Courtesy of W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama Libraries
Johnny Mack Brown
Johnny Mack Brown, known during his football career as the "Dothan Antelope," was a star on both the gridiron and the silver screen. He is best known for both his star performance for the University of Alabama Crimson Tide in the 1926 Rose Bowl and for his many roles as a cowboy hero in numerous Westerns from the 1930s through the 1950s.