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Senate Resolution 146

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  1  1                SENATE RESOLUTION NO.    
  1  2                       BY  MULDER
  1  3 A Resolution to honor the athletic career of Vern
  1  4    Wayne Den Herder.
  1  5    WHEREAS, today Vern Wayne Den Herder is a
  1  6 hard=working Iowa farmer, but from the 1960s to the
  1  7 1980s was one of Iowa's top athletic talents who was
  1  8 named to both the Iowa High School Basketball Hall of
  1  9 Fame and College Football Hall of Fame; and
  1 10    WHEREAS, Den Herder was a star player in football,
  1 11 basketball, baseball, and track at Sioux Center High
  1 12 School, setting many records, some which still stand,
  1 13 and was a first=team all=state selection in basketball
  1 14 by the Des Moines Register when the school won the
  1 15 1967 State Basketball Championship; and
  1 16    WHEREAS, from 1967 through 1971 Den Herder attended
  1 17 Central College on a basketball scholarship, playing
  1 18 both football and basketball, and still holds the
  1 19 school record for most rebounds; and
  1 20    WHEREAS, Den Herder's football honors at Central
  1 21 College include All=Iowa Conference honors in 1968,
  1 22 1969, and 1970, team captain and the Iowa Conference's
  1 23 most valuable player, and also being named an
  1 24 All=American college division player by the NAIA, the
  1 25 Football Coaches Association, and the Associated Press
  1 26 in 1970; and
  1 27    WHEREAS, in 1971 Den Herder was drafted by the
  1 28 Miami Dolphins football team, his professional home
  1 29 for 12 years, where he started 153 games as a player;
  1 30 and
  2  1    WHEREAS, in 1972 Den Herder led the National
  2  2 Football League (NFL) with 10.5 sacks as the Dolphins
  2  3 went on to a 17=0 season and a Super Bowl VII victory,
  2  4 the only team in the history of the NFL to go
  2  5 undefeated throughout the season, the playoffs, and
  2  6 then win the Super Bowl; and
  2  7    WHEREAS, in his 12=year career Den Herder won an
  2  8 American Football Conference (AFC) championship ring
  2  9 in his rookie season, 1971, a National Football League
  2 10 championship ring in his rookie season, 1971, NFL
  2 11 championship rings from the 1973 and 1974 Super Bowls,
  2 12 and an AFC championship ring in 1982, his final
  2 13 season; NOW THEREFORE,
  2 14    BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, That the Senate
  2 15 honors Vern Wayne Den Herder and his remarkable
  2 16 athletic career that spanned parts of three decades
  2 17 and two different sports.
  2 18 LSB 6658SS 82
  2 19 jr/rj/5.2