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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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