[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 172 (Thursday, December 5, 2013)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1799]
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                  COACH JOHN WILLIE (`JOHNNY') PEOPLES

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                          HON. STEVE STOCKMAN

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, December 5, 2013

  Mr. STOCKMAN. Mr. Speaker, whereas, The late Coach John Willie 
(`Johnny') Peoples of Baytown's Carver High School won three PVIL state 
football championships; and
  Whereas, Coach Peoples, as a student himself, earned a scholarship to 
attend Wiley College in Marshall, Texas, where he enjoyed a stellar 
career in three sports: football, basketball and track & field; and
  Whereas, Johnny Peoples, in 1945, was a member of the Wiley College 
football team that defeated Florida A & M (32-6) to win the Negro 
National Championship; and
  Whereas, Coach Peoples was perhaps one of the greatest athletes ever 
to attend Wiley College; and
  Whereas, Coach People received his Bachelor of Science degree from 
Wiley College in 1948 and earned a Master's Degree from Texas Southern 
University; and
  Whereas, Coach Peoples joined the faculty of George Washington Carver 
High School of Baytown, Texas in 1948 and remained there until 1967, 
playing a huge part in the Goose Creek CISD High School and Baytown's 
sport history,
  Whereas, No other Baytown high school coach has ever won a single 
football state championship for Baytown, while Coach Peoples has won 
three; and be it therefore
  Resolved: That I, Congressman Steve Stockman of the 36th District of 
Texas, do hereby proudly agree and resolve that the late Coach John 
Willie (`Johnny') Peoples be publicly and officially honored as one of 
the finest athletes ever to come out of Baytown, Texas, and one of the 
best coaches in the United States; and to recommend his induction into 
the Prairie View Interscholastic League Coaches Association (PVILCA) 
Hall of Honor.

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