{"product_id":"fumbled-call-the-bear-bryant-wally-butts-football-scandal-that-split-the-supreme-court-and-changed-american-libel-law-paperback","title":"Fumbled Call: The Bear Bryant-Wally Butts Football Scandal That Split the Supreme Court and Changed American Libel Law - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid E. Sumner\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Atlanta insurance salesman George Burnett found himself at the center of a football scandal when he overheard a phone conversation between University of Georgia athletic director Wally Butts and University of Alabama football coach Paul \"Bear\" Bryant. Butts seemed to be giving Bryant play formations that would help Alabama defeat Georgia 35-0 in the 1962 season opener.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e When the \u003ci\u003eSaturday Evening Post\u003c\/i\u003e published Burnett's story months later, Butts and Bryant successfully sued the magazine for libel. The case went to the Supreme Court where it was upheld in a landmark 5-4 decision that expanded the legal definition of \"public figures.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Referencing more than 3,000 pages of letters, depositions and trial transcripts, the author reveals new information about this scandal and its resulting trial.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid E. Sumner\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor emeritus of journalism at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana, where he taught for 25 years. He has written seven books.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 234\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.7 x 5.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 14, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42717487988799,"sku":"9781476671413","price":53.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/1e2d00fd7c7d64f41391cd3913e2d89a.webp?v=1765078646","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/fumbled-call-the-bear-bryant-wally-butts-football-scandal-that-split-the-supreme-court-and-changed-american-libel-law-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}