Full Text of HR0599 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are pleased to honor the 1963 Northern Illinois | 4 | | University football team on the occasion of the 50th | 5 | | anniversary of the team's Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic | 6 | | Conference championship and NCAA College Division National | 7 | | Championship; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, The 1963 Northern Illinois University football | 9 | | team brought national attention to Northern Illinois | 10 | | University and the DeKalb community with a 10-0-0 season and | 11 | | recognition as the NCAA's College Division National Champions; | 12 | | and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, The accomplishments of the 1963 Huskies helped | 14 | | provide the building blocks for a new football stadium on | 15 | | campus, NCAA University Division status, affiliation with the | 16 | | Mid-American Conference, and the success the Northern Illinois | 17 | | University football program enjoys today; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, The 1963 Huskies revolutionized the passing game | 19 | | in college football with a wide-open shotgun offense; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Northern Illinois University senior quarterback | 21 | | George Bork became the first player in the history of college |
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| 1 | | football to compile 3,000 passing yards in a single season and | 2 | | rewrote the Northern Illinois University and NCAA record books; | 3 | | in 1999, Bork became the first Huskie inducted into the College | 4 | | Football Hall of Fame; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, The 1963 Huskies featured a strong defense that | 6 | | held opponents to less than 10 points per game and outscored | 7 | | their opponents by 24 points per game; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Northern Illinois University quarterback George | 9 | | Bork, receivers Hugh Rohrschneider and Gary Stearns, and center | 10 | | Robert Evans all received Little All-America honors; a record | 11 | | 11 players were named All-Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic | 12 | | Conference performers; and | 13 | | WHEREAS, The 1963 Huskies are and will continue to be | 14 | | remembered at Northern Illinois University by the National | 15 | | Championship flag erected in 2011 and a bronze plague dedicated | 16 | | on October 12, 2012; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Winning a National Championship takes dedication | 18 | | from all members of the team; and | 19 | | WHEREAS, The men who made up the 1963 Northern Illinois | 20 | | University football team are to be commended for their unity | 21 | | and team strength; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, The 1963 Huskie players included Jerry Andres, Joe | 2 | | Bertone, George Bork, Dave Broderick, John Broderick, Richard | 3 | | Calkins, David Casey, Ron Christian, David Cudden, Jack Dean, | 4 | | Robert Evans, Jeff Fort, Jack Frost, John Haar, Dennis | 5 | | Harrison, Mike Henigan, Terry Henigan, David Herstedt, David | 6 | | Hildebrandt, Ed Janoski, Herb Jennings, Robert Johnson, Robert | 7 | | Kerby, Jerry Kerner, Lynn McCann, Neal McDonald, Daniel Meyer, | 8 | | Jim Modglin, Dave Mulderink, Robert Owens, William Pelkey, Hugh | 9 | | Rohrschneider, Jack Secord, Ken Slimko, Roger Smith, Roger | 10 | | Stark, Gary Stearns, Arny Vesely, Stan Vesely, Tom Walz, and | 11 | | Charles Wood; and | 12 | | WHEREAS, The Huskies were led by innovative Head Coach | 13 | | Howard Fletcher; the assistant coaches were Dr. Robert Brigham, | 14 | | Dr. Mark Dean, Jack Pheanis, and John Wrenn; the trainer was Al | 15 | | Kranz; and the managers were Tom Bloom, Tom Dahlfors, and | 16 | | Robert Kapheim; therefore, be it
| 17 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 18 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 19 | | we commend and applaud the members of the 1963 Northern | 20 | | Illinois University football team on the occasion of the 50th | 21 | | anniversary of their national championship; and be it further
| 22 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be |
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| 1 | | presented to each surviving member of the 1963 Northern | 2 | | Illinois University football team.
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