Every generation has its "Where were you when ..." moments.

For those over 35 in this state, remembering where you were when hearing the news that Alabama football coach Paul "Bear" Bryant died is at or near the top of the list.

Coming off a weekend where Alabama celebrated its 16th national championship and fourth in the last seven years under Nick Saban, long-time Alabama fans had opportunity to think about their two most successful college football coaches.

Bryant died this day in 1983 of a massive heart attack while getting ready for a physical exam, just weeks after retiring as the winningest coach in college football history.

On the day of his funeral, the state shut down; three churches in Tuscaloosa were filled for the service, hundreds of cars and trucks pulled off to the side of I-20/59 as the funeral procession moved to Birmingham's Elmwood Cemetery, thousands more lined the side of the road or watched from overpasses to watch the procession pass by.

Bryant ws the head coach at four schools -- Maryland, Kentucky, Texas A&M and Alabama. He won six national championships with the Crimson Tide (1961, 1964, 1965, 1973, 1978, 1979), but his only Heisman Trophy winner came at A&M in halfback John David Crow.

Of his then-record 323 wins (against 85 losses and 17 ties), 232 came at Alabama, making him the school's all-time winningest coach. For the record, the 232 wins is more than double Frank Thomas in the No. 2 spot with 115, with Nick Saban third at 100.

For what would have been his 100th birthday in 2013, we put together some photo galleries of his career - by the decades, your photos with him, some rarely seen moments and his funeral procession. They include: