[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 157 (Sunday, November 9, 1997)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2284]
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                       TRIBUTE TO EDDIE ROBINSON

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                           HON. JOHN COOKSEY

                              of louisiana

                    in the house of representatives

                       Saturday, November 8, 1997

  Mr. COOKSEY. Mr. Speaker, we all use the term ``One of a Kind'' but 
there are actually few men who are truly one of a kind. But there is a 
``One of a Kind Man'' down in Louisiana and he's in my district. His 
name is Eddie Robinson. Why is he one of a kind? Well, for starters, he 
has had more than 100 of his players drafted by the National Football 
League. His school's stadium is named in his honor. No other football 
coach has ever coached for 54 seasons at the same college. And only one 
other man ever coached college football for that many years--period. 
Nobody else has won 17 Southwestern Athletic Conference championships. 
Nobody else has won so many ``Coach of the Year'' awards that they 
named the national trophy in his honor. In 1942, his Grambling State 
team held all nine of its opponents scoreless. It was only the second 
time that had ever been done and it has never been accomplished again. 
And nobody else has ever won 405 college football games. But the main 
reason I am here to praise Eddie Robinson today is that not only is he 
a great football coach but he is a good man. He has always appealed to 
the best in his players and his fans. He is an example of so many of 
the good things that we hold dear--loyalty, family, hard work, God, and 
country. So I want to pay tribute right now to a truly great American 
and a man who is truly one of a kind--Coach Eddie Robinson of Grambling 
State University.
                               

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