Full Text of SR0778 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of famed New York Yankees player Bill | 4 | | "Moose" Skowron of Schaumburg, who passed away on April 27, | 5 | | 2012; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, William Joseph Skowron was born on December 18, | 7 | | 1930, in Chicago; he went to Purdue on a football scholarship | 8 | | and played halfback, punted, and place-kicked; he became a | 9 | | collegiate star in baseball, playing shortstop and pitching; | 10 | | the Yankee organization signed him in 1950 after he won the Big | 11 | | Ten batting championship; and | 12 | | WHEREAS, He made his Yankee debut in 1954; his best season | 13 | | was 1960, when he hit .309 with 26 home runs, then hit .375 | 14 | | with 2 homers against Pittsburgh in the World Series; playing | 15 | | for the Yankees, the Dodgers, the Washington Senators, the | 16 | | White Sox, and the California Angels, he had 1,566 career hits, | 17 | | 888 runs batted in, and a .282 batting average; and | 18 | | WHEREAS, He was known for a scowl and a muscular frame that | 19 | | presumably intimidated opposing pitchers, he hit 211 home runs | 20 | | in 14 major league seasons and batted .300 five times as a | 21 | | Yankee; he played for Managers Casey Stengel and Ralph Houk on | 22 | | Yankee teams that won 4 World Series; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, He was named an All-Star every season from 1957 to | 2 | | 1961 with the Yankees and again in 1965 with the Chicago White | 3 | | Sox; he was at his best in the World Series, hitting 8 home | 4 | | runs and driving in 29 runs in 39 games;
in 1956, he hit a grand | 5 | | slam to help propel the Yankees to a Game 7 victory over the | 6 | | Brooklyn Dodgers; in 1958, he drove in the eventual winning run | 7 | | in Game 6 against the Milwaukee Braves, then hit a 3-run homer | 8 | | in the Yankees' Game 7 triumph; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, After retiring as a player, he held sales and | 10 | | promotional jobs, and he was a community affairs representative | 11 | | for the Chicago White Sox until his passing; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Bill "Moose" Skowron is survived by his wife, | 13 | | Lorraine, known as Cookie; his daughter, Lynnette Skowron | 14 | | Morgan; his sons, Steve and Greg; his brother, Edward; and 4 | 15 | | grandchildren; therefore, be it
| 16 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | 17 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 18 | | his family, friends, and New York Yankee fans, the passing of | 19 | | Bill "Moose" Skowron; and be it further
| 20 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 21 | | presented to the family of Bill "Moose" Skowron as a symbol of |
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| 1 | | our sincere sympathy.
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