Johnny Mack Brown was born and raised in Dothan, where he graduated from Dothan High School in 1922. His family lived four blocks from the site of this mural, and they owned a clothing store on Main Street. In 1926, Johnny Mack Brown graduated as an All-American football halfback from the University of Alabama, scoring the winning touchdown at the Rose Bowl. He parlayed his good looks and athletic ability into a Hollywood career that would span more than 40 years, including 168 movie and television roles. He was known as “The Singing Cowboy,” and he is enshrined in the National Collegiate Football Hall of Fame, the Rose Bowl Hall of Fame, the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame, the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and the Alabama Stage and Screenwriters Hall of Fame. Landmark Park hosts the annual Johnny Mack Brown Festival each spring.