House Bill 9149

    Florida House of Representatives - 1999                HR 9149

        By Representative Lawson






  1                         House Resolution

  2         A resolution commending the Florida

  3         Agricultural and Mechanical University 1998

  4         football team.

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  6         WHEREAS, the 1998 Florida Agricultural and Mechanical

  7  University Rattler football team has been crowned as the 1998

  8  Black College National Champions, and

  9         WHEREAS, this is the team's 12th Black College National

10  Championship since 1938, and

11         WHEREAS, the team's title was largely due to the

12  efforts of four team members who won all-American honors, as

13  well as the efforts of Coach Billy Joe, who in 5 years has led

14  the team to a 44-16-0 record, NOW, THEREFORE,

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16  Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of

17  Florida:

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19         That the House of Representatives of the State of

20  Florida hereby congratulates the 1998 Florida Agricultural and

21  Mechanical University Rattler football team for having

22  achieved this honor.

23         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the four team members,

24  Patrick Bonner, Jacquay Nunnally, Juan Toro, and Olrick

25  Johnson, receive special recognition for having earned

26  all-American honors and that Coach Billy Joe be commended for

27  his outstanding record as Rattler coach.

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