HR 803 Summary

• Commends Tommy Morrow, born 1938 in Georgiana, Alabama, for his record-breaking football career at both collegiate and professional levels.

• Recognizes his college career at University of Southern Mississippi, including playing on the 1958 National Championship Team and being inducted into the university's Hall of Fame in 1970 as the youngest football player at that time.

• Honors his professional career with the Oakland Raiders (1962-1964), during which he achieved 23 pass interceptions in only two and a half years, including 8 interceptions in the first four games of his second season—a record that still stands.

• Notes his achievement of intercepting at least one pass in 8 consecutive games, an unsurpassed accomplishment listed in the National Football Record Book.

• The Alabama House of Representatives honors and commends Tommy Morrow in recognition of his exceptional athletic achievements on behalf of Alabama citizens.