Alabama's AJ McCarron Wins the 2013 Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award

Gerald Haddock is a member of the Board of the Golden Arm Foundation. It just announced AJ McCarron as being the recipient of the 2013 Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award.

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ALABAMA'S AJ McCARRON WINS THE
2013 JOHNNY UNITAS GOLDEN ARM AWARD

BALTIMORE, MD (12/9/13) --- Alabama Quarterback AJ McCarron is the winner of the 2013 Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award, presented annually by the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Educational Foundation, Inc. and Transamerica. 

McCarron had an outstanding year in leading the fourth-ranked Crimson Tide to an 11-1 record, completing 67.6% of his passes for 2,676 yards and 26 touchdowns against only 5 interceptions. 

A top leader known for his ability to orchestrate an offense, McCarron compiled a 34-2 record (.943) as a starter at Alabama. He holds the Alabama record for throwing 30 touchdown passes in 2012, and once went 291 pass attempts without throwing an interception (the second-longest streak in SEC history). 

McCarron, who was a finalist for last year's Golden Arm Award, was selected from an original field of 30 in the annual competition to name the top college quarterback in the nation. Other finalists for the 2013 award included Tajh Boyd (Clemson), Derek Carr (Fresno State), Jordan Lynch (Northern Illinois), and Aaron Murray (Georgia). 

The Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award is named after the man many refer to as the greatest quarterback ever to play the game of football. Johnny Unitas was an 18-year veteran of the NFL, who played his collegiate career at the University of Louisville before joining the Baltimore Colts in 1958. His career passing figures include 2,830 pass completions for 40,239 yards, 290 touchdowns, and throwing a touchdown pass in 47 consecutive games. 

Candidates for the Golden Arm Award − which has been presented at the end of each college football season since 1987 - must be college seniors or fourth-year juniors on schedule to graduate with their class. In addition to the accomplishments on the field, candidates are judged on their character, citizenship, scholastic achievement, and leadership qualities. 

Past Golden Arm Award winners include: Peyton Manning (Tennessee, 1997); Carson Palmer (USC, 2002); Eli Manning (Ole Miss, 2003); Matt Ryan (Boston College, 2007); Colt McCoy (Texas, 2009); and Andrew Luck (Stanford, 2011). 

McCarron will receive the 2013 Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award at a ceremony to be held this coming Friday, December 13, 6-9 p.m., at the Embassy Suites Baltimore Inner Harbor & Grand Historic Venue, 225 N. Charles Street in downtown Baltimore. 

The ceremony will feature remarks by one of Johnny Unitas' favorite targets during his years with the Baltimore Colts, NFL Hall of Famer Raymond Berry. Proceeds from the Golden Arm Award help to support the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Educational Foundation. The Foundation provides financial assistance to underprivileged and deserving young scholar-athletes throughout Maryland and Kentucky. 

The namesake of the Golden Arm Award has a storied football history. Inducted into Pro Football'Ss Hall of Fame in 1979, Johnny Unitas was named the top quarterback of all-time in commemorations of the NFL's 25th, 50th, and 75th anniversaries. In turn-of-the-century listings, he was named to Sports Illustrated's list of top 10 athletes, Time Magazine'Ss list of 10 most influential athletes, and ESPN'Ss series on the 50 greatest athletes of the century 

In addition to Transamerica, sponsors of the Golden Arm Award include: Andretti Sports Marketing, Athlon Sports, The Babe Ruth and Sports Legends Museum, Baltimore Sun Media Group, Bloomberg Television, Century Engineering, Coach for America, Comcast, Dunbar Armored and Dunbar Digital Armor, The Embassy Suites Baltimore Inner Harbor & Grand Historic Venue, GEICO, Haddock Investments, HMS Insurance Associates, Inc., Metropolis Funding, Panini, TRAY Inc., The Scott Garceau Show, MedStar Union Memorial Sports Medicine, VAE Visual Aid Electronics Corp, VPC Inc., Weiss PR, Woodberry Kitchen, Wilson Sporting Goods, and ZBest Executive & Global Transportation Services. 


To learn more about the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award, visit:

http://www.transamerica.com/about_us/johnny_unitas_golden_arm_award.asp

http://www.goldenarmfoundation.com

Board Members

Johnny Unitas 1933-2002
Founder
Honorary Chairman
1987-2002

Directors

John C. Unitas, Jr.
President

John C. Unitas, III
Secretary/Treasurer

Jillian L. Unitas
Director of Marketing & Communications

Advisory Committee

Bill Tate
Chief Marketing Officer
Transamerica

Bradley S. Chambers 
President
MedStar Union Memorial Hospital

Francis X. Smyth
CEO
Century Engineering, Inc.

James Lobosca
General Manager
The Embassy Suites Baltimore Inner Harbor & Grand Historic Venue

Gerald Haddock
President
Haddock Investments

Raymond Berry
Pro Football Hall of Fame
Baltimore Colts

Brooks Robinson
Baseball Hall of Fame
Baltimore Orioles

Ray Weiss
President
Weiss PR Associates

The Haddock Foundation and Summer Baseball

Gerald Haddock is the founder and president of the Haddock Foundation.

The mission of the Haddock Foundation, a 501(c)(3) corporation, is to foster national and international amateur sports competition.  Gerald Haddock, a lifetime sports enthusiast and minority owner and General Counsel of the Texas Rangers from 1989 to 1998, is President of the Haddock Foundation.

The Haddock Foundation currently serves as the general partner of the Texas Collegiate Baseball League, Ltd. (“TCL”), a summer wood bat league for talented baseball players seeking professional careers.  The TCL was co-founded by a company controlled by Mr. Haddock and Wayne Poage, former Dallas Baptist Athletic Director.

In 2007, the TCL licensed the operating rights for the baseball league to a reorganized TCL and the Haddock Foundation remains involved through active oversight and promotion of the licensed teams.

The TCL played its inaugural season in the summer of 2004 with eight teams in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.  These teams had some of the best collegiate players from around the country and developed a strong fan base.

Randy Galloway, a part owner of the Weatherford Wranglers during the first season and sports columnist for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, noted in an article that “the league attracted premier college players from all over the country, giving them another option from the already established collegiate summer leagues.” His full statement is available by clicking here.

Jim Reeves, also an original owner of the Weatherford Wranglers and a retired sports columnist for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, calls the players in the league “fresh and exciting” and “the competition both thrilling and grueling.”  Jim’s full statement is available here.

The Haddock Foundation is proud to announce that Gerald Haddock has been named Commissioner of the Texas Collegiate League for the 2013 season. Mr. Haddock has been actively involved in the League since its inaugural season in 2004. Mr. Haddock stated, “I am extremely pleased and honored to have been selected by the team owners to serve in this capacity, and we look forward to demonstrating our ability to compete at the highest levels.”

Since the opening season, more than 300 talented TCL players have been drafted by major league teams. Notable league alumni include:

Brandon Belt – San Francisco Giants

Clay Buchholz – Boston Red Sox

Chris Davis – Baltimore Orioles

Adam Moore – Seattle Mariners

Hunter Pence – San Francisco Giants

The TCL is currently represented by more than 250 players from 91 different colleges and universities. Some of the schools sending their standout players to TCL include the University of Alabama, University of Arkansas,  Baylor University, Cal State Fullerton, Dallas Baptist University, University of Houston, Long Beach State University, Oklahoma State University, Oral Roberts University, Rice University, University of Texas, Texas A&M University, University of Texas at Arlington, and Wichita State University.

The TCL is currently pursuing expansion of the League into other markets in Texas and Louisiana. The League continues to operate as one of the premier summer collegiate wooden bat leagues in the United States.

Current teams in the Texas Collegiate League include:

• Acandiana Cane Cutters, Youngsville, LA
• Alexandria Aces, Alexandria, LA
• Brazos Valley Bombers, Bryan, TX
• East Texas Pump Jacks, Kilgore, TX
• McKinney Marshals, Dallas, TX
• Victoria Generals, Victoria, TX
• Woodland Strykers, Spring, TX

If you are interested in bringing a TCL team to your town, please contact Uri Geva (co-owner of the Brazos Valley Bombers) at 979-779-5200, ext 5098 or by email at info@bvbombers.com.

For more information on The Haddock Foundation, please contact Haddock Investments at 817-885-8390.
To learn more about TCL, please visit http://www.texascollegiateleague.com/.

The Haddock Center and British Impressionism

Son of Sea, 1910

Stanhope Alexander Forbes

Gerald Haddock founded the Haddock Center, a 501 (c)(3) corporation, to promote art, education, and scholarship in the community, focusing on the preservation, study, and analysis of the paintings of Stanhope Alexander Forbes. Forbes was the father of the Newlyn School of Painting, which depicted a revolution in British Impressionism. Forbes was a plein air painter who found beauty in the ordinary. He worked outdoors and painted scenes from the everyday lives of the working class. His work captures the struggles and joys of the human spirit.

However the work of Forbes and other artists from the Newlyn School had been largely forgotten until recently. According to an article in the Western Morning News, the works Forbes and other artists of the Newlyn School were not highly prized paintings; many of the works were "stripped from frames and discarded or allowed to decay." (Read the full article HERE).

Once the Tate Gallery in London reappraised the Newlyn artists in the mid-1970's, interest in the Newlyn School of Art has grown and continues to grow. In June 2000 one of Forbes paintings was sold at an auction for £1.1 million, a record price for any of his works (see the Cornishman article HERE).

Antique Dealer and Collectors Guide noticed the rising popularity of paintings from the Newlyn School. An article in the December issue notes that the paintings by Newlyn artists are rapidly becoming more desirable for art lovers and collectors. The article, available HERE, includes a Forbes painting owned by Gerald Haddock,  Son of Sea, which (at the time of publication) had quadrupled in value since its purchase. The excitement and interest in the Newlyn School of Art has only grown stronger over the years.

The Haddock Center has exhibited fourteen paintings from the Newlyn School of Painting, all of which are owned either by the Haddock Center or the Center's President, Gerald Haddock. Currently, the Haddock Center is exhibiting works by four British Impressionists:

• Stanhope Alexander Forbes (1857 - 1947)
• Walter Langley (1852 - 1922)
• Sir George Clausen (1852 - 1944)
• Henry Herbert La Thangue (1859 - 1929)

The Haddock Center is showcasing a new painting recently purchased by Gerald Haddock. On his last trip to London, Mr. Haddock attended an auction at Sotheby's in London which included several works by British Impressionists. Up for auction was a painting by Henry Herbert LaThangue. LaThangue is another well-known British Impressionist who painted in Newlyn. In fact, Mr. Haddock discovered during his tour of the Tate Britain and by studying their archives that Stanhope Forbes (father of the Newlyn school) traveled with LaThangue in Brittany. The Tate has 700 letters that Forbes wrote to his mother. Thirty-seven of those letters were written to her during his travels with LaThangue. Undoubtedly, the two artists influenced each other’s’ work.

Gerald Haddock purchased the LaThangue painting Fetching Water from Lake Garda from Sotheby’s for collaboration with an exhibit at the Haddock Center. This generous loan from Mr. Haddock is a significant addition to the exhibit of British Impressionist art at the Haddock Center.

Fetching Water from Lake Garda

Henry Herbert LaThangue

For more information on the Haddock Center, please contact Haddock Investments at 817-885-8390 and visit www.haddockcenter.com.

For more information on the Newlyn School of Painting, please visit the website of the Penlee House Gallery and Museum athttp://www.penleehouse.org.uk/.

Introduction

Gerald Haddock is an attorney, private equity investor, and philanthropist living in Fort Worth, Texas.

Gerald Haddock attended Baylor University in Waco, Texas. While working toward his bachelor’s degree, Mr. Haddock was an active member of the Baylor student body. In his four years at Baylor, Mr. Haddock served at various times as the President, Secretary, and Rush Chairman of Alpha Kappa Psi, which was the premier business and social fraternity at Baylor. Mr. Haddock was also a member of Beta Alpha Psi (The International Honorary Organization for Accounting Professionals); a member of The International Honor Society Beta Gamma Sigma Recognizing Business Excellence; and Student President of Baylor Hankamer School of Business. Mr. Haddock completed his Bachelors of Business Administration at Baylor University in 1969. Even while attending Baylor, Mr. Haddock continued to make deals and pursue business opportunities. For example, after his freshman year of college he put together a partnership that developed a golf driving range back in his hometown of Marshall, Texas.

After earning his BA, Mr. Haddock immediately enrolled in the Baylor University School of Law. Along with his demanding law school courses, Mr. Haddock participated in extracurricular academic activities and received significant awards for his academic achievements. He was the Articles Editor of the prestigious Baylor Law Review. He was named the Outstanding Student in Practice Court. Additionally, he was a member of the Baylor Law School Student Supreme Court and a member of Phi Alpha Delta, an international co-ed legal fraternity. In 1971, Mr. Haddock graduated from Baylor University School of Law cum laude with his Juris Doctorate degree.

Mr. Haddock was awarded a scholarship to attend New York University School of Law to pursue his Master of Laws in Taxation. Here, he was the Graduate Editor of the New York University Tax Law Review. He graduated in 1972 with his LL.M. in Taxation.

Upon graduation, Mr. Haddock accepted an associate position at the Houston law office of Fulbright & Jaworski, LLP. There, he enhanced his knowledge and skills in tax law and quickly rose through the ranks of the firm, making partner in just seven years.

Along with his demanding workload at the firm as a new associate, Gerald Haddock continued his involvement with his alma mater, Baylor University. For five years he served as Director of the Baylor Alumni Association and continues his involvement as a lifetime member of the Baylor Alumni Association. He also served, over the course of five years, as the President, Vice President, and Secretary of the Houston Baylor Club. Additionally, Mr. Haddock was a member of the Dean’s Advisory Board for Baylor Law School from 1975-1978.

In 1980, Mr. Haddock began expanding his career goals. He accepted a position at Consolidated Petroleum Industries, Inc. as the Vice President of Legal and Tax Matters. This move allowed him to combine his expertise in tax law with his business background. Additionally, while working for Consolidated Petroleum, Mr. Haddock served as Chair of the Taxation Section of the Texas Bar from 1981 to 1982.

Gerald Haddock left Consolidated Petroleum in 1982 in order to pursue various business ventures. Then, in 1984, Mr. Haddock joined Kelly, Hart, & Hallman, PC, a Fort Worth law firm. From 1984 to 1990, Mr. Haddock was a Shareholder, Director, and Head of Taxation Section at the firm. During this time, Mr. Haddock served as the Advisory Board Director for the Baylor Hankamer School of Business. It was during his time at Kelly, Hart & Hallman that Gerald Haddock met and began working with his future business partner.

Gerald Haddock, as a member of Kelly, Hart & Hallman, served as lead transactional attorney and chief negotiator on many significant deals. However, for many of these projects, Mr. Haddock’s involvement continued after the completion of the deal. He became directly involved with many of the companies, specifically, ENSCO International, PLC,  the Texas Rangers Baseball Club, and AmeriCredit Corporation, Inc. Mr. Haddock was a founding director of ENSCO in 1986. He has served on the Board of Directors as a Director and the Chairperson of the Audit Committee since 1986. A lifetime fan of baseball, Mr. Haddock happily became an investor in the Texas Rangers Baseball Club (along with then Governor George W. Bush), and served as the Club’s general counsel from 1989 until 1998. He also served as a Director on the board for AmeriCredit Corporation.

In 1990, Mr. Haddock moved his law practice from Kelly, Hart & Hallman to Jackson Walker, LLP as a partner. Shortly thereafter, he became the Chairman of the Policy Committee at the firm.  In 1994, he left Jackson Walker to become President and COO of a newly developed real estate company.

The Dallas based real estate company was one of the largest publicly held real estate investment trusts in the United States. There, Mr. Haddock served as President and Chief Operating Officer from 1994 to 1996, and served as President and Chief Executive Officer from 1996 to 1999.  He also served as director and trust manager during his entire tenure at the company.  Mr. Haddock received the “Outstanding CEO of the Year Award” from Realty Stock Review for three years in a row – 1996 through 1998.  In addition, he was named the “REIT Executive of the Year” in 1998 by Commercial Property News.  In addition to his roles at the company, Mr. Haddock continued his participation in corporate governance by serving on the Board of Directors of AmeriCredit Corporation.

In 1999, Gerald Haddock left the real estate company to pursue entrepreneurial business developments.  In 2000, he founded Haddock Enterprises, LLC and has served as its President since that time.  Haddock Enterprises, dba Haddock Investments, focuses on investments in real estate and oil and gas.  Haddock Enterprises established a real estate development arm that has been actively engaged in retail real estate development.

Mr. Haddock’s decision to form his own company gave him the freedom to explore and pursue business opportunities in connection with his philanthropic interests. A lifetime appreciation of baseball and sports inspired him to create The Haddock Foundation. The purpose of the Foundation is to foster national and international sports competition. The Haddock Foundation serves as a general partner in the Texas Collegiate League, Ltd. (previously known as Texas Collegiate Baseball League), a summer wood-bat league for talented college players seeking professional careers.  Mr. Haddock gave new life to his passion for baseball by co-founding the Texas Collegiate League, which played its inaugural season in the summer of 2004 with eight teams in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.  The Texas Collegiate League enjoyed incredible success in its inaugural year, including a summer-long television program on Fox Sports Net Southwest. Recently, The Haddock Foundation licensed the league, but remains involved through active oversight of the licenses and promotion of the licensed teams. Texas Collegiate League is currently pursuing expansion into other markets in Texas and Louisiana.

Mr. Haddock’s philanthropic pursuits continued with the foundation of The Haddock Center. In 2005, Gerald Haddock founded The Haddock Center, a non-profit corporation dedicated to promoting art, education, and scholarship in the Fort Worth Community. The Center focuses on the preservation, study, and analysis of the paintings of Stanhope Forbes.  The Haddock Center works with the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth as well as local educational institutions to provide access to this large, privately held collection of Forbes paintings outside of the United Kingdom.

Mr. Haddock has remained involved in the legal community. Since 2010, he has been involved with the CEELI Institute, a not-for profit, international provider of post-graduate, professional legal education headquartered in Prague. The Institute’s mission is to develop an international, professional community of reformers committed to the rule of law. Through innovative training programs and other activities, the Institute works with judges and legal reformers in countries in transition to support the continuing development of market economies and democratic institutions, in addition to building a respect for human rights. Mr. Haddock is currently a member of the International Advisory Board as well as Director of the Friends of the CEELI Institute based out of Washington DC.

In addition to his involvement with The Haddock Foundation, The Haddock Center, the CEELI Institute, and the Baylor University System, Mr. Haddock serves on the Board of Trustees for the M.D. Anderson Proton Therapy Education and Research Foundation.

Gerald Haddock and his wife, Judge Diane Haddock, live in Fort Worth, Texas. Together they have three children and five granddaughters.