1. William Raines Battle III was an American college athletics administrator, football coach, and sports marketing businessman.
11 Facts About Bill Battle
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Bill Battle played college football for the Alabama Crimson Tide and was head coach of the Tennessee Volunteers.
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Bill Battle played college football for Alabama from 1960 to 1962, as an offensive end.
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Bill Battle was one of many of Bear Bryant's former players and assistant coaches who later became head coaches.
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When Doug Dickey left for Florida in 1970, Bill Battle succeeded him as head football coach at Tennessee.
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Bill Battle was replaced by Volunteer legend Johnny Majors, who had led Pittsburgh to the 1976 national championship.
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In 1981, while working for Golden Eagle Enterprises in Selma, Alabama, Bill Battle signed Bear Bryant to a licensing agreement.
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Bill Battle succeeded long-time director Mal Moore, who stepped down for health reasons at age 73.
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Bill Battle was a member of the group that votes in the Harris Interactive College Football Poll.
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Bill Battle's grandfather William Raines Battle was a Methodist minister.
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In 1962, Bill Battle was inducted into the Alabama chapter of "National Leadership Honor Society" Omicron Delta Kappa.