"Mobile's Bobby Jackson, the first starting quarterback for Bear Bryant at Alabama, died Monday night at the age of 73.

The long-time Mobile resident, who was born in Geneva, became ill and was hospitalized two weeks ago. He was moved to a local hospice facility five days later.

Jackson was a multi-sport athlete at Murphy High School, earning All-America honors in football. He signed a football scholarship with Alabama, playing his first two seasons under J.B. "Ears" Whitworth and his senior season of 1958 under Bryant. "