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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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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
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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
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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
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18 | WHEREAS, The 1963 Huskies revolutionized the passing game | ||||||
19 | in college football with a wide-open shotgun offense; and
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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