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Regular Session, 2010
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 138
BY SENATOR JACKSON
COMMENDATIONS. Commends Lee Hedges on his induction into the Louisiana Sports
Hall of Fame.
A RESOLUTION1
To commend and congratulate Lee Hedges on his induction into the Louisiana Sports Hall2
of Fame.3
WHEREAS, induction into the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame is one of the greatest4
honors that may be bestowed upon any Louisiana sports legend; and5
WHEREAS, Coach Lee Hedges is considered a coaching legend not only in Caddo6
Parish, but also throughout the state of Louisiana; and7
WHEREAS, members of the Louisiana Sports Writers Association began planning8
a Hall of Fame to honor the state's outstanding athletes and coaches as far back as 1951, but9
the first election to the hall was not held until 1958; and10
WHEREAS, a thirty-member Louisiana Sports Writers Association committee11
selected the 2010 inductees, considering 121 nominees from 22 different sports categories12
on a 25-page ballot; and13
WHEREAS, the 2010 eight new inductees will raise the total of Sports Hall of Fame14
members to 277 men and women honored since the first induction class who were enshrined15
in 1959 after their election a year earlier; and16
WHEREAS, this induction marks the second such honor for the modest former Fair17
Park All-State halfback, Lee Hedges; and18 SR NO. 138
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WHEREAS, over almost a thirty year career as a head coach, Hedges touched four1
of the most historic schools in Shreveport, serving as head coach at three (Byrd, Woodlawn2
and Captain Shreve) and taking each of those to the state championship game in the state's3
largest classification, guiding Byrd to the 1956 state finals, Woodlawn to the 19654
championship game, and Captain Shreve to the state title in 1973, the last time a public5
school from Shreveport won a state crown; and6
WHEREAS, in twenty-seven seasons as a high school head coach, Hedges posted7
twenty-four winning seasons, reaching the playoffs fourteen of those times and capturing8
eight district championships; and 9
WHEREAS, his composite career record stands at 217-92-5 (.698), and his two-10
hundred and seventeen victories still remain the most in Shreveport-Bossier City high school11
football history despite the twenty-six years that elapsed since the end of his eighteen year12
tenure at Captain Shreve; and13
WHEREAS, in 1965 he took an assistant football coaching position at Louisiana14
Tech University, and it was there that he began to refine his coaching style; and15
WHEREAS, he credits that one year with Coach Joe Aillet at Louisiana Tech with16
teaching him the technique of analyzing film, thus starting Hedges' love affair with film17
study, a trait not lost on Hedges' assistant coaches or his players throughout his coaching18
career, as he was determined to teach them the mental part that carried them where the19
physical part couldn't; and20
WHEREAS, Hedges coached future NFL players as head coach at each school,21
including players like Bo Harris and state Hall of Fame members Pat Studstill and Terry22
Bradshaw; and 23
WHEREAS, Lee Hedges has been very good to Caddo Parish and in turn Caddo24
Parish Stadium was renamed Lee Hedges Stadium in October 2000; and25
WHEREAS, the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana is proud to honor Coach Lee26
Hedges as one of the most successful coaches in the history of Louisiana.27
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana28
does hereby commend and congratulate Lee Hedges, coaching legend, on being inducted29
into the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame.30 SR NO. 138
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution shall be presented to1
Lee Hedges.2
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Tammy Crain Waldrop.
DIGEST
Jackson SR No. 138
Commends and congratulates Lee Hedges on his induction into the Louisiana Sports Hall
of Fame.