2022 Regular Session ENROLLED
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 63
BY SENATOR BERNARD
A RESOLUTION
To commend Dr. Eddie Flynn on being inducted into the 2022 class of the Louisiana Sports
Hall of Fame.
WHEREAS, the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame in Natchitoches, Louisiana, each year
collaborates with the Louisiana Sports Writers Association in selecting a limited number of
sports figures who embody the character, skill, and talent worthy of being named to the Hall
of Fame; and
WHEREAS, the 2022 Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame Induction Class includes
Dr. Eddie Flynn; and
WHEREAS, Eddie Flynn, a 1936 Loyola University School of Dentistry graduate,
won an Olympic boxing gold medal in the welterweight (one hundred forty-seven pounds)
division at the 1932 Los Angeles Olympic Games; and
WHEREAS, the boxing match was over in nine minutes, after three furious rounds
resulted in a sixty-to-fifty-nine decision in favor of Flynn; and
WHEREAS, Flynn joined the Loyola University boxing team under legendary coach
Tad Gormly and was the National Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) Champion in 1931 and
1932 and had a record of one hundred forty-four wins and zero losses; and
WHEREAS, according to the Loyola Wolf Yearbook, "(Flynn) swept all opposition
aside and was chosen to represent the United States in the welterweight division in a series
of boxing matches in New York with the European champions from Italy"; and
WHEREAS, in one of the biggest bouts of his career, Flynn defeated the Italian
champion who held the "crown of the foreign countries"; and
WHEREAS, after the Olympics, Flynn fought professionally and compiled a
twenty-three win, seven loss, one draw record until he entered military service and served
through World War II; and
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WHEREAS, after World War II, Flynn relocated to Tampa where he used money he
had won as a boxer to establish his dental practice; and
WHEREAS, Flynn was elected to the inaugural Loyola University Athletics Hall of
Fame in 1964, the Florida Sports Hall of Fame in 1974, the Greater New Orleans Sports Hall
of Fame in 1981, and the Florida Boxing Hall of Fame in 2010; and
WHEREAS, Flynn passed away in Tampa, Florida, at the age of sixty-six.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
does hereby commend Dr. Eddie Flynn on being inducted into the 2022 class of the
Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to his
grandson, Doug Beldon.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
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