Full Text of HR0161 101st General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Charles | 4 | | "Coach" Chambers of Chicago, who passed away on February 11. | 5 | | 2019; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Charles Chambers was born in St. Louis, Missouri | 7 | | to his mother, Autry L. Chambers and his grandmother, Frankie | 8 | | P. Williams; he moved to his permanent hometown of Chicago when | 9 | | he was nine; as the oldest of nine children, he worked at a | 10 | | local grocery store and ran newspaper routes to help his mother | 11 | | with expenses; in 1964, he graduated from DuSable High School, | 12 | | where he played football and basketball; he continued his love | 13 | | for both sports at Morningside College in Sioux City, Iowa, | 14 | | where he received an athletic scholarship and was the only | 15 | | African American on the football team; in 1968, he graduated | 16 | | with a Bachelor of Science in Physical Education; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Charles Chambers returned to Chicago and accepted | 18 | | a position as a physical education teacher at Hearst | 19 | | Elementary; there, he began his coaching career with 7th and | 20 | | 8th grade boys basketball; in 1972, he became a varsity | 21 | | football coach and a freshman-sophomore basketball coach at | 22 | | Tilden High School; he later became a varsity football coach at | 23 | | Calumet High School, where he also coached the girls basketball |
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| 1 | | team at Lane Tech and won back-to-back city titles in 1985 and | 2 | | 1986; he received his first head coaching opportunity at | 3 | | Chicago Vocational High School in 1989, where he became the | 4 | | coach with the most state playoff wins and the second most | 5 | | overall wins in the school's history, revolutionizing Chicago | 6 | | Public League football; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, After retiring from Chicago Vocational High | 8 | | School, Charles Chambers spent his days assisting the next | 9 | | generation of head coaches; most recently, he served as the | 10 | | assistant coach at Harlan Community Academy, where his son | 11 | | Cassius is the head coach; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Charles Chambers is survived by his life partner | 13 | | and friend, Corrina (Cocoa); his children, Taji, Chucky, | 14 | | Cassius, Chez, and Jeremiah; his grandchildren, Alaisha, | 15 | | Chucky Jr., Jalen, LaChez, Jyishon, Layden, Canaan, and Cassius | 16 | | "CJ"; his siblings, Ray, Valerie, Halycon, Ledell, the late | 17 | | Ardell, Demetric, Wanda, and Constance; and his many nieces, | 18 | | nephews, cousins, and friends, including the faculty, staff, | 19 | | and student body at Chicago Vocational High School; therefore, | 20 | | be it
| 21 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 22 | | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 23 | | we mourn the passing of Charles "Coach" Chambers and extend our |
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| 1 | | sincere condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew | 2 | | and loved him; and be it further
| 3 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 4 | | presented to the family of Charles Chambers as an expression of | 5 | | our deepest sympathy.
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