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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 822 

Urging Tom Flores be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 30, 2020 

Mr. COSTA (for himself, Mr. SOTO, Mr. CORREA, Mr. VARGAS, Mr. MCNERNEY, Mr. COX of California, Mr. GALLEGO, Mr. RUIZ, Ms. LEE of California, and Mr. CA ́RDENAS) submitted the following resolution; which was 

referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform 

RESOLUTION 

Urging Tom Flores be inducted into the Pro Football Hall 

of Fame. 

Whereas Tom Flores was born on March 21, 1937, in Fresno, California; 

Whereas Tom Flores attended Sanger High School, home of 

the Apaches, from 1950–1954, and was voted Sanger 

Athlete of the Year in 1954; 

Whereas, from 1954 to 1956, Tom Flores played as quarterback and earned his associate degree from Fresno City 

College; 

Whereas Tom Flores played as quarterback and graduated 

from the University of the Pacific in 1958; 


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•HRES 822 IH 

Whereas, in 1960, Tom Flores began his professional football 

career as a quarterback with the Oakland Raiders; 

Whereas Tom Flores was the first Hispanic starting quarterback in professional football history; 

Whereas, in 1969, Tom Flores signed with the Kansas City 

Chiefs, where he was a member of the Super Bowl Championship team; 

Whereas Tom Flores retired after the 1970 season, as the 

fifth leading passer in the American Football League’s 

(AFL) history; 

Whereas Tom Flores continued his professional football career as an assistant coach for the Buffalo Bills and the 

Oakland Raiders; 

Whereas, in 1977, Tom Flores won Super Bowl XI as an assistant coach of the Oakland Raiders under John Madden; 

Whereas, in 1979, Tom Flores became the head coach of the 

Oakland Raiders; 

Whereas, in 1981, Tom Flores won Super Bowl XV as head 

coach of the Oakland Raiders; 

Whereas, in 1981, Sanger High School named their football 

stadium in honor of Tom Flores and it is now known as 

the ‘‘Tom Flores Stadium’’; 

Whereas, in 1982, Tom Flores was named National Football 

League coach of the year; 

Whereas, in 1984, Tom Flores won Super Bowl XVIII as 

head coach of the Los Angeles Raiders; 

Whereas, in 1988, Tom Flores was inducted into the Fresno 

County Athletic Hall of Fame; 


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•HRES 822 IH 

Whereas, in 1989, Tom Flores left the Raiders organization 

and became president and general manager of the Seattle 

Seahawks; 

Whereas, in 1992, Tom Flores was the head coach of the Seattle Seahawks for three seasons; 

Whereas, in 1993, Tom Flores founded the Tom Flores 

Youth Foundation, which has raised nearly $2 million to 

support the Sanger Unified School District in science, 

art, and athletics; 

Whereas, in 2010, Tom Flores was named one of Fresno City 

College’s 100 Centennial Stars; 

Whereas, from 1997 to 2018, Tom Flores served as a commentator for the Raiders Radio Network; 

Whereas Tom Flores left professional football with a lifetime 

coaching record 97–87, as well as an 8–3 playoff record, 

with 2 Super Bowl victories; 

Whereas Tom Flores is only one of two people in National 

Football League (NFL) history to win multiple Super 

Bowls as a player, an assistant coach, and a head coach; 

Whereas Tom Flores was the first Hispanic quarterback in 

the AFL, the first Hispanic coach to win a Super Bowl, 

and in Seattle, the first Hispanic general manager in the 

NFL; and 

Whereas Tom Flores has made invaluable contributions to his 

community, State, and the National Football League: 

Now, therefore, be it 


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•HRES 822 IH 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives urges 

2 Tom Flores be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of 

3 Fame. 

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