Bill Text: IN HCR0016 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Honoring Evansville Bosse HS on 50th anniversary of its basketball championship.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)
Status: (Passed) 2012-02-09 - Returned to the House [HCR0016 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2012-HCR0016-Introduced.html
RESOLUTION No. ________
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION honoring the 1961-1962
Evansville Benjamin Bosse High School men's basketball team.
, read first time and referred to Committee on
RESOLUTION No. ________
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION honoring the 1961-1962
Evansville Benjamin Bosse High School men's basketball team.
Whereas, The Bulldogs of Evansville Benjamin Bosse
High School were crowned state high school basketball
champions for the 1961-1962 season with a dramatic 84-81
win over East Chicago Washington High School in the title
game at Butler Fieldhouse;
Whereas, The Bulldogs won the '62 title in the first year
of Jim Myers's tenure as head coach, continually motivated
and encouraged to become better athletes and better men by
Coach Myers, a tough-minded but caring veteran of the
Pacific Theater of the Second World War;
Whereas, Four of the Bulldogs' starting five went on to
play for Division I universities, with several Indiana schools
among them, including Indiana University and Valparaiso;
Whereas, Two of the Bulldogs' starters have been
inducted into the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame, forward
Gary Grieger in 2007, and guard Jerry Southwood in 2011;
Whereas, The strength of the Bulldogs' bench was just as integral to the squad's championship season, with Jerry Southwood recalling that their success rested on one fact,
that, "in a word, it was a team: T-E-A-M";
Whereas, On the road to the title game in Indianapolis,
the Bulldogs demonstrated all of their skill and endurance in
an impressive string of victories over North Posey High
School (92-56), Reitz High School (68-57), Rex Mundi High
School (57-54), North High School (88-71), Fort Branch
High School (76-61), Castle High School (84-53), Jasper
High School (70-68), Seymour High School (77-57), and
Madison High School (79-75), before moving on to defeat
East Chicago Washington for the championship;
Whereas, The Bulldogs' dominating 24-2 season was only
achieved through the hard work and dedication of every
player on the team and their coaches, including Eric Sullivan
(guard), Bob Adams (guard), Charles Wey (guard), David
Riggs (guard), Bob Guenther (center), Jerry Southwood
(guard), Gary Grieger (forward), Jerry Polley (forward),
Charles Given (forward), John Wilson (guard), Ken Rakow
(center), Gene Lockyear (forward), Alfred "Al" Buck
(assistant coach), Jerry Canterbury (assistant coach), and
Jim Myers (head coach); and,
Whereas, March 17th, 2012, will mark the 50th
anniversary of the Bulldogs' title victory over East Chicago
Washington: Therefore,
SECTION 1. That the Indiana General Assembly honors the 1961-
1962 men's basketball team of Evansville Benjamin Bosse High School
on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Bulldogs' state title,
congratulates the team's players and coaches on their victory, and
commends them for their contribution to the proud and cherished
legacy of excellence in Indiana basketball.
SECTION 2. That the Principal Clerk of the House of
Representatives transmit a copy of this resolution to the members of the team.
