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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois |
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| learned with regret of the death of Al Scott on Thursday, March |
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| 3, 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Scott, a 1965 graduate of Hirsch High School |
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| and a 1969 graduate of Central State University in Ohio, played |
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| for the Cincinnati Bengals for a short time; he was the |
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| sixth-winningest football coach in Illinois high school |
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| history, with a record of 262 wins and 130 losses; and
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| WHEREAS, He leaves a lasting mark on Public League |
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| football, establishing his record in 33 seasons at Simeon High |
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| School, where he coached from 1972 to 2004; he is the only |
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| coach in Public League history to lead his team to the city |
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| championship game in four decades; the Simeon Wolverines also |
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| made four Prep Bowl appearances under his leadership; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Scott was one of the pioneers in bringing |
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| respectability to Public League football, and he had the best |
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| winning percentage in Public League history; in 2003, he |
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| coached his team to a third Chicago Public School City |
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| Championship; and
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| WHEREAS, He was a member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, |
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| Inc., and throughout his career, he won a number of accolades, |
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| including being named "Football Coach of the Week" by the |
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| Chicago Bears in 1996, National High School Coach of the Year |
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| for the Midwest Region in 1997, and he was inducted into the |
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| Illinois Football Hall of Fame in 2001; during his career, he |
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| coached three high school athletes who eventually played for |
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| the NFL; they are John Mitchell, Bill Johnson, and Ivory McCoy; |
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| and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Al Scott has been deeply felt by |