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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of |
| 3 | | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Morgan |
| 4 | | Park Head Football Coach Lexie Spurlock, who passed away on |
| 5 | | October 28, 2022; and
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| 6 | | WHEREAS, Coach Spurlock was born in Chicago on November |
| 7 | | 20, 1945; he attended
the historical Tuskegee Institute High |
| 8 | | School in Alabama, where he excelled in football, basketball, |
| 9 | | and track and field,
receiving letters in all three sports; he |
| 10 | | earned a football scholarship as a running back to Tuskegee |
| 11 | | University, where his Golden Tigers took the Southern |
| 12 | | Inter-Collegiate Athletic Conference Championship in 1966, |
| 13 | | 1967, 1968, and 1969; he received a
Bachelor of Science in |
| 14 | | Physical Education from Tuskegee University in 1970; he
earned |
| 15 | | a Master of Science in Physical Education from the University |
| 16 | | of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana in 1976, where he was a member |
| 17 | | of Kappa Alpha Psi, Fraternity, Inc.; and
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| 18 | | WHEREAS, Coach Spurlock played semi-professional football |
| 19 | | as a free safety;
his football career spanned from 1972 to 1979 |
| 20 | | with such teams as the Rockford Rams, the Lake County Rifles, |
| 21 | | the
Chicago Fire, the Chicago Broncos, and the Niles Saints; |
| 22 | | in 1974, in an undefeated season with the Chicago Bulls, he
led |
| 23 | | the Chicagoland Football League in interceptions; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Coach Spurlock started as a
physical education |
| 2 | | teacher and football and track and field coach
with Chicago |
| 3 | | Public Schools in 1970; he had an impact on students and |
| 4 | | athletics at Le Moyne, John
Hope, and Parker Elementary |
| 5 | | Schools and CVS, Carver, Simeon, Paul Robeson, Whitney Young, |
| 6 | | Du Sable, and
Morgan Park High Schools; he served as head |
| 7 | | varsity football and track and field coach at Du Sable and |
| 8 | | Morgan
Park High Schools; and
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| 9 | | WHEREAS, Coach Spurlock was one of the most successful and |
| 10 | | respected football coaches in Chicago Public League (CPL) |
| 11 | | history; his career record was 147 wins and 59 losses, and he |
| 12 | | ranked in the nation's top 9% in Division I Scholarships; his |
| 13 | | accomplishments include 2010 CPL City Champions |
| 14 | | Runner-Up-Conference Champions, 2009 Conference Champions, |
| 15 | | 2008 Conference Champions, 2007 State Quarter Finals-Prep Bowl |
| 16 | | Runner-Up-CPL City Champions-Conference Champions, 2006 CPL |
| 17 | | City Champions
Runner-Up, 2005 Prep Bowl Champions-CPL City |
| 18 | | Champions-Conference Champions, 2004 State |
| 19 | | Semi-finals-Conference
Champions, 2003 State Quarter |
| 20 | | Finals-Conference Champions, 2002 CPL City Champions |
| 21 | | Runner-Up, 2001 State Quarter
Finals-Prep Bowl Runner-Up-CPL |
| 22 | | City Champions-Conference Champions, 2000 Co-Conference |
| 23 | | Champions, and 1998 Conference
Champions; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Coach Spurlock promoted good character, stressed |
| 2 | | integrity, and loved winning, winning, and winning; his |
| 3 | | innovative,
explosive, and inspirational coaching style |
| 4 | | focused on faith, family, and football, which led
the Morgan |
| 5 | | Park Mustangs to become an elite football program in the |
| 6 | | Chicago Public League; and
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| 7 | | WHEREAS, Coach Spurlock has been the recipient of many |
| 8 | | awards and recognitions, including the 2007 Blum-Kovler |
| 9 | | Foundation Educational
Award, the 2007 Chicago Defender Prep |
| 10 | | Coach of the Week, the 2005 Prep Bowl Coach, the 2005 Ark-Chi |
| 11 | | UNCF Man of the
Year, the 2004 Coaches Club Award, the 2003 CPL |
| 12 | | Hidden Hero Award, the 2003 Chicago Bears' Coach of the Week,
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| 13 | | the 2003 MPHS Football Parents' Club Coach of the Year, the |
| 14 | | 2002 Prep-Magazine Insight Man of the Year, and the 1990
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| 15 | | Chicago Public League Football Coaches Association Award; and
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| 16 | | WHEREAS, Coach Spurlock was rewarded by the love, respect, |
| 17 | | and success of his
students and athletes and always believed |
| 18 | | that education was the key; therefore, be it
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| 19 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE |
| 20 | | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
| 21 | | we mourn the passing of Morgan Park Head Football Coach Lexie |
| 22 | | Spurlock and extend our sincere condolences to his family, |
| 23 | | friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it further
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