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Bear Bryant vs Tom Landry
Posted on 7/20/24 at 11:25 am
Posted on 7/20/24 at 11:25 am
Which hat is more iconic?
TheCaw is going with the Bear because the pattern is more distinct and recognizable. Landry’s hat is something I could picture someone in the rat pack wearing as well, so while Iconic, the bear’s hat screams “Bear Bryant” more clearly to me.
TheCaw is going with the Bear because the pattern is more distinct and recognizable. Landry’s hat is something I could picture someone in the rat pack wearing as well, so while Iconic, the bear’s hat screams “Bear Bryant” more clearly to me.
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Posted on 7/20/24 at 11:31 am to theCAW
Landry played football at Texas after serving in WW2
Bryant played football at Alabama
Tough call
Bryant played football at Alabama
Tough call
This post was edited on 7/20/24 at 11:35 am
Posted on 7/20/24 at 12:35 pm to theCAW
Bear Bryant. The pattern was iconic. Life story inspiring. Total badass. Arkansas baw.
Posted on 7/20/24 at 1:08 pm to theCAW
One I didn't know about.
The other is literally an icon.
The other is literally an icon.
Posted on 7/20/24 at 1:14 pm to theCAW
No one would look at the second hat alone and think "Tom Landry". Pretty much any football fan would see the second hat and think "Coach Bryant". Both great coaches, but that wasn't the question.
Posted on 7/20/24 at 1:17 pm to theCAW
Back when men were men.
Posted on 7/20/24 at 1:49 pm to theCAW
Would have been a cool photo if they were both at the bar at the Grand Hotel in the 70’s 
Posted on 7/20/24 at 2:38 pm to theCAW
Bear's is more iconic, but seeing Landry definitely brings back memories of the Cowboys for me.
Younger people don't know it maybe, but that hat at the time (70's and early 80's for me) was as much "Dallas" as the star, the Flex defense, or the Landry Shift
Younger people don't know it maybe, but that hat at the time (70's and early 80's for me) was as much "Dallas" as the star, the Flex defense, or the Landry Shift
Posted on 7/20/24 at 5:38 pm to theCAW
Why do Bama fans wear houndstooth when Bear wore gingham hats? I always found this curious. Is houndstooth more available?
Posted on 7/20/24 at 6:56 pm to theCAW
The Bear's hat is more obviously his, Landry's hat is a good deal classier.
Both iconic, but Landry's hat is more iconic as a hat to the world at large, Bear's is more iconic to college football fans as belonging to Bryant's look.
Both iconic, but Landry's hat is more iconic as a hat to the world at large, Bear's is more iconic to college football fans as belonging to Bryant's look.
Posted on 7/20/24 at 7:52 pm to theCAW
Both are iconic when those two coaches are wearing them. Bear’s would be more recognizable by itself, imo.
Posted on 7/21/24 at 6:49 pm to theCAW
The hat itself would lean to Bear. Landry, however, was the superior coach.
Posted on 7/22/24 at 8:07 am to theCAW
Bryant. If you see a houndstooth hat you immediately think of Bryant.
Posted on 7/22/24 at 8:11 am to theCAW
quote:
Bear Bryant vs Tom Landry
Which hat is more iconic?
Coach Bryant's fedora was much bigger than the hat. Thousands of years from now archologists will still be digging up BAMA artifacts with the houndstooth pattern on them.
Posted on 7/22/24 at 8:47 am to theCAW
Each hat is instantly recognized by fans. I wouldn't say one is more iconic than the other.
Landry led a very interesting life. Raised on the Texas/Mexico border. University of Texas Engineering graduate. Co-Pilot a bomber in WW2 and brought one in under really difficult conditions, all shot up.
Player/Coach for NYG for a time. Was Defensive Coordinator for the NYG in the 50s while Vince Lombardi was the Offensive Coordinator. I think in 1960 Landry went to Dallas, and Lombardi went to GB. They exchanged their playbooks before leaving the NYGs.
Good You tube on Landry here, "A Football Life". Commentary and stories from the players are interesting and funny.
A Football Life
Could someone place something similar for The Bear?
Landry led a very interesting life. Raised on the Texas/Mexico border. University of Texas Engineering graduate. Co-Pilot a bomber in WW2 and brought one in under really difficult conditions, all shot up.
Player/Coach for NYG for a time. Was Defensive Coordinator for the NYG in the 50s while Vince Lombardi was the Offensive Coordinator. I think in 1960 Landry went to Dallas, and Lombardi went to GB. They exchanged their playbooks before leaving the NYGs.
Good You tube on Landry here, "A Football Life". Commentary and stories from the players are interesting and funny.
A Football Life
Could someone place something similar for The Bear?
Posted on 7/22/24 at 11:52 am to theCAW
Landry easily
But I’m more of an NFL guy so I’m biased
But I’m more of an NFL guy so I’m biased
Posted on 7/22/24 at 4:03 pm to theCAW
The Bear Bryant hat pattern isn’t iconic because it’s clearly checkered and almost always was! The stupid inbred a Bama fans wear houndstooth!
Posted on 7/22/24 at 5:22 pm to theCAW
The fact that it's houndstooth would make it more iconic.
Posted on 7/22/24 at 6:05 pm to theCAW
When go to a cowboys game nobody is wearing a Tom Landry hat.
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