HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES             H.R. NO.31            
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 1999                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                                
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                        HOUSE  RESOLUTION
  HONORING THE PLAYERS AND COACHES OF THE TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY
       AFC-NFC PRO BOWL IN HAWAII.
  
  
  
   1         WHEREAS, the 1999 American Football Conference-National
   2    Football Conference Pro Bowl, to be played at the Aloha Stadium
   3    on February 7, 1999, will mark the twentieth straight year that
   4    the National Football League's season finale has been played in
   5    warm and sunny Hawaii; and
   6    
   7         WHEREAS, the Pro Bowl honors those men who play the game
   8    in freezing snow and rain and in sweltering heat and humidity;
   9    who play the game with broken bones, sprains and strains, and
  10    cuts and bruises; and who play the game for no greater reason
  11    than their love of the game and the fans; and
  12    
  13         WHEREAS, Pro Bowl players--rookies and veterans alike, and
  14    the men who coach them to do the things that they would not
  15    otherwise believe themselves capable of doing, are chosen by
  16    their fans and peers to receive this most coveted honor, which
  17    comes to only a select few in a career; and
  18    
  19         WHEREAS, the Pro Bowl honors those who still play and
  20    coach the game today, and who--when their careers as players or
  21    coaches are over--may one day be considered as potential
  22    inductees into the Professional Football Hall of Fame in
  23    Canton, Ohio; and
  24    
  25         WHEREAS, from the toss of the official's coin to the final
  26    crack of the official's gun, from the preseason to the end of
  27    the Superbowl, Pro Bowl players and coaches give all of
  28    themselves--body and soul--to the game that thrills millions of
  29    fans--both young and old--every year; and
  30    
  31         WHEREAS, whether they come from farms, the suburbs,
  32    factory towns, or the inner cities of America, whether they
  33    come from the sand and surf of Honolulu, Hawaii or the frozen
  34    ground of Green Bay, Wisconsin, Pro Bowl players and coaches
  35    are real, all-American heroes; and
  36    
  37         WHEREAS, the people of Hawaii are truly blessed to have
  38    the opportunity to meet and enjoy these tremendous athletes;
  39    and we extend our fondest welcome and aloha to each and every
  40    one of them; now, therefore,
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   1         BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the
   2    Twentieth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session
   3    of 1999, that this body honors the players and coaches of the
   4    twentieth anniversary AFC-NFC Pro Bowl in Hawaii, and wishes
   5    them a speedy return to Hawaii for another Pro Bowl appearance;
   6    and
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   8         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of the
   9    Resolution be transmitted to the players and coaches of the
  10    twentieth anniversary AFC-NFC Pro Bowl in Hawaii.
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