Full Text of HR0711 94th General Assembly
HR0711 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, On January 26, 1986, the Chicago Bears won the | 3 |
| National Football League's Championship Game: Super Bowl XX, | 4 |
| against the New England Patriots, by a score of 46-10; during | 5 |
| that 1985 season, the Chicago Bears, also known as the | 6 |
| "Monsters of the Midway" for their ferocious "46 defense", had | 7 |
| a regular season record of 15-1; during that regular season, | 8 |
| the Chicago Bears defense only allowed 198 points to be scored | 9 |
| against them, including the two shut-outs, while the Chicago | 10 |
| offense scored over three times that, with 456 total points | 11 |
| scored during the regular season; the 1985 playoffs and Super | 12 |
| Bowl XX were no different, in which the Chicago Bears won by | 13 |
| the scores of 21-0 against the New York Giants, 24-0 against | 14 |
| the Los Angeles Rams, and the 46-10 against the New England | 15 |
| Patriots in the Super Bowl win; and
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| WHEREAS, The 1985 Chicago Bears dominated the National | 17 |
| Football League, their persona and swagger also dominated both | 18 |
| the City of Chicago and the nation as a whole; the leaders of | 19 |
| the 1985 Chicago Bears became household names in every home in | 20 |
| the nation; leaders such as coaches Mike Ditka and Buddy Ryan, | 21 |
| players Jim McMahon, Mike Singletary, Richard Dent, Dan | 22 |
| Hampton, Kevin Butler, William "the Fridge" Perry, Willie | 23 |
| Gault, Dave Duerson, Shaun Gayle, Gary Fencik, Steve Fuller, | 24 |
| Wilber Marshall, Dennis McKinnon, Ron Rivera, Matt Suhey, Otis | 25 |
| Wilson, and the team's greatest player and leader, the immortal | 26 |
| "Sweetness", Walter Payton; and
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| WHEREAS, Just before their Super Bowl win, the 1985 Chicago | 28 |
| Bears became forever engrained in the hearts and minds of every | 29 |
| Chicagoan, Illinoisan, and Chicago Bears fan nationwide with | 30 |
| the creation and release of the Super Bowl Shuffle; with | 31 |
| players now identified with the nicknames of "Samurai Mike", | 32 |
| "Punky QB", "Mama's Boy Otis", "Sackman", and, of course, | 33 |
| "Sweetness", not only was the song well received by fans |
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| everywhere, the song hit #41 on the Billboard charts, and sold | 2 |
| over 2 million copies; and
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| WHEREAS, 2005 is the 20th anniversary of what ESPN, on May | 4 |
| 15, 2005, has determined was the greatest football team ever in | 5 |
| the history of the National Football League by Eddie Epstein in | 6 |
| his ESPN article "Papa Bear Would've Been Proud of the '85 | 7 |
| Team"; the 1985 Chicago Bears have once again come together to | 8 |
| not only to celebrate the most prolific season in Chicago Bears | 9 |
| history, but to also help raise funds for various local | 10 |
| charities, including the Walter & Connie Payton Foundation, the | 11 |
| After School Matters foundation, and the Misericordia | 12 |
| foundation; throughout the entire 2005 season, former players | 13 |
| from the 1985 Chicago Bears will be making various appearances | 14 |
| around the City of Chicago, and its metropolitan areas, in a | 15 |
| joint effort to commemorate their championship season with | 16 |
| their fans, as well as to help those who need help the most; | 17 |
| many of their events can be viewed on their website | 18 |
| www.85worldchamps.com; and
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| WHEREAS, Each and every individual player and coach of the | 20 |
| 1985 Chicago Bears are to be recognized, in alphabetical order, | 21 |
| for their achievements, both on and off the field; the State of | 22 |
| Illinois recognizes the 1985 Chicago Bears players: Brad | 23 |
| Anderson (wide receiver-#86), Tom Andrews (center-#60), Brian | 24 |
| Baschnagel (wide receiver-#84), Kurt Becker (guard-#79), Mark | 25 |
| Bortz (guard-#62), Maury Buford (punter-#8), Kevin Butler | 26 |
| (place kicker-#6), Brian Cabral (linebacker-#54), Jim Covert | 27 |
| (offensive tackle-#74), Richard Dent (defensive end-#95), Dave | 28 |
| Duerson (safety-#22), Pat Dunsmore (tight end-#88), Gary | 29 |
| Fencik (safety-#45), Jeff Fisher (defensive back-#24), Leslie | 30 |
| Frazier (cornerback-#21), Andy Frederick (tackle-#71), Steve | 31 |
| Fuller (quarterback-#4), Willie Gault (wide receiver-#83), | 32 |
| Shaun Gayle (defensive back-#23), Dan Hampton (defensive | 33 |
| end-#99), Mike Hartentine (defensive end-#73), Jay Hilgenberg | 34 |
| (center-#63), Stefan Humphries (guard-#75), Tyrone Keys |
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| (defensive end-#98), Mitch Krenk (tight end-#89), James Maness | 2 |
| (wide receiver-#91), Ken Margerum (wide receiver-#82), Wilber | 3 |
| Marshall (linebacker-#58), Dennis McKinnon (wide | 4 |
| receiver-#85), Jim McMahon (quarterback-#9), Steve McMichael | 5 |
| (defensive tackle-#76), Emery Moorehead (tight end-#87), Jim | 6 |
| Morrissey (linebacker-#51), Keith Ortego (wide receiver-#96), | 7 |
| Walter Payton (running back-#34), William Perry (defensive | 8 |
| tackle-#72), Reggie Phillips (cornerback-#48), Dan Rains | 9 |
| (linebacker-#53), Mike Richardson (cornerback-#27), Ron Rivera | 10 |
| (linebacker-#59), Thomas Sanders (running back-#20), Mike | 11 |
| Singletary (linebacker-#50), Matt Suhey (fullback-#26), Ken | 12 |
| Taylor (defensive back-#31), Tom Thayer (guard-#57), Calvin | 13 |
| Thomas (running back-#33), Cliff Thrift (linebacker-#52), Mike | 14 |
| Tomczak (quarterback-#18), Keith Van Horne (offensive | 15 |
| tackle-#78), Henry Waechter (defensive tackle-#70), Otis | 16 |
| Wilson (linebacker-#55), and Tim Wrightman (tight end-#80); | 17 |
| furthermore, the State of Illinois recognizes the coaches of | 18 |
| the 1985 Chicago Bears: Head Coach Mike Ditka, Jim Dooley | 19 |
| (Research and Quality control), Strength Coach Clyde Emrich, | 20 |
| Defensive Line Coach Dale Haupt, Offensive Coordinator Ed | 21 |
| Hughes, Special Teams/Tight Ends Coach Steve Kazor, Defensive | 22 |
| Secondary Coach Jim LaRue, Receivers Coach Ted Plumb, Running | 23 |
| Backs Coach Johnny Roland, Defensive Coordinator Buddy Ryan, | 24 |
| and Offensive Line Coach Dick Stanfel; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 26 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 27 |
| the 1985 Chicago Bears be recognized as the greatest football | 28 |
| team of all time, with the realization that the entire 1985 | 29 |
| season and Super Bowl XX victory was a complete team effort to | 30 |
| which all persons and athletes should aspire to become; and be | 31 |
| it further
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| RESOLVED, That during the twentieth anniversary of their | 33 |
| Super Bowl XX victory, the 1985 Chicago Bears, in honor of | 34 |
| their accomplishments on the field and their selflessness in |
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| giving back to the community off the field, the State of | 2 |
| Illinois shall designate the month of November 2005 as 1985 | 3 |
| Chicago Bears Championship Month; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That the 1985 National Football League | 5 |
| Champions, the Chicago Bears, shall be saluted and commemorated | 6 |
| by the 94th Illinois General Assembly by the singing of the | 7 |
| official tribute to the Chicago Bears, "Bear Down, Chicago | 8 |
| Bears", in which the lyrics are as follows: | 9 |
| Bear Down, Chicago Bears.
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| Make every play clear the way to victory! | 11 |
| Bear Down, Chicago Bears.
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| Put up a fight with a might so fearlessly! | 13 |
| We'll never forget the way you thrilled the nation, | 14 |
| With your T formation.
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| Bear Down, Chicago Bears.
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| And let them know why you're wearing the crown.
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| You're the pride and joy,
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| Of all Illinois.
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| Chicago Bears, Bear Down!; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be given | 21 |
| to each individual player of the 1985 Chicago Bears football | 22 |
| team, each individual coach of the 1985 Chicago Bears football | 23 |
| team, and to the McCaskey family and any other representatives | 24 |
| of the Chicago Bears organization.
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