https://davidsonarchivesandspecialcollections.org/aroundthed/college-bowl-a-davidson-success-story/ The Davidson College Archives & Special Collections Blog Mon, 28 Jun 2021 18:15:05 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.1 https://davidsonarchivesandspecialcollections.org/aroundthed/college-bowl-a-davidson-success-story/#comment-1024 Mon, 28 Jun 2021 18:15:05 +0000 http://forum.davidson.edu/aroundthed/?p=2163#comment-1024 Bryan was a Phi Delt, I think, and passed away a few years ago. Even for a guy from NC, his drawl was pretty pronounced. When the competitors would introduce themselves they’d get to him and you’d hear, “Robbbuttt Bryan, LaGraaange, Nawth Carolina”. By the time it got to their third or fourth week, he was a certified celebrity on that show. Fifty-one years later I can still hear him clear as day. He later said his drawl got bigger on the show because of nerves.

]]> https://davidsonarchivesandspecialcollections.org/aroundthed/college-bowl-a-davidson-success-story/#comment-778 Sun, 15 Nov 2020 14:39:45 +0000 http://forum.davidson.edu/aroundthed/?p=2163#comment-778 I still remember that 1969 Davidson team. Robert Bryan’s mother was a fifth-grade teacher at a school I attended for about a year (1965-66). I can still see him nearly coming out of his chair whenever he gave a correct answer. I wish more of my own students were as knowledgeable as this and other “College Bowl” teams were.

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