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Paul 'Bear' Bryant to play at Texas A&M, Hall quit the team 7 games into his sophomore year, then quit again in his junior season, both times because he was not a starter, and Bryant, frustrated Hall could not block, had moved him to fullback. Years later, when Bryant was head coach at the University of Alabama, he sent Hall a letter apologizing for the way he had handled Hall at A&M.