SLS 17RS-643 ORIGINAL
2017 Regular Session
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 108
BY SENATOR LONG
COMMENDATIONS. Commends posthumously Raymond Ernest Didier on being named
to the 2017 Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame.
1 A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
2 To commend posthumously Raymond Ernest Didier on being named to the 2017 Louisiana
3 Sports Hall of Fame.
4 WHEREAS, the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame in Natchitoches, Louisiana, each year
5 collaborates with the Louisiana Sports Writers Association in selecting a limited number of
6 sports figures who embody the character, skill, and talents worthy of being named to the hall
7 of fame; and
8 WHEREAS, the 2017 Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame Induction Class includes Coach
9 Raymond Ernest Didier; and
10 WHEREAS, he was born in Marksville, Louisiana, on January 7, 1920, and began
11 his coaching career at what was then Southwestern Louisiana Institute (now the University
12 of Louisiana at Lafayette) in 1948 and during his nine seasons leading the team, earned five
13 Gulf State Conference baseball championships; and
14 WHEREAS, he also coached football for six seasons at the Southwestern Louisiana
15 Institute and steered the team to a league title; and
16 WHEREAS, in 1957, Coach Didier moved to Louisiana State University to coach
17 the baseball team, and during his tenure, the Tigers maintained a 104-79 record and won the
18 1961 Southeastern Conference Championship; and
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1 WHEREAS, while at LSU he enlisted his talents and skills as an assistant coach to
2 Paul Dietzel to help steer the football team to the 1958 National Collegiate Athletic
3 Association National Championship; and
4 WHEREAS, in 1963 he was hired on as the Nicholls State University baseball coach
5 and led the team to 217 victories in seven seasons; and
6 WHEREAS, he retired from coaching after the 1971 season with an overall
7 458-311-3 baseball record and remained on as athletic director at Nicholls State University
8 until his passing on March 9, 1978; and
9 WHEREAS, the successful coaching career of Raymond Ernest Didier has rightly
10 earned him a place among the many greats in the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame.
11 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
12 commend posthumously Raymond Ernest Didier on being named to the 2017 Louisiana
13 Sports Hall of Fame Induction Class.
14 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
15 family of Raymond Ernest Didier.
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by McHenry Lee.
DIGEST
SCR 108 Original 2017 Regular Session Long
Commends posthumously Raymond Ernest Didier on being named to the 2017 Louisiana
Sports Hall of Fame.
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