The Truth About Sam Cunningham & Bear Bryant from Neal McCready in The Press Box
Sep 10, 2021•14 min
Episode description
Fact or fiction? 1970. USC visits Birmingham and beats Bear Bryant's Alabama Crimson Tide 42-21 behind Sam "Bam" Cunningham's big day. For decades, the "story" has been told over and over, saying that after the game, Bryant brought the African-American USC running back into the Alabama locker room and told his team, "this is what a college football player looks like." So did it really happen? We get the truth, when long-time college football writer, our friend, Neal McCready, joins us inside The Press Box.
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