NATA Hall of Fame

1908 - 1984

Roland “Kickapoo” Logan, the founder, editor and publisher of “Athletic Training News” from 1949-58, started in 1930 at the University of Kansas, later working at George Washington, Pittsburgh, West Point, North Carolina, Navy, Pasadena College and the Boston Red Sox. Logan invented more than 20 athletic training products, lectured at 400+ clinics and was an accomplished artist, winning the American Institute of Fine Arts medal for his original oil paintings.

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1915-1980

Bill “Ropes” Robertson, who served for 35 years as the Oregon State University athletic trainer, was the first full-time athletic trainer for the Beavers. Robertson was also an athletic trainer for the U.S. Olympic Team in the 1964 Games in Tokyo and returned to the Far East in 1967 to do a series of clinics for the U.S. Department of Defense.

1914 - 2003

Delmer Brown spent his entire career in Texas, where he helped build the profession's credibility. After earning a degree in 1938 from North Texas State, Brown was a coach and athletic trainer for three Texas high schools as well as Baylor, East Texas State University and Texas Tech.

1915 - 1986

Dwayne “Spike” Dixon was a fixture in Indiana University's athletic training department beginning in 1946. In 1961 he began to focus on teaching athletic training skills and developing curricula. In addition to his lectures, classes, consulting and athletic training duties, Dixon wrote “The Dixonary of Training Techniques.”

1914 - 2005

Elmer Brown, like his twin brother Delmer, was widely known in Texas. Between his first coaching job at Laredo High School in 1938 and his position at the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine in Fort Worth, he worked at six high schools and universities. A graduate of North Texas State, Brown landed at Texas Christian University in 1951 and worked there until his retirement.

1912 - 1981

Always seeking to promote the profession, Joe Abraham wrote articles, facilitated seminars and conducted surveys to make the New York State Education Department realize the importance of athletic trainers in the school system. Abraham, who began his athletic training career in 1942, worked at Ithaca College, the U.S. Air Corps and Hobart College before retiring from athletic training to become an athletic director.

1908 - 1978

Richard Cole's legacy is one of public relations: he was a frequent speaker and author, educating others about the profession. Cole, who graduated from Iowa State in 1931 was head athletic trainer and associate professor of physical education at Rhode Island from 1946-75.

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Samuel Lankford, who worked at the University of Florida and later at Virginia Tech, was associated with athletic training publication as early as 1930. For several years Lankford was an editor for the National Athletic Journal. Among his professional contributions are two books and numerous articles on athletic training and conditioning.

1914-1976

James Morris' athletic training career spanned more than 40 years at Butler University and Indianapolis area clinics. Morris graduated from Butler in 1937 and spent the next 18 years as head athletic trainer there. In 1964, he became one of the first athletic trainers to work in the clinic setting.

1917-1971

Richard Wargo was a near-constant presence among University of Connecticut athletics from 1941 until his retirement in 1969. A good golfer and inventor of protective equipment for athletes, Wargo served on the athletic trainer's staff for the U.S.-Pan American team games at Chicago in 1959.