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INTRODUCTORY*
CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL R
(Resolution)
Introduced by: Councilmember Curran
A RESOLUTION ENTITLED
A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
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Restoring Baltimore's Football Heritage
FOR the purpose of encouraging the Executive Director and the Vice President of Exhibits of the Pro Football Hall of Fame to separate the Colts' storied Baltimore history from the current Indianapolis franchise to more accurately reflect the team's legacy and to pay tribute to those spectacular Hall of Famers who brought to their Baltimore fans many years of team spirit and civic pride and left to them bittersweet memories of balmy days spent with family and friends at the old Memorial Stadium on 33rd Street in the heart of Baltimore City.
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In the Canton, Ohio Pro Football Hall of Fame Enshrinee Mementoes Room, where tribute is paid to the 32 National Football League teams and the stars representing each franchise, the Indianapolis Colts history includes sports lore of 10 Colts Hall of Famer's that, but for one, played their whole career as Baltimore Colts:
· Raymond Berry, WR 1955 -1967
· Art Donovan, OT 1953 -1961
· Weeb Ewbank, Coach 1954 - 1962
· Ted Hendricks LB 1969 - 1973
· John Mackey, TE 1963 - 1971
· Gino Marchetti, DE 1953 - 64
· Lenny Moore, RB 1956 - 1967
· Jim Parker, OT 1957 - 1967
· Joe Perry, FB 1961 - 1962
· Don Shula, Coach 1963 - 1969
· Johnny Unitas, QB 1956 - 1972.
Fans Baltimore-based Colts Hall of Famers have expressed their suppo...
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