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Southeast Athletic
Trainers’ Association
2007 SEATA Hall of Fame
The 2007
Tim Kerin Memorial Awards Banquet
and
SEATA Hall of Fame Induction
Mike Chambers
2007 SEATA Hall of Fame
Mike Chambers, a native of New Orleans,
Louisiana was one of the first great leaders in
Athletic Training History. He pushed for NATA
organization as early as 1938. He served as the
elected President of that meeting. The meeting
took place at the Drake Relays. This effort was
supported by Charles Cramer and the Cramer
Company. His first Head Athletic Trainer position
was at Georgia Tech from 1927 until 1935.
During that period he participated in the
Olympics and the 1929 Rose Bowl victory by
Georgia Tech. He returned to Louisiana to serve as Head Athletic
Trainer at Louisiana State University in 1935, a position he held
until early 1943. He also worked several all-star games in the
south. One of his protégé’s was Marty Broussard, who became
the Head Athletic Trainer at LSU. Mike Chambers was honored by
the LSU student body, when the first live tiger mascot was named
“Mike the Tiger” in his honor. He was inducted into the NATA Hall
of Fame in 1962 and the Louisiana Athletic Trainers’ Hall of Fame
in 1994.
Tad Gormley
2007 SEATA Hall of Fame
Tad Gormley, a native of Cambridge, Massachusetts
trained for the 1904 and 1906 Boston Marathon. He was
brought to New Orleans in 1907 by the New Orleans
Athletic Club to develop a marathon team. He worked
throughout the city as a trainer and track coach and also
trained Olympic boxers. He served as athletic trainer at
Loyola of the South University in New Orleans. He
became the first athletic trainer in the state of Louisiana.
He treated and cared for all athletes in the crescent city.
Following mass on Sunday’s the “Gormley Games” took
place in city park. Tad served as coach, athletic trainer and
organizer for the weekly events. A huge number of great athletes from the greater
New Orleans area began careers in these weekly events. The events were such a
success and such a part of the crescent city, that when a stadium was added to the
park, it was named in honor of Tad Gormley. Though efforts were made by both
Louisiana State University and Tulane to obtain his services, Tad Gormley remained
a part of Loyola until his retirement in the mid 1950’s. He was inducted into the NATA
Hall of Fame in 1962 and the Louisiana Athletic Trainers’ Hall of Fame in 1990. Tad
Gormley died in 1965 at the age of 81 near the place to which he dedicated his life City Park Stadium near Loyola University.
Thomas F. Lutz
2007 SEATA Hall of Fame
As Head Athletic Trainer at Georgia Thomas
"Fitz" Lutz was instrumental in saving a
season for the star of the team and keeping
the Bulldogs rolling through "The Golden Era"
of great Georgia teams. He served at Georgia
from 1938 to 1942. He invented and patented
a special face mask for the Bulldogs' star,
Frankie Sinkwich, enabling him to play the
entire season with a fractured jaw. He was one of the first athletic
trainers to make custom molded mouthpieces, by applying a layer
of latex a day, then starting the process over again each week on
Monday after the players chewed them up during the games. Lutz
eventually became the Baltimore Colts head athletic trainer for
three seasons before going to the University of North Carolina in
1950. Lutz died four years later in Chapel Hill at the age of 44.
Frank Mann
2007 SEATA Hall of Fame
Frank (Skipper) Mann served for almost 25 years as
athletic trainer at the University of Kentucky. He
dedicated his life to fulfilling the need for qualified
athletic trainers in the work of college sports. He was
considered by historians to be one of the forefathers of
modern athletic training. He attended Chicago
University in 1903, completed a full course in the art of
handling the physical injuries and mental stresses of
athletes and began his student trainer position. In
1906, he accepted an athletic training position at the
University of Indiana where he remained until he accepted a position at Iowa
in 1910. Frank Mann worked at Iowa in the capacity of athletic trainer from
1910 to 1914 before moving to Kentucky where worked until his retirement in
1950. During his almost 50 years of experience and contributions, he
became known as one of the nation's most prominent athletic trainers. In
1962, he was one of the original inductees to the Helm's Hall of Fame for
athletic trainers. Mann died in 1957 at the age of 70.
Claude “Big Monk” Simons, Sr.
2007 SEATA Hall of Fame
Claude "Big Monk" Simons has gone down in history
as one of the great names in intercollegiate athletics.
Claude and his younger brother known as “Little Monk”
were a part of Tulane Athletics during the 1930’s and
the 1940’s. Both played football for the Green Wave.
Simons also served as head coach in basketball,
baseball, track and boxing while at Tulane. Simons
was president of the Southern Amateur Athletic Union
and had Tulane's Olympic-size pool named in his honor.
Claude was a part of the transition from coach to
athletic trainer in the very early years of the profession. He began to
assume more and more of the duties that we associate with the Athletic
Trainer. Monks efforts lead to the formal position of an athletic trainer.
He fulfilled these duties for several years serving as the Head Athletic
Trainer at Tulane University from 1921 until his death in 1943. He left a
set up that served as a setting for Spike Dixon and Bubba Porche, both
NATA Hall of Fame Members. Claude was inducted into the NATA Hall
of Fame in 1962 and the Louisiana Athletic Trainers’ Hall of Fame in
1998.
Frank Wandle
2007 SEATA Hall of Fame
Frank Wandle was athletic
trainer at Army, Yale and
served two years at Louisiana
State University before
retiring. Dates are not
available but he was inducted
into the NATA Hall of Fame in
1962.
Photograph
unavailable
Mickey O‘Brien
2007 SEATA Hall of Fame
Mickey O'Brien went to work for the University of
Tennessee in 1938 - just in time to help with three
successive unbeaten seasons and trips to bowl games.
He served as a jack-of-all-trades for the Vol program.
In addition to being Head Athletic Trainer for all sports
teams, he was in charge of the training table, oversaw
the equipment and laundry operations, and served as
chief recruiter in Chattanooga, North Carolina and
Florida. O'Brien was designated Trainer Emeritus in
1977 for the Volunteers' football team and served under five football
coaches at Tennessee, beginning with Gen. Bob Neyland. Experts in
sports medicine regarded O'Brien as one of the premier college athletic
trainers. He served as a mentor to various athletic trainers including
NATA Hall of Fame members Jim Goostree and Chris Patrick. He helped
form the Southeastern Conference Trainers Association and served as
its first president. He died October 24, 1986 in Knoxville. Tennessee at
age 79.
Charles E. “Smokey” Harper
2007 SEATA Hall of Fame
After graduating from Mercer College in 1923,
Charles "Smokey" Harper became known as one
of the most prominent athletic trainers in the
Southeast Conference. From 1931 to 1936 he
trained at Vanderbilt before moving on to Florida
for a short time. Smokey also worked at UCLA for
“Red” Sanders for one year. In 1940 he returned
to Vanderbilt, met Paul "Bear" Bryant and followed
the coaching legend to Kentucky, Texas A&M and Alabama before
he eventually retired. During his career he served as a mentor to
"Rusty" Payne at Kentucky, and to Billy Pickard, Roy Don Wilson
and Jerry Rhea at Texas A&M. He was regarded by his fellow
athletic trainers and students as a nice and very practical man.
Coach Bryant commented that he could read people better than
anyone he ever had on his staff.
W. J. “Dutch” Luchsinger
2007 SEATA Hall of Fame
Werner "Dutch" Luchsinger was associated with sports in the
southern section of the U.S. for 48 years. Dutch was a native of
Milwaukee, Wisconsin and studied at State Teachers College in
Milwaukee before attending Tulane University. He was a three
sport standout in football, baseball, and track at Tulane prior to
earning his degree in 1930. After graduation, Luchsinger, better
known as “Dutch”, served as Athletic Director at Fortier High
School in New Orleans from 1930 until 1941. From 1941 to 1943
he served as Physical Training Director at Keesler Field. In 1949
Dutch began his role as Mississippi State’s Head Athletic Trainer
and continued until his retirement in 1965. He served as an Olympic athletic trainer in
1960. Dutch later worked as Athletic Trainer with the New Orleans Buccaneers an
American Basketball Association franchise. During his tenure in Starkville, he
became the first elected Director of District IX in 1950. He represented District IX on
the NATA Board of Directors from 1951 to 1953 in addition to serving as the President
for the SEC athletic trainers. Dutch was inducted in to the NATA Hall of Fame in 1967
and the Louisiana Athletic Trainers’ Association Hall of Fame in 1983. He was
inducted into the Mississippi State University Sports Hall of Fame in 1984. Later, in
2003, he was in the first class of inductees into the Mississippi Athletic Trainers’
Association Hall of Fame.
Wesley “Doc” Knight
2007 SEATA Hall of Fame
Doc Knight served the University of Mississippi for almost 28 years
before his retirement in 1975. A 1935 graduate of Springfield College
with a BS degree in Health and Physical Education, Knight went to
New York City to study at the Eastern School of Physiotherapy and at
Bellevue Hospital. After completing his higher education, Doc Knight
served as a “trainer”, physical education instructor and assistant
track coach at several institutions before beginning his almost three
decade long career at ‘Ole Miss. Wes Knight was known for his fiery
competitive spirit as exhibited by his pregame speeches to the team
prior to Ole Miss Football Games. There was never any doubt about
his caring for the many Rebel athletes he treated and loved. Many
still remember and cherish the preseason letters taped to their
lockers prior to August practice. While at ‘Ole Miss Doc Knight was not only the athletic
trainer, but a very successful track coach as well. Knight produced several unbeaten
teams and his squads produced several school records. Furthermore, Knight served as
the President of the SEC Athletic Trainers Association and member of the NATA Board of
Directors for District IX from 1961 to 1963. His greatest accolade came in 1969 when he
was inducted into the NATA Hall of Fame, the same association in which he was a charter
member. After his retirement he was given the honor of “Trainer” Emeritus at ‘Ole Miss
and was active in the coaching ranks for the Special Olympics. He was inducted into the
University of Mississippi Athletic Hall of Fame in 1988 and the Mississippi Athletic
Trainers’ Association Hall of Fame in 2003. Doc Knight, 74, died in 1983.
Sam Lankford
2007 SEATA Hall of Fame
Samuel Lankford was associated with athletic
training, professional publications, and related
activities since 1930. Before coming to Virginia
Tech in 1963 as head athletic trainer, Lankford
spent 12 years at the University of Florida in the
same position. For several years Lankford was
the athletic training editor of the National Athletic
Journal. Among his professional contributions are
two books and numerous articles on athletic training and
conditioning. He also developed, manufactured, and sold an
adherent in the early 60's called Tough Gator. He represented
District IX on the NATA Board of Directors from 1955 to 1957. He
also served as District IX Secretary from 1955 to 1957 and from
1959 to 1963.
Martin J. Broussard
2007 SEATA Hall of Fame
Marty Broussard's athletic training career spanned six
decades at Louisiana State University. An exceptional
baseball and track athlete during his college days at LSU,
Broussard took time out to serve as a student athletic
trainer for the football team prior to earning his
undergraduate degree in 1945. He served as a U.S. Army
medic during World War II After playing professional
baseball and serving as Head Athletic Trainer at the
University of Florida and Texas A&M, he returned to LSU in
1948 at the same position. He received both a master's
degree in 1960 and a doctorate in 1967 from LSU. In 1963, Broussard was
named Athletic Trainer of the Year by the Rockne Foundation. He was an athletic
trainer for the 1955 Pan American Games and for the U.S. Olympics in 1960.
Broussard served on the board of directors for the National Athletic Trainers
Association, an organization he helped create, and was named to the NATA Hall
of Fame in 1978. He was then named to the Louisiana Athletic Trainer's Hall of
Fame in 1982. Broussard was immortalized in LSU sports in 1998 when the
University named its new, state-of-the-art multimillion dollar athletic training
facility the Martin J. Broussard Center for Athletic Training. Dr. Broussard died
June 11, 2003 at the age of 84.
Earl J. “Bubba” Porche
2007 SEATA Hall of Fame
Tulane had one of the nation's finest athletic trainers in the
person of Earl "Bubba" Porche. In addition to his duties as
athletic trainer at the Blue-Gray game, Porche served as
athletic trainer for the U.S. Track Team that competed in three
meets in Europe in 1967 and was an athletic trainer at the
Pan-American Games in 1971. Porche came to Tulane from
the Navy in 1946 as Assistant Athletic Trainer. He was
subsequently named Head Athletic Trainer, a post he held
for 36 years. Bubba served as District IX Secretary from
1957 to 1959 and then represented District IX on the NATA
Board of Directors from 1965 to 1967. He was inducted into the NATA Hall of
Fame in 1978 and the Tulane Hall of Fame in 1982. The Louisiana Athletic
Trainers’ Association inducted him into their Hall of Fame in 1982 and in 1986
established the Bubba Porche Award to recognize outstanding High School and
Collegiate Athletic Training Students each year. Tulane further honored Bubba
by naming their primary medical treatment facility for all Tulane student-athletes
The Earl "Bubba" Porche Athletic Training Room.
Don Fauls
2007 SEATA Hall of Fame
Don, an native of Ithaca, New York, left his position in 1954 as an
athletic trainer with the St. Louis Cardinals Association to become
the Head Athletic Trainer at Florida State University until his
retirement in 1986. Don Fauls was as much concerned about the
Seminole athletes off the field or court, as he was when they were
competing and practicing. Don treated the whole person as much
as he treated the injury itself. He was a class gentleman from
Ithaca College, however the nickname “Rooster” truly helped
explained his fiery competitiveness for the Seminoles. He worked
as an athletic trainer for the U.S. Pan American team and was a
member of the Olympic Training Selection Committee. He was
named to the NATA Hall of Fame in 1981 and The Athletic Trainers’
Association of Florida Hall of Fame in 1995. Don was described as being one of the central
forces in the athletic program at Florida State. He was responsible for developing an
outstanding athletic training program. On October 6, 1995, just one month before Don’s death,
the athletic training room at Florida State was named “The Don Fauls Training Room.” A bronze
plaque at the entrance to the athletic training room has the following inscription: Don Fauls has
been a doctor, parent, friend and confidant to thousands of Florida State athletes for over 27
years of service in athletics. Seminoles everywhere join to honor this special man in the naming
of this (athletic) training area that provided the opportunity to help so many athletes in so many
ways. Let all who enter these doors emulate the same honesty, loyalty and integrity of this
outstanding individual. Don Fauls died on November 9, 1995 at 75 years old.
Jim Goostree
2007 SEATA Hall of Fame
Jim Goostree, a diversified college athlete, attended
Southwestern at Memphis (two years) and then the University of
Tennessee while earning his bachelor's and master's degrees in
the early 1950's. A golfer at Tennessee, he evolved into an
assistant athletic trainer under legendary athletic trainer Mickey
O’Brien. He signed on as Head Athletic Trainer at the University
of Alabama in 1957, one year before the arrival of the late Paul
"Bear" Bryant. In his long career with the Crimson Tide,
Goostree served as Head Athletic Trainer for the both the BlueGray All-Star Game and the Senior Bowl for 15 seasons. In 1984,
after 27 years as Head Athletic Trainer, Goostree assumed the role of Assistant
Athletic Director at the university. In 1987, he was promoted to Executive Athletic
Director where he was instrumental in developing the nation’s #1 donor program,
Tide Pride. He also supervised the expansion and renovation of Bryant-Denny
Stadium, the building of the Hank Crisp Indoor Practice Facility, the renovation of
Coleman Coliseum and Paul Bryant Dormitory, and the construction of SewellThomas Stadium before he retired in 1993. He served as District IX Secretary from
1963 to 1968. He was inducted into the NATA Hall of Fame in 1984 and was one of
the first two inductees into the Alabama Athletic Trainers’ Association in 1995. Jim
Goostree passed away October 19, 1999.
Joe Worden
2007 SEATA Hall of Fame
After graduating from Pfugerville High School in Texas, Joe
Worden attended the University of Texas in Austin where he
completed a B.S. in Physical Education and a Masters Degree in
Education. While there, he first became interested in the care
and prevention of athletic injuries and had the unique opportunity
to train under the legendary Frank Medina, a former U.S. Olympic
Trainer. Joe was a member of the U.S. Marine Corps and saw
action in Guam and the Marshall Islands during World War II. He
became Vanderbilt’s head athletic trainer in 1949 and handled all
sports until 1971 when he was assigned to specialize in football
and men’s basketball. He continued to assist club sports, and in
1977 began working with the newly created women’s
intercollegiate athletic program. He officially retired at
Vanderbilt in 1986, but continued to volunteer his services and never missed a game
until his death on June 5, 1998. Affectionately referred to as “Joe Bird”, he was one
of the most respected and beloved staff members in the history of Vanderbilt
Athletics. He represented District IX on the NATA Board of Directors from 1964 to
1965. He was inducted into the NATA Hall of Fame in 1984 and the Tennessee
Athletic Trainers’ Society Hall of Fame in 1994. Two highly regarded awards have
been named for him — the Joe Worden Clinic/Professional Athletic Trainer of the
Year Award given by the Tennessee Athletic Trainers’ Society and the Joe L. Worden
Courage Award presented by the Middle Tennessee Chapter of the National Football
Foundation and College Hall of Fame. Joe was inducted in the Tennessee Sports
Hall of Fame in February 2004.
Henry “Buck” Andel
2007 SEATA Hall of Fame
A native Atlantan, Buck Andel played football for and
graduated from Boys High. He went on to graduate with a
bachelor's and master's degree from Georgia Tech where he
lettered in both baseball and football. Mr. Andel was a U.S.
Army veteran of World War II receiving a Silver Star, two
Bronze Stars, and three Purple Hearts for his service. From
1948 until 1969, he was the head athletic trainer of all sports
including track, basketball, baseball and wrestling at Georgia
Tech during which time he served 14 Bowl teams. For 18 of
those years, he was a key member of the staff of Bobby Dodd,
legendary head football coach from 1945 to 1966. He also worked as an athletic
trainer for the 1960 Olympic Games. He was one of the NATA founders and
served on the original board of directors in 1950. He also served as District IX
Secretary from 1951to 1953. He was honored with induction into the Georgia
Tech Hall of Fame in 1968 and received a citation from the Georgia Sports Hall
of Fame. He was and inductee in the inaugural Georgia Athletic Trainers’
Association Hall of Fame in 2004 and received the NATA 50 Year Award in 2005.
Buck Andel passed away February 13, 2005 at age 83.
“Sandy” Sandlin
2007 SEATA Hall of Fame
Sandy, a native of Huntsville, Alabama, moved to Chattanooga at
14 and never left the valley he loved. Lee Jensen, the
Chattanooga Lookout’s athletic trainer, saw Sandy with his
gentle manner mending the wing of a fallen bird. Jensen said,
“If you can do that, come help me with the Lookout players.”
Sandy began his career as an athletic trainer in the early 1930’s
with the Chattanooga Lookouts in the Southern League and in
1935 became the athletic trainer for the baseball team. Sandy
Sandlin was Head Athletic Trainer at the University of
Chattanooga from 1938 until 1975, during which time he also
spent 1943-45 as athletic trainer at Georgia Tech. An All-Star A
thletic Trainer for the Southern Baseball League, Sandy moved from the University of
Chattanooga to The Baylor School in 1975 to serve as head athletic trainer until
1979. According to peers, “He was one of the most straight-forward,
compassionate, and gentle individuals one could meet. We never met such a sincere
and dedicated man.” In 1973 he was inducted into the Tennessee Sports Hall of
Fame—at a time few non-athletes were chosen. He received the NATA 25 Year
Award in 1974 and was inducted posthumously into the NATA Hall of Fame in 1987.
In 1994 Sandy was inducted into the Tennessee Athletic Trainers’ Society Hall of
Fame which further honored him with the establishment of the annual Sandy Sandlin
High School Athletic Trainer of the Year Award.
Charlie Martin
2007 SEATA Hall of Fame
Charlie Martin received his undergraduate and masters
degrees from the University of Oklahoma, after being
discharged from the Army. He was the Head Athletic Trainer
at Baltimore Junior College and then at Northeast Louisiana
University, where he worked for nearly 25 years. Charlie
received the 25-year award from the NATA and was elected
to the Louisiana Athletic Trainers' Association Hall of Fame in
1984. He was a founding father of the Louisiana Athletic
Trainers Association. Charlie is best known for his
pioneering research on the effects of heat and humidity in
athletes. His writings on the topic were published numerous times throughout
his career. Charlie was also an expert on the topic of drug testing. He traveled
extensively around the nation and throughout the world, including Taiwan, The
Netherlands and Belgium, lecturing on these topics, sharing the benefits of his
pioneering work. Charlie will be remembered as an outstanding ambassador
for the athletic training profession and his work will be missed. Charlie Martin,
54, died July 21, 1988.
Thomas “Tim” Kerin
2007 SEATA Hall of Fame
Thomas "Tim" Kerin graduated from Westinghouse Memorial High
School in Wilmerding, PA in 1965 and received his B.S. from
Indiana University of Pennsylvania in 1969. After graduation, Tim
began as the Head Athletic Trainer and math instructor at Penn
Hills High School in Pittsburgh. In 1972 Tim was awarded an M.S.
in mathematics from Indiana University of PA and became Head
Athletic Trainer and an Associate Professor at the University of
Pittsburgh. He received an M.Ed. in Physiology of Exercise from
Pittsburgh in 1976. Tim became the Head Athletic Trainer at the
University of Tennessee in 1977 and helped the football team
achieve seven victories in 11 bowl appearances before his death
in 1992. Tim served on the NATA's Program and Convention Committees from 1979 to
1991. He was SEATA's Awards Committee Chair from 1988 until 1992. He served on the
athletic training staffs of over two dozen local, regional and national athletic events and
was extremely active in the community. In 1986 he was a founding member of Knoxville's
Metropolitan Drug Commission and served as its president from 1987 to 1989. Tim
received a Chancellor's Citation from the University of Tennessee in 1990 and the SEATA
Award of Merit in 1991. The Tim Kerin Sports Medicine Facility at Tennessee was named in
his honor in 1993. Tim was named the Eugene Smith/Mickey O’Brien College Athletic
Trainer of the Year by the Tennessee Athletic Trainer's Society in 1993and inducted into
their Hall of Fame in 1994. Tim was inducted into the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame in
2001. One of the highest awards given by the NATA annually is the Tim Kerin Award.
Kenny Howard
2007 SEATA Hall of Fame
Milford "Kenny" Howard, born in Crossville, Alabama went to Alabama
Polytechnic Institute (now Auburn University) to study Agriculture, but got
a job as student athletic trainer under legendary trainer and track coach
Wilbur Hutsell. Upon graduation in 1948, Howard was named Head
Athletic Trainer, a post held until 1976. From 1976 through 1980 he served
Auburn as its first Assistant Athletics Director for Olympic Sports. After
retiring from Auburn in 1980 he went to work as Director of Sports
Relations for the Hughston Sports Medicine Foundation, Inc., and
continued until his retirement in 1995. While serving as Auburn's Head
Athletic Trainer, Kenny became the confidant of Head Football Coach
Ralph Jordan. That friendship led to Dr. Jack Hughston becoming
Auburn's Orthopedic Surgeon and Team Physician for the next 40 years.
Kenny was the athletic trainer for the U.S. Olympic Track team at Helsinki in 1952 and for the
1976 U.S. Olympic Swim team in Montreal. He also served as head athletic trainer for the World
University Games on two occasions. He was the athletic trainer for the Blue-Gray Game for ten
consecutive years and the Senior Bowl for two years. Kenny served as District IX Director from
1959 to 1960 and was the first athletic trainer inducted into the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame.
Kenny is a member of the NATA Hall of Fame, the Alabama Athletic Trainers’ Association Hall of
Fame, and the Hughston Society. In 2005, Kenny received the American Orthopaedic Society for
Sports Medicine Distinguished Service Athletic Trainer Award and the NATA 50 Year Award. He
is married to the former Jeanne Barnhart and they have three sons and daughter. Jeanne and
Kenny continue to reside in Auburn.
Warren Morris
2007 SEATA Hall of Fame
Warren Morris learned athletic training from two of the
profession’s most notable athletic trainers - A.D. Dickinson of
Northern Iowa University and Alfred “Duke” Wyre at the
University of Maryland where he received his M.Ed . From that
solid background, Morris first served as an assistant at the
University of Maryland, then served as an assistant at the
University of North Carolina before he was named Head Athletic
Trainer at the University of Georgia in 1965. He served as
District IX Vice–Director from 1967 to 1971 then as District
Director from 1971 to 1973. Morris has also been the NATA’s
representative on the NCAA Football Rules Committee and the
Secretary and Representative on the Joint Commission for Science and Sports. He
has been, and remains, committed to athletic training efforts in Georgia as well; he
was the first athletic trainer to be licensed in Georgia and has held the position of
Chair of the Georgia Board of Athletic Trainers, a governor appointed position, for
25 years since 1980. He was inducted into the NATA Hall of Fame in 1981 and
received the AOSSM Distinguished Service Award in 1986. Warren was an inductee
in the inaugural Georgia Athletic Trainers’ Association Hall of Fame in 2004 which
also honored him with an annual award in his name, the Warren Morris Sports
Medicine Person of the Year Award.
Jerry Rhea
2007 SEATA Hall of Fame
Jerry Rhea entered the athletic training profession in 1956 while a
student at Texas A&M working under NATA Hall of Fame member
Smokey Harper before graduating in 1958. Jerry worked eight years in
the Odessa (Texas) Schools, where he was Head Athletic Trainer before
serving the Los Angeles Rams as Assistant Athletic Trainer for 2 years.
Jerry was the Head Athletic Trainer for the Atlanta Falcons from 1969
until 1994 and was a frequent convention and clinic speaker. From 1994
to 2001 he worked as Assistant to the President of the Falcons. During
this time he also served as President of the Atlanta Falcons Youth
Foundation. He was elected President of SEATA in 1982 and became
District IX Director in 1984. He was then elected president of the
NATA for 1986-88 and served on many NATA committees. Jerry was
named the NATA Professional Athletic Trainer of the Year by Nutrament in 1979 and 1982. He
was inducted into the NATA Hall of Fame in 1985 and the Southwest Athletic Trainers’
Association Hall of Fame in 1987. He received the SEATA Award of Merit in 1988 and the
American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine Distinguished Service Athletic Trainer
Award in 1991. In 2001 he received the Tim Kerin Excellence in Athletic Training Award. Jerry
was a 2004 inductee in the inaugural Georgia Athletic Trainers’ Association Hall of Fame which
also honored him with an annual award in his name, the Jerry Rhea Athletic Trainer of the Year
Award. The Atlanta Falcons furthered honored Jerry by endowing an NATA Foundation
Scholarship and as well as both an undergraduate and graduate SEATA Scholarship in his name.
Eugene “Doc” Harvey
2007 SEATA Hall of Fame
Since his days as an athletic trainer for the old Brooklyn
Dodgers Baseball Organization, Eugene "Doc" Harvey has
continuously enhanced his skills as a dedicated rehabilitation
specialist. Before moving to Brooklyn, and later Los Angeles
when the Dodgers moved west, Doc served as an athletic
trainer in Pueblo, Colorado, and Montreal, Canada. He was
known as a hard worker who kept his players in excellent
condition. He served under legendary Coach Eddie Robinson
and was an integral part of numerous Southwestern Athletic
Conference Championships both during and since Coach
Robinson’s tenure. Doc supervised the Grambling State University athletic
training and rehabilitative facility, ranked as one of the best in Division I-AA until
his retirement 1998. He continues to work part time at Grambling as
Coordinator in Sports Medicine during football season. He owns and operates a
private therapy clinic working with a number of physicians and hospitals in
Grambling. Doc was inducted into the Louisiana Athletic Trainers’ Association
Hall of Fame in 1982 and the NATA Hall of Fame in 1986. He received the NATA
50 Year Award in 2005.
Larry “Doc” Harrington, Sr.
2007 SEATA Hall of Fame
Earnest "Doc" Harrington was born in Hattiesburg, MS in
1931. After spending one year as an undergraduate at
Tulane he returned to his hometown and the University of
Southern Mississippi. He began his tenure as the Head
Athletic Trainer at Southern Miss in 1958 through his
retirement in 1994. During his tenure in Hattiesburg he also
served as the school’s tennis coach and equipment
manager. In addition to holding a doctorate in education,
Doc was a licensed Physical Therapist and a Colonel in the
U.S. Army Reserves. Doc also served for a number of years
beginning in 1960 as the Head Athletic Trainer for the
Senior Bowl. He was the first director and project coordinator for the
nationally approved Athletic Training Specialization program at the University
of Southern Mississippi and has had a number of articles published over the
years. He is a member of the National Football Foundation Sports Hall of
Fame and the USM M-Club Alumni Hall of Fame. He was a 1987 inductee into
the NATA Hall of Fame and was inducted with the first class of inductees into
the Mississippi Athletic Trainers’ Association Hall of Fame in 2003. Doc
received the NATA 50 Year Award in 2006.
J. Lindsy McLean
2007 SEATA Hall of Fame
Lindsy McLean began his career as a student at Vanderbilt
University under Joe Worden in 1956. By 1963, he had
earned the position of Head Athletic Trainer and Director
of Physical Therapy at the University of California, Santa
Barbara, and was named Head Athletic Trainer and
Instructor at San Jose State College in 1965. In 1968, he
was named Head Athletic Trainer at The University of
Michigan. In 1979, he became Head Athletic Trainer of the
San Francisco Forty Niners and served there until his
retirement in 2003. Lindsy has served as a USOC Olympic
Team Athletic Trainer in 1976 and was the Nutrament
Collegiate Athletic Trainer of the Year in 1976. He has served the NATA on
the Grants and Scholarship Committee, the 50th Anniversary Taskforce, and
the Honors and Awards Committee where he helped establish the Most
Distinguished Athletic Trainer Award. Perhaps he will best be remembered
for his work with the Professional Advancement Committee where he served
at the first Chair of the Certification Committee and the Board of
Certification when, under his guidance, the NATA Certification program was
established and implemented. He returned to Tennessee to retire in 2005.
Chris Patrick, Jr.
2007 SEATA Hall of Fame
Chris Patrick began his athletic training career while pursuing his
undergraduate degree at the University of Tennessee. After receiving
his master’s degree at Eastern Kentucky, Chris went on to serve as an
athletic trainer at several major universities, ultimately taking over the
position of Head Athletic Trainer at the University of Florida in 1970,
where he continues today as Assistant Athletic Director for Sports
Health. Chris has enjoyed several professional distinctions, including
becoming a consultant for Bike, Johnson & Johnson and Nike and
receiving the Nutrament College Trainer of the Year Award. Indicative
of his commitment to community involvement, Chris was elected
Volunteer of the Year by the Gainesville, Florida Boys Club in 1977.
Among many other positions with the NATA, Chris represented District IX as a member of
the NATA Board of Directors from 1967 to 1971. Chris' work within the profession and in
his local community has helped to broaden and enhance the image of athletic training. He
received the SEATA Award of Merit in 1989, the same year as his NATA Hall of Fame
induction. He received the Tim Kerin Award for Excellence in Athletic Training from the
NATA in 2000. Chris was inducted into The Athletic Trainers’ Association of Florida in 1995
and received the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine Distinguished Service
Athletic Trainer Award in 2006. He is a member of the University of Florida Athletic Hall of
Fame and serves on Aegis Analytical Laboratories Client Advisory Board.
Dean L. Kleinschmidt
2007 SEATA Hall of Fame
A native of Morgan, Minnesota and graduate of Indiana
University, Dean Kleinschmidt joined the New Orleans Saints
as an Assistant Athletic Trainer in 1969 under Warren Arial
and was promoted to Head Athletic Trainer in 1971 where he
remained until 2001. He also coordinated all sports medicine
efforts at the Senior Bowl All-Star Game in Mobile, Ala., since
1971. In 2001-02 he served as the administrative director at
East Jefferson General Hospital Wellness Center in Metairie,
La. before spending the 2002 and 2003 seasons as the
Washington Redskins' Head Athletic Trainer. Dean is now in
his third season as Indiana University’s Head Athletic Trainer
for football. He served three terms as President of the
Professional Athletic Trainers' Society after serving on
their Executive Committee for 12 years. He was named "Professional Athletic
Trainer of the Year" in 1986, and he and assistant Kevin Mangum were honored
as the "NFL Athletic Training Staff of the Year" following the 1986 season. In
1991, he was the local host of the annual NATA Clinical Symposium in New
Orleans and served several years on the NATA Foundation Scholarship
Committee. Dean served as Chairman of Medical Support for the 1992 Olympic
Track Trials in New Orleans. He received the SEATA Award of Merit in 1992. He
was inducted into the Louisiana Athletic Trainers' Association Hall of Fame in
1990, the NATA Hall of Fame in 1994 and named to the New Orleans Saints Hall
of Fame in 2002. In the same year Dean received the Tim Kerin Award for
Excellence in Athletic Training from the NATA and was awarded the National
College Football Foundation Athletic Trainer of the Year in 2003.
Robert M. “Bobby” Barton
2007 SEATA Hall of Fame
Bobby Barton earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of
Kentucky in 1968, a master’s degree from Marshall University in 1970,
and a doctorate from Middle Tennessee State University in 1976. He
served as an athletic trainer at the University of Kentucky, the
University of Florida and Florida International University, prior to
going to Eastern Kentucky University as Head Athletic Trainer and
Program Director in 1976. He served as District IX Director and as
NATA Vice President prior to being NATA President from 1982 to
1986. He served on the NATA’s Placement Committee, Public
Relations Committee, the 50th Anniversary Celebration and
Convention Planning Committee as well as the NATA Research and
Education Foundation Board of Directors. He co-authored the Commonwealth of
Kentucky's athletic training certification law and continued to serve his state, district, and
national organizations in numerous professional endeavors. He remained a practicing
athletic trainer while earning professional rank at Eastern Kentucky University and served
as Head Athletic Trainer for USA Basketball's World Championship Team at the 1995 World
University Games. He was awarded the SEATA Award of Merit in 1987, inducted into the
NATA Hall of Fame in 1996 and received the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports
Medicine Distinguished Service Athletic Trainer Award in 1998. He was presented with the
Outstanding Football Trainer Award by the All-American Football Foundation in 1999. In
2006, Bobby was the first athletic trainer ever inducted into the Ohio Valley Conference
Hall of Fame and was inducted into the Kentucky Athletic Trainers’ Society Hall of Fame.
Don Lowe
2007 SEATA Hall of Fame
A native of Marietta, Ohio, Donald D. Lowe earned a Bachelor’s and
Master’s degrees from Kent State University, where he also served as a
Graduate Assistant Athletic Trainer in 1965, Assistant Athletic Trainer
1966-1969, and Head Athletic Trainer from 1969-1975. Mr. Lowe was
the Coordinator of Sports Medicine at Syracuse University from 19752000. He served the greater Syracuse community and the Central New
York region by creating the organizational structure and becoming the
Executive Director of Onondaga Sports Medicine Clinics in 1986. Mr.
Lowe served as the Director of Sports Medicine at Georgia Tech from
2000-2002. He has a multitude of U.S.O.C. experience, highlighted by
his services as the Men’s Basketball Athletic Trainer in the 1983 Pan
American Games, and on the U.S. Olympic Training Staff at the 1992
Summer Olympic Games in Barcelona. Mr. Lowe served the NATA on various committees and
was Secretary of District 2 from 1982-1992. Mr. Lowe, along with other New York State ATCs,
was instrumental in forming the New York State Athletic Trainers’ Association and served as its
President from 1984-1986; Empire State Games host athletic trainer, as well as helping to obtain
professional regulation of athletic trainers in New York State. In 1992 Mr. Lowe was instrumental
in the formation of the College Athletic Trainers Society. He has received many awards for his
outstanding service, highlighted by his 1983 Thomas Sheehan Award for Most Outstanding
Athletic Trainer in New York State, National Collegiate Athletic Trainer of the Year in 1986,
Eastern Athletic Trainers’ Association “Cramer’s Excellence Award” in 1991, NATA Most
Distinguished Athletic Trainer in 1995, and the NATA Hall of Fame in 1999.
James Douglas "Doug" May
2007 SEATA Hall of Fame
James Douglas "Doug" May began his career as a student
athletic trainer working with Wes Knight at the University of
Mississippi in 1967. He has served as a certified athletic trainer
at Florida State University, Tennessee Technological University,
Mississippi State University, Mississippi University of Women, the
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and, most recently, at
the McCallie School of Chattanooga, TN. May has served as
Vice-President of the NATA and as District IX Director. In
addition, he is a former District IX President and Secretary/
Treasurer. May is a charter member of the Mississippi Athletic
Trainers' Association and served as its first president. He is a
co-author of the book Signs and Symptoms of Athletic Injuries. He served as a
member of the medical staff for the 1991 Pan American Games in Cuba, the 1991
World Winter University Games in Japan, and the medical team for the 1996 track and
field venue of the Atlanta Olympic Games. In 1990 Doug received the SEATA Award
of Merit. He received the Sandy Sandlin High School Athletic Trainer of the Year
Award from the Tennessee Athletic Trainers’ Society in 1990 and was inducted into
their Hall of Fame in 1998. He was recognized as Most Distinguished Athletic Trainer
in 1995 by the NATA and was inducted into the NATA Hall of Fame in 1999.
James “Jim” B. Gallaspy, Jr.
2007 SEATA Hall of Fame
James B. (Jim) Gallaspy, Jr., a native of Jackson, MS was born on
September 8, 1948. Jim began his athletic training career serving as
a student athletic trainer at Peeples Junior High School and Provine
High School. He went to The University of Southern Mississippi in
1966 to work under the NATA Hall of Fame member Larry "Doc"
Harrington. After graduation from Southern Miss, Jim received
employment at McArthur High School in Hollywood, Florida as a
teacher/athletic trainer where he worked for three years and then in
1973 he enrolled at Indiana State University. After graduating, Jim
worked at Moline Senior High School as a teacher/athletic trainer and
in 1974 he returned to The University of Southern Mississippi where
he worked for 26 years and was awarded Associate Professor,
Emeritus status in 2001. Jim has been President of the Mississippi Athletic Trainers'
Association, the Southeast Athletic Trainers' Association and served on the NATA Board
of Directors from 1994-1997. He received the Sayers "Bud" Miller Distinguished Athletic
Trainer Educator Award in 1992, the SEATA District Award in 1994, and the NATA Most
Distinguished Athletic Trainer Award in 1995. SEATA again recognized him in 1997 with
the Award of Merit. He is a member of the University of Southern Mississippi M-Club
Alumni Hall of Fame and received the All American Football Foundation Outstanding
Athletic Trainer award in March 2000. Jim was inducted into the Mississippi Athletic
Trainers' Hall of Fame in 2004. He is married to the former Sue Barnett and they have two
children Kim and Jay.
John "Jack" Redgren
2007 SEATA Hall of Fame
Jack Redgren was born in the small town of Winnebago,
Minnesota in 1942. He graduated from the University of
Montana in 1964 and served in the United States Army
from 1965-1967. After leaving the armed services, Jack
graduated from the Mayo Clinic School of Physical
Therapy in 1969. His first job as an athletic trainer was
working under fellow hall of famer Lindsy McLean at the
University of Michigan for two years. From there, Jack
moved south to Vanderbilt University where he served for
10 years. Since 1981, Jack has worked in the private
sector treating varsity, professional and recreational
athletes. A pioneer in the field of athletic training
education, Jack served the NATA Professional Education Committee for 17
years and enjoyed every minute of it. Jack received the Joe Worden
Clinic/Professional Athletic Trainer of the Year from the Tennessee Athletic
Trainers’ Society in 1990 and was inducted to their Hall of Fame in 1996. He
was inducted into the NATA Hall of Fame in 2002. In March of 2006, he was
named co-recipient of The Contribution to Football Award by the Middle
Tennessee Chapter of the National and College Football Foundation. He
continues to work part-time with Tennessee Orthopedic Alliance.
Albert "Al" Green
2007 SEATA Hall of Fame
Al Green has been serving the Athletic Training profession on
the national, district and state levels since attending his first
NATA convention in 1970 as a freshman college student. Al
received his BS degree from the University of Michigan and his
MEd from the University of Arizona. Highlights of Mr. Green’s
service includes: Chairperson for the NATA Public Relations
Committee, member of the Board of Certification and
Convention Registration Committee, Chair District IX Public
Relations Committee, President and Vice President of the
Kentucky Athletic Trainers Society. Al started his career as
an Assistant Athletic Trainer at the University of Michigan then
spent 17 years as Head Athletic Trainer at the University of Kentucky. Al volunteered
with the USOC and worked two Olympic Sports Festivals and the 2003 Pan American
Games. Mr. Green was the 2001 recipient of the NATA Most Distinguished Athletic
Trainer Award. Al served his community as Medical Director of the Blue Grass State
Games and as a volunteer firefighter and EMT. He received the Certificate of Valor in
1994 from the Kentucky Department of Fire Prevention for saving two people from
their burning home. Most recently he was inducted into the Kentucky Athletic
Trainers’ Society Hall of Fame in 2007. Al is married to fellow NATA Hall of Fame
recipient, Sue Stanley-Green. They are the first husband and wife NATA members to
be inducted into the NATA Hall of Fame.
Sue Stanley-Green
2007 SEATA Hall of Fame
Sue Stanley–Green received her BS from The Ohio State University
and her MS from Purdue University. She served as Director of
Intramural Recreational Services at East Carolina University. While
at ECU, she met NATA Executive Secretary Mary Edgerly when the
national office was in Greenville, NC. It was through this
introduction to the NATA that Sue started her extensive service to
the NATA and the athletic training profession. Her athletic training
career included being the Associate Head Athletic Trainer at the
University of Kentucky and the first women to work SEC Football,
Athletic Trainer-Physician Extender for Kentucky Sports Medicine
Clinic, Head Athletic Trainer at Centre College and at the time of her
induction into the Hall of Fame, Program Director of the Athletic Training Education
Program at Florida Southern College. Sue’s service to the profession includes serving as a
member of the NATA Board of Directors, a two time Director on the Board of Certification,
President of District IX, Vice President of the Kentucky Athletic Trainers Society, and CoMedical Director of the Bluegrass State Games. She traveled internationally with USA
Basketball Teams. Ms. Stanley – Green’s awards include the NATA Most Distinguished
Athletic Trainer Award, SEATA Award of Merit, SEATA Backbone Award and was the
recipient of the 2004 American Academy of Podiatric Sports Medicine Excellence in
Athletic Training. She is married to fellow NATA Hall of Fame recipient Al Green. They are
the first married couple inducted into the Hall of Fame.
William H. “Bill” McDonald
2007 SEATA Hall of Fame
Born in Carbon Hill, Alabama, Bill attended the University of
Alabama and served as a student athletic trainer and
manager for the Crimson Tide. At Alabama, he completed
his BS in 1967 and his MS in 1968. He was a high school
athletic trainer/coach in the Dekalb and Cobb County
School Systems in Georgia from 1968 to 1972. He began a
15 year tenure at Georgia Tech in 1972 serving as the
Director of Sports Medicine and Assistant Athletic Director.
In 1987 he returned home to the University of Alabama
where he continues today as the Director of Sports
Medicine, Football Travel Coordinator, and On Campus Clinical Coordinator for
the athletic training education program. Bill was an athletic trainer for the 1996
Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. He received the Athletic Trainer Service Award in
1996 and the Most Distinguished Athletic Trainer Award in 2000 from the NATA.
He has been a member of NATA since 1967 and was inducted into the Alabama
Athletic Trainers’ Association in 2005. Bill continues to serve the profession in
many capacities including service on the NATA College and University Athletic
Trainers’ Committee, the NATA Strategic Implementation Team and on the
Alabama Board of Athletic Trainers.