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Jon Voight cast as Bear Bryant in upcoming Alabama football film

Brad Crawford

By Brad Crawford

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Academy award-winning actor Jon Voight will play Alabama Crimson Tide legend Paul ‘Bear’ Bryant in the upcoming independent film ‘Woodlawn.’

Shooting has already begun in Birmingham, Ala., on a film that centers around the 1973-74 high school football season at Woodlawn High School when race relations were tense in the Yellowhammer State.

Bear Bryant won 323 games and six national championship over a 25-year career as Alabama’s head coach.

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