Bill Text: IL HR0978 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Morgan Park Head Football Coach Lexie Spurlock.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2022-11-15 - Resolution Adopted [HR0978 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-HR0978-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Morgan | ||||||
| 4 | Park Head Football Coach Lexie Spurlock, who passed away on | ||||||
| 5 | October 28, 2022; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Coach Spurlock was born in Chicago on November | ||||||
| 7 | 20, 1945; he attended
the historical Tuskegee Institute High | ||||||
| 8 | School in Alabama, where he excelled in football, basketball, | ||||||
| 9 | and track and field,
receiving letters in all three sports; he | ||||||
| 10 | earned a football scholarship as a running back to Tuskegee | ||||||
| 11 | University, where his Golden Tigers took the Southern | ||||||
| 12 | Inter-Collegiate Athletic Conference Championship in 1966, | ||||||
| 13 | 1967, 1968, and 1969; he received a
Bachelor of Science in | ||||||
| 14 | Physical Education from Tuskegee University in 1970; he
earned | ||||||
| 15 | a Master of Science in Physical Education from the University | ||||||
| 16 | of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana in 1976, where he was a member | ||||||
| 17 | of Kappa Alpha Psi, Fraternity, Inc.; and
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| 18 | WHEREAS, Coach Spurlock played semi-professional football | ||||||
| 19 | as a free safety;
his football career spanned from 1972 to 1979 | ||||||
| 20 | with such teams as the Rockford Rams, the Lake County Rifles, | ||||||
| 21 | the
Chicago Fire, the Chicago Broncos, and the Niles Saints; | ||||||
| 22 | in 1974, in an undefeated season with the Chicago Bulls, he
led | ||||||
| 23 | the Chicagoland Football League in interceptions; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, Coach Spurlock started as a
physical education | ||||||
| 2 | teacher and football and track and field coach
with Chicago | ||||||
| 3 | Public Schools in 1970; he had an impact on students and | ||||||
| 4 | athletics at Le Moyne, John
Hope, and Parker Elementary | ||||||
| 5 | Schools and CVS, Carver, Simeon, Paul Robeson, Whitney Young, | ||||||
| 6 | Du Sable, and
Morgan Park High Schools; he served as head | ||||||
| 7 | varsity football and track and field coach at Du Sable and | ||||||
| 8 | Morgan
Park High Schools; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, Coach Spurlock was one of the most successful and | ||||||
| 10 | respected football coaches in Chicago Public League (CPL) | ||||||
| 11 | history; his career record was 147 wins and 59 losses, and he | ||||||
| 12 | ranked in the nation's top 9% in Division I Scholarships; his | ||||||
| 13 | accomplishments include 2010 CPL City Champions | ||||||
| 14 | Runner-Up-Conference Champions, 2009 Conference Champions, | ||||||
| 15 | 2008 Conference Champions, 2007 State Quarter Finals-Prep Bowl | ||||||
| 16 | Runner-Up-CPL City Champions-Conference Champions, 2006 CPL | ||||||
| 17 | City Champions
Runner-Up, 2005 Prep Bowl Champions-CPL City | ||||||
| 18 | Champions-Conference Champions, 2004 State | ||||||
| 19 | Semi-finals-Conference
Champions, 2003 State Quarter | ||||||
| 20 | Finals-Conference Champions, 2002 CPL City Champions | ||||||
| 21 | Runner-Up, 2001 State Quarter
Finals-Prep Bowl Runner-Up-CPL | ||||||
| 22 | City Champions-Conference Champions, 2000 Co-Conference | ||||||
| 23 | Champions, and 1998 Conference
Champions; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, Coach Spurlock promoted good character, stressed | ||||||
| 2 | integrity, and loved winning, winning, and winning; his | ||||||
| 3 | innovative,
explosive, and inspirational coaching style | ||||||
| 4 | focused on faith, family, and football, which led
the Morgan | ||||||
| 5 | Park Mustangs to become an elite football program in the | ||||||
| 6 | Chicago Public League; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, Coach Spurlock has been the recipient of many | ||||||
| 8 | awards and recognitions, including the 2007 Blum-Kovler | ||||||
| 9 | Foundation Educational
Award, the 2007 Chicago Defender Prep | ||||||
| 10 | Coach of the Week, the 2005 Prep Bowl Coach, the 2005 Ark-Chi | ||||||
| 11 | UNCF Man of the
Year, the 2004 Coaches Club Award, the 2003 CPL | ||||||
| 12 | Hidden Hero Award, the 2003 Chicago Bears' Coach of the Week,
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| 13 | the 2003 MPHS Football Parents' Club Coach of the Year, the | ||||||
| 14 | 2002 Prep-Magazine Insight Man of the Year, and the 1990
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| 15 | Chicago Public League Football Coaches Association Award; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, Coach Spurlock was rewarded by the love, respect, | ||||||
| 17 | and success of his
students and athletes and always believed | ||||||
| 18 | that education was the key; therefore, be it
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| 19 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 20 | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 21 | we mourn the passing of Morgan Park Head Football Coach Lexie | ||||||
| 22 | Spurlock and extend our sincere condolences to his family, | ||||||
| 23 | friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it further
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| 1 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 2 | presented to the family of Coach Spurlock as an expression of | ||||||
| 3 | our deepest sympathy.
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