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.
1894 - 1974
Stanley Wallace is remembered as the little man with the big grin who served the University of Maine at Orono for 38 years, from 1921-59. He was a professor of physical education and longtime head of the men's physical education division.
1908 - 1954
Thomas “Fitz” Lutz is remembered for inventing a facemask that saved a season for a Georgia Bulldogs star and kept the team rolling through its Golden Era. Lutz, UGA's head athletic trainer from 1938-42, was the Baltimore Colts' head athletic trainer for three seasons before going to the University of North Carolina in 1950.
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.