Second Regular Session
              Sixty-fourth General Assembly
                    STATE OF COLORADO
                                                 INTRODUCED
 
 LLS NO. R04-0920.01 Rebecca Hausmann            HJR04-1040
                    HOUSE SPONSORSHIP
 Paccione,  Spradley, Ragsdale, and Williams S.
 
                   SENATE SPONSORSHIP
 Andrews, 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 House Committees
 Senate Committees
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                  HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 04-1040 
       Concerning congratulating John Elway for his induction
            into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
       
       
            WHEREAS, John Elway was born on June 28, 1960, to Jack and
       Janet Elway in Port Angeles, Washington; and
       
            WHEREAS, After the 1982 season, Stanford University senior
       John Elway was selected as a college football consensus All-American
       and finished second in balloting for the Heisman Trophy; and
       
            WHEREAS, When John Elway turned his back on a promising
       career in professional baseball in 1983 to play pro football, he began an
       historic career as one of the best all-time football players; and
       
            WHEREAS, In 1983, John Elway was the number one overall
       draft pick as the first-round draft choice of the Baltimore Colts, and, after
       refusing to play for them, was then traded to the Denver Broncos where
       he quickly became one of the most feared quarterbacks in the NFL; and
       
            WHEREAS, John Elway played 234 games as a Bronco, the most
       of any player in team history; and
       
            WHEREAS, John Elway is the only quarterback to start in 5 Super
       Bowls and 22 post season games; and
       
            WHEREAS, John Elway's record 47 fourth quarter, game-winning
       or game-tying drives are legendary, and John helped the Broncos score
       the winning points 21 times with less than 2 minutes left in the game; and
       
            WHEREAS, Today, the Elway-led fourth-quarter rally to tie the
       1986 AFC championship game and send it into overtime is simply
       referred to as "The Drive"; and
       
            WHEREAS, John Elway is the only player in NFL history to pass
       for more than 3,000 yards and rush for more than 200 yards in the same
       season 7 consecutive times and he achieved the 3,000-yard passing mark
       in a total of 12 seasons, placing him second all-time in number of seasons
       with 3,000 passing yards; and
       
            WHEREAS, In 40 separate games, John Elway passed for at least
       300 yards, including 4 times in the playoffs; and
       
            WHEREAS, John Elway was only the second quarterback in NFL
       history to record more than 40,000 yards passing and 3,000 yards rushing
       during his career; and
       
            WHEREAS, John Elway ranks second all-time in 3 of the game's
       most significant passing categories: Passing yards (51,475), attempts
       (7,250), and completions (4,123); and
       
            WHEREAS, John Elway was responsible for 334 touchdowns --
       300 passing (third all-time), 33 rushing, and one receiving; and
       
            WHEREAS, In his final season with the Broncos, John Elway
       earned a passer rating of 93.0, the highest of his career; and
       
            WHEREAS, In 1987, John Elway was chosen as the NFL's Most
       Valuable Player and Player of the Year and in both 1987 and 1993 was
       chosen as the AFC Offensive MVP and Player of the Year; and
       
            WHEREAS, John Elway was named All-NFL 3 times and
       All-AFC 4 times, and elected to 9 Pro Bowls; and
       
            WHEREAS, John Elway was named to the 1990s All-Decade
       Team; and
       
            WHEREAS, John Elway won the Super Bowl MVP award in
       Super Bowl XXXIII, his last game as a Bronco before retiring; and
       
            WHEREAS, John Elway consistently demonstrated the qualities
       of perseverance, competitiveness, teamwork, and leadership that helped
       make the Broncos a winning team for 16 years and led to 5 trips to the
       Super Bowl and 2 Super Bowl wins; and
       
            WHEREAS, On January 31, 2004, John Elway was selected to be
       one of 5 new inductees into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in his first year
       of eligibility; now, therefore,
       
            Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the Sixty-fourth
       General Assembly of the State of Colorado, the Senate concurring
       herein:
       
            That we, the Colorado General Assembly, congratulate John
       Elway on achieving the ultimate honor in pro football in being inducted
       into the Pro Football Hall of Fame and recognize his record-making
       success in pro football.
       
            Be It Further Resolved, That a copy of this joint resolution be
       transmitted to John Elway; the Denver Broncos; Janet Elway, John
       Elway's mother; Janet Buchan Elway; each of John Elway's children:
       Jessica Gwen Elway, Jordan Marie Elway, Jack Elway, and Juliana
       Elway; and Stanford University Athletic Department.