The folks at the trading card company Panini America have rolled out an item honoring Paul W. Bryant and Knute Rockne. These feature the US Postal Service stamps honoring the men as well as a small bit of memorabilia from each, in Coach Bryant's case a small bit of one of his famed houndstooth fedoras.
They even produced a short video of how they made the cards which, if you can get past the first minute or so where they disassemble Coach Bryant's hat, is actually pretty interesting. HT ESPN Page 2
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and just for general edification...
the connection between these two great coaches is alabama’s other legendary coach frank thomas. thomas played at notre dame under rockne and was bryant’s coach in the 1930s. thomas also took bryant on his staff as an assistant after the younger man graduated, giving him his start as a coach.
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This is insanely awesome BUT there was a fanshot about this a week or two ago I believe
although I may be wrong.
"There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self." - Ernest Hemingway
Yeah, at least about them destroying the hat.
I was just looking for it.
How much longer till kickoff?
Here it is:
Video of one of Bryant’s hats getting chopped into tiny peices
How much longer till kickoff?
yeah but Kleph certainly provided additional insight...
"There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self." - Ernest Hemingway
by BamaReturns07 on Feb 15, 2011 11:24 AM CST up reply actions
So, there's only 100 of these things
and they could only get 100 little squares of his hat? That seems as though there was some waste…
I’d rather just have the hat!!
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