President Ronald Reagan visited Tuscaloosa during his 1984 campaign for reelection and spoke about his dear friend, the Bear.
“He was a leader,” Reagan said. “Patriotic to the core, devoted to his players, inspired by a winning spirit that wouldn’t quit, and that’s how he made legends out of ordinary people.”
The president continued, saying the Bear was “a true American, and he was Alabama’s own.”
Two leaders.
Two winners.
Two class acts.
And we miss them both dearly.
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