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Irv Acie Cross passed away on February 28, 2021, in North Oaks, Minnesota, at age 81.

Cross was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles in 1961 and earned consecutive Pro Bowl honors before being traded to the Los Angeles Rams in 1965 and returning to the Eagles in 1969 as a player and defensive backs coach.

Cross became the first African American network sports show anchor on CBS's first live pre-game show and spent 23 years at CBS Sports, including 14 years on the Emmy-winning "The NFL Today" with Brent Musburger and Phyllis George.

Cross received the Pro Football Hall of Fame's Pete Rozelle Radio-Television Award in 2009 as the first African American recipient and served as Athletic Director at Idaho State and Macalester College and Executive Director of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Minnesota and Love Inc.

The Indiana General Assembly memorializes Irv Cross and directs the Secretary of the Senate to transmit copies of this resolution to his wife Liz and four children: Susan, Lisa, Matthew, and Sarah.