HomeMy WebLinkAboutCommendation 1957 South Bend Central Bears Basketball 50th Anniversary Basketball ChampionshipRESOLUTION
3726-07
Passed by the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana
April 9, 07
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Attest:
City Clerk
President of Common Council
Presented by me to the Mayor of the City of South Bend, Indiana
April 10, 207
Approved and signed by me Aa r i 1 10 . 20~.Z .
City Clerk
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RESOLUTION NO. 3 7210 'fl
A RESOLUTION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, PUBLICLY
HONORING THE 1957 SOUTH BEND CENTRAL BEARS BASKETBALL TEAM ON THE SO"~ ANNIVERSARY
OF WINNING THE STATE OF INDIANA BOYS HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP AND FOR
BEING RECENTLY INDUCTED INTO THE INDIANA BASKETBALL HALL OF FAME
"~., the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana, is especially proud to recognize that
the 1957 South Bend Central Bears Boys Basketball Team on the 50~' Anniversary of winning the Indiana
State Championship and for posting an outstanding winning record of 30-0 that season; and
"~, many members of the South Bend Common Council recall with great fondness Head Coach
Elmer McCall and Assistant Coach Jim Powers preparing a boys basketball team which became "one of the
truly dominant teams in the history of Indiana high school basketball tournaments"; and have great
memories of the Central Bears defeating the Indianapolis Crispus Attucks High School Bears basketball team,
who had won the previous two state championships; with the Central Bears being the victorious team to cut
down the nets after winning the 1957 state championship game in the historic Butler Fieldhouse; and
"tea, the Common Council notes that in addition to the legendary 1957 South Bend Central Bears
Boys Basketball Team, the Council is also proud to acknowledge Coach John Wooden, who coached
basketball, baseball and tennis; and taught English at South Bend Central for nine years; and
"~~~, the South Bend Common Council is honored to recall the families and friends of all of the
members and coaches of the 1957 South Bend Central Bears Boys Basketball Team, who won the Indiana
basketball crown, when there was only one state basketball champion, after teams played each other regardless
of their school size, record or classification; with a special acknowledgment of our South Bend Heroes:
Denny Bishop LaMar Gemberling Mike Sacchini
Bob Clark Mohler Hobbs Joe Winston
John Coalmon Herbie Lee Head Coach Elmer McCall
Sylvester Coalmon Lee McKnight Assistant Coach Jim Powers
Bill Floring Bill Molnar
"tea, the Council further recognizes that the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame located at One Hall of
Fame Court in New Castle, Indiana was founded in Indianapolis in 1970, and moved to New Castle in 1987;
and recently honored the South Bend Central Bears Boys Basketball Team by inducting them into the
Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame, where the state championship score of South Bend Centra167, Indianapolis
Crispus Attucks SS will always be remembered.
c~ous, C-T~~;, /~ itreaoGuea; by the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana, as follows:
Section I. On behalf of all of the citizens of the City of South Bend, Indiana, the Common Council
hereby congratulates each and every member of the 1957 SOUTH BEND CENTRAL BEARS BASKETBALL
TEAM on the 50~' Anniversary of their 30-0 season; the 50'~ anniversary of winning the 1957 Indiana State Boys
High School Basketball Championship; and their recent induction into the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame.
Section II. The South Bend Common Council believes that the many great and enduring memories of
the 1957 SOUTH BEND CENTRAL BEARS BASKETBALL TEAM will live on forever, and that each generation of
Hoosiers will recall with pride this special hometown team who were clad in orange and blue.
Sect' n III . 's Res ution sha be in full force and effect from and after its adoption by the Council
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Kathleen Cekanski-Farrand,Council Attorney
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Stephen J. Lu ce, Mayor of South Bend