THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE RESOLUTION

INTRODUCED BY SEIP, MILNE, GOODMAN, KNOWLES, KORTZ, BUXTON, CONKLIN, DONATUCCI, FREEMAN, GABLER, GEORGE, GRUCELA, HARHART, HELM, KOTIK, MAHONEY, MARKOSEK, McCALL, MELIO, PALLONE, PASHINSKI, PAYNE, REICHLEY, SAINATO, SIPTROTH, YUDICHAK, PARKER, D. COSTA AND BELFANTI, DECEMBER 9, 2009

INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35, DECEMBER 9, 2009  

A RESOLUTION

Recognizing the historic impact and tremendous accomplishments

of the 1925 Pottsville Maroons football team, appreciating

the significant advancements and innovations made by the team

in the early years of the National Football League and

designating the month of December 2009 as "Pottsville Maroons

Month" in Pennsylvania.

WHEREAS, The Pottsville Maroons were universally regarded as

the best football team in the world in 1925 following a National

Football League (NFL) record of 10-2 and the defeat of a team of

University of Notre Dame All Stars, which included the famed

Four Horsemen; and

WHEREAS, The Pottsville Maroons were NFL innovators who

helped legitimize the league and turned this Commonwealth into a

true football powerhouse; and

WHEREAS, The Pottsville Maroons were denied their legacy as

one of the greatest and most pioneering football teams in

history; and

WHEREAS, This Commonwealth stands behind the Pottsville

Maroons as a symbol of the rich history of coal region football

with incredible men who, through acts of selflessness,

galvanized the concept of team for the upstart NFL, as well as

generations of great teams that followed; and

WHEREAS, The cause of the Pottsville Maroons has gained

renewed momentum and a national voice on the recent publication

of the book Breaker Boys: The NFL's Greatest Team and the Stolen

1925 Championship by David Fleming; therefore be it

RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives recognize the

historic impact and tremendous accomplishments of the 1925

Pottsville Maroons football team and appreciate the significant

advancements and innovations made by the team in the early years

of the National Football League; and be it further

RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives designate the

month of December 2009 as "Pottsville Maroons Month" in

Pennsylvania.