In this 1978 photo released by the University of Alabama, Bert Bank, Billy Martin, George Steinbrenner and Paul Bryant are seen prior to the 1978 exhibition game between Alabama and the New York Yankees at Sewell-Thomas Field in Tuscaloosa, Ala. Bank died Monday night, June 22, 2009, at age 94. Bank was a World War II veteran who survived the Bataan Death March, became a state legislator and founded two Tuscaloosa radio stations. Perhaps his biggest claim to fame, though, was as founder of the Alabama Football Network. AP Photo logo AP Photo 5 months ago

In this 1978 photo released by the University of Alabama, Bert Bank, Billy Martin, George Steinbrenner and Paul Bryant are seen prior to the 1978 exhibition game between Alabama and the New York Yankees at Sewell-Thomas Field in Tuscaloosa, Ala. Bank died Monday night, June 22, 2009, at age 94. Bank was a World War II veteran who survived the Bataan Death March, became a state legislator and founded two Tuscaloosa radio stations. Perhaps his biggest claim to fame, though, was as founder of the Alabama Football Network.

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