Steadman S. Shealy, Jr. (born June 8, 1958) is an American attorney and former college football

quarterback The quarterback (commonly abbreviated "QB"), colloquially known as the "signal caller", is a position in gridiron football. Quarterbacks are members of the offensive platoon and mostly line up directly behind the offensive line. In modern Ame ...

. He is best known as the starting quarterback on the

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's 1979

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team. Shealy was also a member of the 1978 national championship team, but played back-up to Jeff Rutledge. After his collegiate career he was twice elected to the Alabama State Board of Education in 1986 and 1990 as a

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. Shealy is a lifelong resident of

Dothan, Alabama Dothan () is a city in Dale, Henry, and Houston counties and the Houston county seat in the U.S. state of Alabama. It is Alabama's eighth-largest city, with a population of 71,072 at the 2020 census. It is near the state's southeastern corner ...

. After graduating from high school in 1976, he played football on a scholarship for coach Bear Bryant at the University of Alabama. Shealy was a

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quarterback for the

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from 1976 to 1979. He was part of Alabama's 28 consecutive wins—the longest win streak in school history—from 1978 to 1980. He graduated with a

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degree in 1980. Shealy hosted The Bear Bryant Show in 1982 and served as a

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in the football program while attending law school. He received his Juris Doctor degree from the

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in 1984. Shealy joined the Dothan law firm of Buntin & Cobb as an associate in 1984. Today he is a senior partner in the firm, which is now known as Shealy, Crum & Pike, P.C. He practices civil litigation with an emphasis on insurance, corporate defense, personal injury, and product liability. Shealy and his wife, Ann, have five children, Steadman Jr., Jacqueline, Anna Catharine, Robert, and John David.

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Shealy, Crum & Pike, P.C. website
1958 births Living people American football quarterbacks Alabama Crimson Tide football coaches Alabama Crimson Tide football players Alabama Democrats Alabama lawyers University of Alabama School of Law alumni Sportspeople from Dothan, Alabama Coaches of American football from Alabama Players of American football from Alabama {{Quarterback-1950s-stub

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