Fordyce High School

Fordyce, AR (Dallas County; south-central Arkansas); home of the Redbugs; alma mater of Paul "Bear" Bryant (University of Alabama; legendary head football coach — University of Maryland, Kentucky, Texas A&M, Alabama 1958-1982; 323 career victories; six national championships at Alabama (1961, 1964, 1965, 1973, 1978, 1979); 13 SEC championships; the most celebrated college football coach of the 20th century; a man whose name became synonymous with the game itself in the American South; Bryant played offensive end at Fordyce High School before attending the University of Alabama where he was a reserve end on the 1935 national championship team; the town of Fordyce has embraced Bryant's legacy for nearly a century — he was born just down the road in Moro Bottom and grew up learning the game that would define his life in south Arkansas)