NATA Hall of Fame Inductee for 2004
William "Bill" Hughes McDonald
Born in Carbon Hill, Alabama, Bill attended the University of Alabama and served as a student athletic trainer and manager for the Crimson Tide. He was a high school athletic trainer/coach in the Dekalb and Cobb County School Systems in Georgia and the Director of Sports Medicine for Georgia Tech (15 years) and the University of Alabama (17 years). 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 2001 from the NATA. He has been a member of NATA since 1967.
Bill McDonald Hall of Fame Video
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