‘Whatever happened to Johnny Mack ... Brown had a fateful meeting that would determine the course of the remainder of his life. He struck up a friendship with George Fawcett, a Hollywood actor ...

An All-American halfback while attending the University of Alabama, Johnny Mack Brown chose the silver screen over the green grass of the football field when he graduated. Signed to a contract ...

Also this date: “It’s certainly good to be back in the good old State of Alabama,” said Johnny Mack Brown yesterday ... in my possibilities as an actor.” Brown and his wife and four ...

If one title best exemplified Johnny Mack Brown both ... pursue a career as an actor in motion pictures, and became one of Hollywood’s most popular western stars. Brown had numerous minor ...

The central theme, of course, is a tribute to Johnny Mack Brown, a star athlete at Dothan High School and The University of Alabama, who went on to fame as an actor in 165 B-Western movies and ...

Johnny Mack Brown, left, runs with the ball during the 1926 Rose Bowl game against Washington. (Photo courtesy of the Paul W. Bryant Museum) Johnny Mack Brown during his Alabama football playing days.