PRINTER'S NO. 2926
No. 363 Session of 2001
INTRODUCED BY WATERS, BISHOP, HORSEY, JAMES, WASHINGTON, BEBKO-
JONES, BUXTON, CORRIGAN, DeLUCA, DeWEESE, DIVEN, GRUCELA,
HARHAI, LAUGHLIN, LEVDANSKY, McCALL, READSHAW, ROBERTS,
SANTONI, SOLOBAY, STETLER, TIGUE, C. WILLIAMS, YOUNGBLOOD,
BLAUM, CALTAGIRONE, DALEY, DERMODY, DONATUCCI, GEORGE, HANNA,
KIRKLAND, LEDERER, MANDERINO, PISTELLA, RIEGER, ROBINSON,
SHANER, STABACK, THOMAS, WALKO, WOJNAROSKI AND J. WILLIAMS,
NOVEMBER 20, 2001
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
NOVEMBER 20, 2001
A RESOLUTION
1 Commending Johnny Sample on his accomplishments.
2 WHEREAS, Johnny Sample, who played with the Baltimore Colts
3 and the New York Jets, was the first African-American co-captain
4 of a professional football team and is the only person to play
5 on an American Football League championship team, a National
6 Football League championship team and a Super Bowl championship
7 team; and
8 WHEREAS, He is a graduate of Maryland State College and a
9 member of that school's football hall of fame; and
10 WHEREAS, His book, "Confession of a Dirty Football Player,"
11 spent six weeks on the New York Times bestseller list; and
12 WHEREAS, Currently he is ranked first in the United States
13 Tennis Association 45-and-over category, and has served as chair
14 umpire, linesman and referee for more than 25 years; and
1 WHEREAS, He can be seen and heard as a television and radio
2 analyst for the Philadelphia Eagles football team; and
3 WHEREAS, The Johnny Sample Sports Camp, Incorporated, a
4 tennis corporation he owns and operates, teaches inner-city
5 children tennis and life skills during the summer months;
6 therefore be it
7 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives commend Johnny
8 Sample on his multitude of accomplishments and the valuable
9 service his organization provides to inner-city children.
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