HomeMy WebLinkAboutTC Proclamation 2012-06-06TOWN OF TIBURON
1505 Tiburon Boulevard
Tiburon, CA 94920
Date: June 7, 2012
To: Mayor and Town Councilmembers (via Digest)
From: Town Clerk Crane Iacopi
Subject: Proclamation in Honor of Sam Chapman
Attached is a copy of the proclamation presented by Mayor Fraser to the Chapman family
at the June 6 Town Council meeting.
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Diane Crane Iacopi
Town Clerk
Attachment
Town of Tiburon Proclamation
In Honor of Sam Chapman
Tiburon's Hometown Hero
WHEREAS, Samuel Blake Chapman was born on April 11, 1916, to Katherine
and Charles Chapman of Mar West Street in Tiburon, California;
WHEREAS, Sam worked in his father's post office and general store in
downtown Tiburon, attended the one-room Tiburon school, played baseball
on a rail yard lot, and attended Tamalpais High School where he earned his
letters in five sports;
WHEREAS, Sam attended UC Berkeley where he was "All American" in both
football and baseball, and, helped lead the 1937 Cal Bears football team to
their last Rose Bowl win; and
WHEREAS, Sam played professional baseball on Connie Mack's Philadelphia
Athletics straight out of college, and in his first season hit 17 home-runs;
WHEREAS, Sam hung up his cleats to aid the war effort becoming a Navy pilot
and flight instructor from 1942 to 1945;
WHEREAS, Sam returned to the Philadelphia Athletics after the war, playing in
the 1946 All Star game, then went to the Cleveland Indians in 1951, and
finally, ended his baseball career with the Pacific Coast League Oakland
Oaks;
WHEREAS, Sam was truly a "hometown hero," and has provided inspiration
for generations of local youth;
THEREFORE, I, Jim Fraser, Mayor of the Town of Tiburon, do hereby issue
this proclamation on behalf of the Town in Honor of Sam Chapman.
JIM FRASER, MAYOR
June 6, 2012
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