1897 - 1973
Mike Chambers compiled a long and distinguished career as the first athletic trainer at Louisiana State University. Chambers, who worked at several all-star games in the south, was so popular during his stint at LSU that the school's mascot - a live Bengal Tiger - still bears his name.
1886 - 1953
From 1913-47 David “Matt” Bullock saw to it that football stars like Red Grange, George Halas, Buddy Young and other Fighting Illini stayed healthy. During his 34-year career at the University of Illinois, Bullock cared for more than 40,000 athletes.
1894 - 1971
Wilbur Bohm, the Washington State University head athletic trainer before becoming an osteopathic surgeon, helped define sports medicine by writing books and filming a 1941 documentary on charley horses and sprained ankles. Bohm - with Jake Weber, Billy Morris and the Cramer brothers - was a member of the first athletic training squad to serve a U.S. Olympic Team, in 1932 in Los Angeles.
1893 - 1972
Samuel “Doc” Bilik was one of the earliest medical doctors to devote his time to athletic injuries; at age 21 he wrote “The Trainers Bible,” one of the first texts dealing with athletic training. Bilik also manufactured a line of athletic training supplies. He was an early recipient of the American College of Sports Medicine's Citation Award.
1888 - 1957
Roland Bevan, a pioneer in the physical conditioning of athletes, was the New York Touchdown Club's 1942 College Football Man of the Year. Hailed as the “Muscle Man of the Maumee,” Bevan cared for athletes at Dartmouth University and West Point after making his name as one of the most successful football coaches in the nation.