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PAG LIN 1 1 HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. ____ 1 2 BY SIEGRIST, CORBETT, MYERS, MASCHER, RANTS, 1 3 BRAUNS, BOAL, HOFFMAN, EDDIE, GREINER, JOHNSON, 1 4 ALONS, HOLMES, HANSEN, VAN ENGELENHOVEN, 1 5 BLODGETT, GRUNDBERG, LORD, DAVIS, GIPP, 1 6 SUNDERBRUCH, BAUDLER, WEIDMAN, ARNOLD, MARTIN, 1 7 KLEMME, METCALF, HORBACH, MILLAGE, SUKUP, 1 8 NELSON, DRAKE, KETTERING, HUSEMAN, DOLECHECK, 1 9 BARRY, THOMSON, SHOULTZ, SCHERRMAN, FOEGE, 1 10 RICHARDSON, BUKTA, FREVERT, DOTZLER, FALCK, 1 11 THOMAS, STEVENS, DREES, WEIGEL, BELL, WELTER, 1 12 CHAPMAN, RAECKER, MERTZ, JACOBS, BRADLEY, RAYHONS, 1 13 BODDICKER, CORMACK, MAY, JENKINS, OSTERHAUS, 1 14 DODERER, JOCHUM, HAHN, and HOLVECK 1 15 A Resolution honoring University of Iowa Football 1 16 Coach Hayden Fry. 1 17 WHEREAS, University of Iowa Football Coach Hayden 1 18 Fry has retired from coaching after 20 seasons as Head 1 19 Coach at the University of Iowa and as the Hawkeyes' 1 20 winningest football coach with an overall record of 1 21 143-89-6; and 1 22 WHEREAS, Coach Fry's hard work and "scratch where 1 23 it itches" philosophy rejuvenated a football program 1 24 considered by many to be a coaching graveyard; and 1 25 WHEREAS, Coach Fry led the Hawkeyes in 1981, just 1 26 three years after arriving at Iowa, to their first 1 27 winning record since 1961, and their first Big Ten 1 28 Title and Rose Bowl appearance since 1959; and 1 29 WHEREAS, the Hawkeye football team has consistently 1 30 ranked among the nation's best teams during Coach 2 1 Fry's tenure, and includes three Big Ten 2 2 championships, 14 first division finishes, and nine 2 3 finishes in the nation's top 25 rankings, including 2 4 two finishes in the nation's top 10 rankings; and 2 5 WHEREAS, Coach Fry led the Hawkeyes to 14 bowl 2 6 appearances, including three in the Rose Bowl, three 2 7 in the Holiday Bowl, two each in the Peach, Alamo, and 2 8 Sun Bowls, and one each in the Gator and Freedom 2 9 Bowls; and 2 10 WHEREAS, Coach Fry has been named Big Ten Coach of 2 11 The Year three times and Coach of the Year, both 2 12 regionally and nationally, by both the media and the 2 13 American College Football Coaches Association; and 2 14 WHEREAS, Coach Fry ranks tenth among Division I 2 15 head coaches in career victories with 232; and 2 16 WHEREAS, all Iowa football fans have been treated 2 17 to exciting and entertaining football during Coach 2 18 Fry's 20 seasons and have been justly proud of the 2 19 success which has resulted from Coach Fry's 2 20 leadership; and 2 21 WHEREAS, Coach Fry is active in helping numerous 2 22 charitable and civic organizations and was supportive 2 23 of Iowa's farmers during the farm crisis in the 1980s, 2 24 having Hawkeye players wear ANF (America Needs 2 25 Farmers) decals on their helmets for eight seasons; 2 26 and 2 27 WHEREAS, Coach Fry will "always be a Hawk"; NOW 2 28 THEREFORE, 2 29 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 2 30 That Coach Hayden Fry be congratulated for the success 3 1 and recognition he helped to bring to the University 3 2 of Iowa and the Hawkeye football program both on and 3 3 off the field, for his outstanding leadership, 3 4 inspiration, and coaching ability exhibited throughout 3 5 his career at the University of Iowa; and 3 6 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That, upon adoption, an 3 7 official copy of this Resolution be prepared for 3 8 presentation to Coach Hayden Fry. 3 9 LSB 1720YH 78 3 10 mj/gg/8.1
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