/award-winning-books\"\u003eAward-Winning Books\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"i-remember-paul-bear-bryant","title":"I Remember Paul \"Bear\" Bryant: Personal Memoires of College Football's Most Legendary Coach, as Told by the People Who Knew Him Best","description":"\u003cdiv\u003ePaul \"Bear\" Bryant was arguably the greatest football coach in the history of college football. Beloved by fans of the Alabama Crimson Tide, by the time he retired from coaching following the 1982 season, his teams had won 323 games, a feat unmatched by any coach in college football history. Before arriving in Tuscaloosa, he had coached at Maryland, Kentucky, and Texas A\u0026amp;M; his teams at Alabama won six national championships and thirteen Southeastern Conference titles.\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn July 17, 1981, Coach Bryant sat in his office at Memorial Coliseum reminiscing with sports columnist Al Browning of the Tuscaloosa News. Contemplating the twilight of his career, he calmly said, \"They'll forget me as soon as I croak and am buried\". When Browning objected, Coach smiled slightly and said, \"No, that's the way it is. Life moves on, and people find interest in other things\".\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhile Bryant's memory may have faded slightly, he certainly has not been forgotten, and \u003cem\u003eI Remember Paul \"Bear\" Bryant\u003c\/em\u003e is a glowing testimony to the love that those who knew him best continue to have for him to this day. Here dozens of his contemporaries, former players, childhood friends, family, competitors, opponents, and his \"boys\" offer in their own words their favorite memories of this man they loved so much. They recall ordinary moments as well as extraordinary ones; they recall moments of joyful victory and bitter defeat; they recall memories of the gridiron discipline he dished out and the thoughtful, helpful guidance he offered to his players, even long after they had graduated and gone on to their own careers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003csmall\u003eWe earn a commission for purchases made through the following links.\u003c\/small\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/158182159X\/ref=nosim?tag=tpcecomm-20\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Amazon\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003c!-- bookshop-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/book\/9781581821598\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Bookshop.org\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/bookshop-buylink --\u003e","brand":"Al Browning","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43233313882328,"sku":"9781581821598","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0563\/7786\/8475\/files\/9781581821598_FChigh_mockup_v2_1740146716_a9ecad34-fd32-40aa-93f1-c3c529f75d45.jpg?v=1791019670"},{"product_id":"third-saturday-in-october","title":"Third Saturday in October: The Game-By-Game Story of the South's Most Intense Football Rivalry","description":"\u003cdiv\u003eOn November 18, 1901, the University of Alabama and the University of Tennessee first locked horns on a football field. At the contest's end, the score was tied, nothing had been resolved, and about two thousand fans were on the field at Tuscaloosa, fighting.\n\u003cp\u003eSince that day the Tennessee-Alabama game has developed into one of the premier football rivalries in the nation. To many of the faithful, it is much more than a game -- it is a crusade. The intensity with which these games have been waged makes victory as satisfying as the warm crimson and orange leaves that dance in Knoxville's cool Smoky Mountain breezes. Defeat, however, is more bitter than the choking smoke of Birmingham's steel mills.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBeginning in 1928, the annual game has been played on the third Saturday in October, and the contest has produced enough heroes to fill several books. Third Saturday in October tells the story of each game. From Wallace Wade, Frank Thomas, Red Drew, Paul \"Bear\" Bryant, Ray Perkins, Bill Curry, Gene Stallings, and Mike Dubose of Alabama, to Robert Neyland, Bowden Wyatt, Doug Dickey, Bill Battle, Johnny Majors, and Phil Fulmer of Tennessee, the game has been directed by legendary coaches and played by heroic young men who have risen to greatness on the third Saturday in October.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThird Saturday in October\u003c\/em\u003e is filled with memories and reflections of players, coaches, reporters, sportscasters, and fans. The people who were there, who made or failed to make the key plays, tell what happened in their own words. More than two hundred historic photographs illustrate the lively text. This second edition contains reports of the games from 1987 through 2000.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003csmall\u003eWe earn a commission for purchases made through the following links.\u003c\/small\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/1581822170\/ref=nosim?tag=tpcecomm-20\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Amazon\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003c!-- bookshop-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/book\/9781581822175\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Bookshop.org\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/bookshop-buylink --\u003e","brand":"Al Browning","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43233314537688,"sku":"9781581822175","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43233314570456,"sku":"9781630264710","price":33.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0563\/7786\/8475\/files\/9781581822175_FChigh_mockup_v2_1738722206_4788c024-ecb0-4d89-8480-adb8ab81fa7d.jpg?v=1791020179"}],"url":"https:\/\/turnerpublishing.com\/collections\/author-al-browning.oembed","provider":"Turner Publishing","version":"1.0","type":"link"}