Kentuckiana Spotlight
Trainers' state Hall of
Fame inducts five in first class
The Kentucky Athletic Trainers Society
inducted its first Hall of Fame class
Saturday. Five trainers were chosen based on
their distinguished careers and for helping
to get legislation passed in 1978 that gave
certified trainers legal standing in the
state.
The inductees:
Bob Hamilton (posthumously): Was a
Jefferson County police officer and
paramedic who helped establish the EMS
system in the county. He was the trainer at
Doss and St. Xavier high schools.
Roy Don Wilson (posthumously): Was
the head trainer at the University of
Kentucky and was active in the group that
got the Athletic Training Practice Act
passed in 1978.
Bobby Barton: The retired head
trainer at Eastern Kentucky University, he
started the first accredited educational
program in Kentucky devoted to trainers. He
also served a term as president of the
National Athletic Trainers Association.
Jerry May: Retired from the
University of Louisville after more then 30
years. He is still chairman of the Kentucky
Advisory Board on Athletic Training. He has
been appointed to that position by six
governors.
Tom Simmons: Became Kentucky's
third athletic trainer in 1964 at Murray
State University and brought sports medicine
to the western part of the state.
Trainers are health-care professionals
who care for the medical needs of physically
active people. The Kentucky Athletic
Trainers Society, formed in 1984, has more
than 300 members. |
