NATA Hall of Fame Inductee for 2004
Theodore Quedenfeld was a Founding Father of athletic training in Pennsylvania (active before 1960). He was a founding member of PATS (1976). He was the author of many of the Society's original documents and was instrumental in the early organizational efforts of Pennsylvania's athletic trainers. He contributed much effort to secure the first state legislative act for athletic trainers in the early 1980's. He was the head athletic trainer at Temple University for 16 years. In 1974, Ted co-founded the Temple University Center for Sports Medicine and Science and served as its Administrative Director, as well as achieving the rank of Associate Professor, Temple University School of Medicine. Ted was elected as President of EATA (1980), to the PA Sports Hall of Fame (1980) and into the Temple University Hall of Fame (1987). Ted was credited with developing the first university/hospital based Sports Medicine Center and the first clinic based out-reach program for high school athletes in the United States. The direct result of this significant achievement was the creation of jobs for athletic trainers outside the "traditional setting." This single event marked a milestone in the history of our profession. Ted is widely recognized as the "father of clinical athletic training" in the United States.
Ted Quedenfeld Hall of Fame Video
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