Former quarterback, coach, and athletic director Steve Sloan passes away at age 79
The college football landscape lost an all-time great on Sunday with Steve Sloan passing away on April 14 in Orlando. Spending the past three months in memory care and dying at Orlando Health Phillips Hospital at the age of 79. An Austin, Texas native, Sloan chose Alabama as his school of choice out of high school, playing under legendary coach Baer Bryant from 1962 to 1965. Severing as a backup quarterback to ‘Broadway’ Joe Namath before taking over as the starter in 1964 following an injury to Namath. During his two seasons as the Crimson Tide starter Sloan helped lead the team to back to ba...