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Gene Stallings talks heart attack, desire to be in Alabama 2 weeks later

Joking that friends said he probably shouldn't be so active, former Alabama football coach Gene Stallings visited Tuscaloosa two weeks after suffering a massive heart attack in Texas.

The 25th anniversary of the Crimson Tide's 1992 national title season brought the 82-year old to the Bear Bryant Museum on Friday evening. A week earlier, he was on the field at Texas A&M as his 1967 ream was honored during the Alabama game.

No heart attack was stopping Stallings from these events.

"I had a responsibility and I was going to honor it," Stallings said.