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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | ||||||
| 3 | learn of the death of famed New York Yankees player Bill | ||||||
| 4 | "Moose" Skowron of Schaumburg, who passed away on April 27, | ||||||
| 5 | 2012; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, William Joseph Skowron was born on December 18, | ||||||
| 7 | 1930, in Chicago; he went to Purdue on a football scholarship | ||||||
| 8 | and played halfback, punted, and place-kicked; he became a | ||||||
| 9 | collegiate star in baseball, playing shortstop and pitching; | ||||||
| 10 | the Yankee organization signed him in 1950 after he won the Big | ||||||
| 11 | Ten batting championship; and | ||||||
| 12 | WHEREAS, He made his Yankee debut in 1954; his best season | ||||||
| 13 | was 1960, when he hit .309 with 26 home runs, then hit .375 | ||||||
| 14 | with 2 homers against Pittsburgh in the World Series; playing | ||||||
| 15 | for the Yankees, the Dodgers, the Washington Senators, the | ||||||
| 16 | White Sox, and the California Angels, he had 1,566 career hits, | ||||||
| 17 | 888 runs batted in, and a .282 batting average; and | ||||||
| 18 | WHEREAS, He was known for a scowl and a muscular frame that | ||||||
| 19 | presumably intimidated opposing pitchers, he hit 211 home runs | ||||||
| 20 | in 14 major league seasons and batted .300 five times as a | ||||||
| 21 | Yankee; he played for Managers Casey Stengel and Ralph Houk on | ||||||
| 22 | Yankee teams that won 4 World Series; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, He was named an All-Star every season from 1957 to | ||||||
| 2 | 1961 with the Yankees and again in 1965 with the Chicago White | ||||||
| 3 | Sox; he was at his best in the World Series, hitting 8 home | ||||||
| 4 | runs and driving in 29 runs in 39 games;
in 1956, he hit a grand | ||||||
| 5 | slam to help propel the Yankees to a Game 7 victory over the | ||||||
| 6 | Brooklyn Dodgers; in 1958, he drove in the eventual winning run | ||||||
| 7 | in Game 6 against the Milwaukee Braves, then hit a 3-run homer | ||||||
| 8 | in the Yankees' Game 7 triumph; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, After retiring as a player, he held sales and | ||||||
| 10 | promotional jobs, and he was a community affairs representative | ||||||
| 11 | for the Chicago White Sox until his passing; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, Bill "Moose" Skowron is survived by his wife, | ||||||
| 13 | Lorraine, known as Cookie; his daughter, Lynnette Skowron | ||||||
| 14 | Morgan; his sons, Steve and Greg; his brother, Edward; and 4 | ||||||
| 15 | grandchildren; therefore, be it
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| 16 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 17 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | ||||||
| 18 | his family, friends, and New York Yankee fans, the passing of | ||||||
| 19 | Bill "Moose" Skowron; and be it further
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| 20 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 21 | presented to the family of Bill "Moose" Skowron as a symbol of | ||||||
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| 1 | our sincere sympathy.
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