"His nickname was Bear. Now imagine a guy that can carry ... junior-college transfer John Mitchell became the first black to play for Alabama. By 1973, one-third of the team's starters were ...

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Archie Wade, a man sometimes called the University of Alabama's Jackie Robinson, integrating the faculty, and assisting legendary head football coach Paul W. "Bear" Bryant in recruiting Black ...