HALL OF FAME BIOGRAPHIES
CLASS OF 2007
HENRY L. ANDEL - 2007
A native Atlantan, Buck Andel played football for and graduated from Boys High. He went on to graduate with a bachelor's and master's degree from Georgia Tech where he lettered in both baseball and football. Mr. Andel was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II receiving a Silver Star, two Bronze Stars, and three Purple Hearts for his service. From 1948 until 1969, he was the head athletic trainer of all sports including track, basketball, baseball and wrestling at Georgia Tech during which time he served 14 Bowl teams. For 18 of those years, he was a key member of the staff of Bobby Dodd, legendary head football coach from 1945 to 1966. He also worked as an athletic trainer for the 1960 Olympic Games. He was one of the NATA founders and served on the original board of directors in 1950. He also served as District IX Secretary from 1951 to 1953. He was honored with induction into the Georgia Tech Hall of Fame in 1968 and received a citation from the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame. He was and inductee in the inaugural Georgia Athletic Trainers’ Association Hall of Fame in 2004 and received the NATA 50 Year Award in 2005. Buck Andel passed away February 13, 2005 at age 83.
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ROBERT M. "BOBBY" BARTON - 2007
Bobby Barton earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Kentucky in 1968, a master’s degree from Marshall University in 1970, and a doctorate from Middle Tennessee State University in 1976. He served as an athletic trainer at the University of Kentucky, the University of Florida and Florida International University, prior to going to Eastern Kentucky University as Head Athletic Trainer and Program Director in 1976. He served as District IX Director and as NATA Vice President prior to being NATA President from 1982 to 1986. He served on the NATA’s Placement Committee, Public Relations Committee, the 50th Anniversary Celebration and Convention Planning Committee as well as the NATA Research and Education Foundation Board of Directors. He co-authored the Commonwealth of Kentucky's athletic training certification law and continued to serve his state, district, and national organizations in numerous professional endeavors. He remained a practicing athletic trainer while earning professional rank at Eastern Kentucky University and served as Head Athletic Trainer for USA Basketball's World Championship Team at the 1995 World University Games. He was awarded the SEATA Award of Merit in 1987, inducted into the NATA Hall of Fame in 1996 and received the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine Distinguished Service Athletic Trainer Award in 1998. He was presented with the Outstanding Football Trainer Award by the All-American Football Foundation in 1999. In 2006, Bobby was the first athletic trainer ever inducted into the Ohio Valley Conference Hall of Fame and was inducted into the Kentucky Athletic Trainers’ Society Hall of Fame.
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MARTIN J. BROUSSARD - 2007
Marty Broussard's athletic training career spanned six decades at Louisiana State University. An exceptional baseball and track athlete during his college days at LSU, Broussard took time out to serve as a student athletic trainer for the football team prior to earning his undergraduate degree in 1945. He served as a U.S. Army medic during World War II After playing professional baseball and serving as Head Athletic Trainer at the University of Florida and Texas A&M, he returned to LSU in 1948 at the same position. He received both a master's degree in 1960 and a doctorate in 1967 from LSU. In 1963, Broussard was named Athletic Trainer of the Year by the Rockne Foundation. He was an athletic trainer for the 1955 Pan American Games and for the U.S. Olympics in 1960. Broussard served on the board of directors for the National Athletic Trainers Association, an organization he helped create, and was named to the NATA Hall of Fame in 1978. He was then named to the Louisiana Athletic Trainer's Hall of Fame in 1982. Broussard was immortalized in LSU sports in 1998 when the University named its new, state-of-the-art multimillion dollar athletic training facility the Martin J. Broussard Center for Athletic Training. Dr. Broussard died June 11, 2003 at the age of 84.
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MIKE CHAMBERS - 2007
Mike Chambers, a native of New Orleans, Louisiana was one of the first great leaders in Athletic Training History. He pushed for NATA organization as early as 1938. He served as the elected President of that meeting. The meeting took place at the Drake Relays. This effort was supported by Charles Cramer and the Cramer Company. His first Head Athletic Trainer position was at Georgia Tech from 1927 until 1935. During that period he participated in the Olympics and the 1929 Rose Bowl victory by Georgia Tech. He returned to Louisiana to serve as Head Athletic Trainer at Louisiana State University in 1935, a position he held until early 1943. He also worked several all-star games in the south. One of his protégé’s was Marty Broussard, who became the Head Athletic Trainer at LSU. Mike Chambers was honored by the LSU student body, when the first live tiger mascot was named “Mike the Tiger” in his honor. He was inducted into the NATA Hall of Fame in 1962 and the Louisiana Athletic Trainers’ Hall of Fame in 1994.
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DONALD JAMES FAULS - 2007
Don, an native of Ithaca, New York, left his position in 1954 as an athletic trainer with the St. Louis Cardinals Association to become the Head Athletic Trainer at Florida State University until his retirement in 1986. Don Fauls was as much concerned about the Seminole athletes off the field or court, as he was when they were competing and practicing. Don treated the whole person as much as he treated the injury itself. He was a class gentleman from Ithaca College, however the nickname “Rooster” truly helped explained his fiery competitiveness for the Seminoles. He worked as an athletic trainer for the U.S. Pan American team and was a member of the Olympic Training Selection Committee. He was named to the NATA Hall of Fame in 1981 and The Athletic Trainers’ Association of Florida Hall of Fame in 1995. Don was described as being one of the central forces in the athletic program at Florida State. He was responsible for developing an outstanding athletic training program. On October 6, 1995, just one month before Don’s death, the athletic training room at Florida State was named “The Don Fauls Training Room.” A bronze plaque at the entrance to the athletic training room has the following inscription: Don Fauls has been a doctor, parent, friend and confidant to thousands of Florida State athletes for over 27 years of service in athletics. Seminoles everywhere join to honor this special man in the naming of this (athletic) training area that provided the opportunity to help so many athletes in so many ways. Let all who enter these doors emulate the same honesty, loyalty and integrity of this outstanding individual. Don Fauls died on November 9, 1995 at 75 years old.
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JAMES B. "JIM" GALLASPY, JR. - 2007
James B. (Jim) Gallaspy, Jr., a native of Jackson, MS was born on September 8, 1948. Jim began his athletic training career serving as a student athletic trainer at Peeples Junior High School and Provine High School. He went to The University of Southern Mississippi in 1966 to work under the NATA Hall of Fame member Larry "Doc" Harrington. After graduation from Southern Miss, Jim received employment at McArthur High School in Hollywood, Florida as a teacher/athletic trainer where he worked for three years and then in 1973 he enrolled at Indiana State University. After graduating, Jim worked at Moline Senior High School as a teacher/athletic trainer and in 1974 he returned to The University of Southern Mississippi where he worked for 26 years and was awarded Associate Professor, Emeritus status in 2001. Jim has been President of the Mississippi Athletic Trainers' Association, the Southeast Athletic Trainers' Association and served on the NATA Board of Directors from 1994-1997. He received the Sayers "Bud" Miller Distinguished Athletic Trainer Educator Award in 1992, the SEATA District Award in 1994, and the NATA Most Distinguished Athletic Trainer Award in 1995. SEATA again recognized him in 1997 with the Award of Merit. He is a member of the University of Southern Mississippi M-Club Alumni Hall of Fame and received the All American Football Foundation Outstanding Athletic Trainer award in March 2000. Jim was inducted into the NATA Hall of Fame in 2000 and the Mississippi Athletic Trainers' Hall of Fame in 2004. He is married to the former Sue Barnett and they have two children Kim and Jay.
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JIM GOOSTREE - 2007
Jim Goostree, a diversified college athlete, attended Southwestern at Memphis (two years) and then the University of Tennessee while earning his bachelor's and master's degrees in the early 1950's. A golfer at Tennessee, he evolved into an assistant athletic trainer under legendary athletic trainer Mickey O’Brien. He signed on as Head Athletic Trainer at the University of Alabama in 1957, one year before the arrival of the late Paul "Bear" Bryant. In his long career with the Crimson Tide, Goostree served as Head Athletic Trainer for the both the Blue-Gray All-Star Game and the Senior Bowl for 15 seasons. In 1984, after 27 years as Head Athletic Trainer, Goostree assumed the role of Assistant Athletic Director at the university. In 1987, he was promoted to Executive Athletic Director where he was instrumental in developing the nation’s #1 donor program, Tide Pride. He also supervised the expansion and renovation of Bryant-Denny Stadium, the building of the Hank Crisp Indoor Practice Facility, the renovation of Coleman Coliseum and Paul Bryant Dormitory, and the construction of Sewell-Thomas Stadium before he retired in 1993. He served as District IX Secretary from 1963 to 1968. He was inducted into the NATA Hall of Fame in 1984 and was one of the first two inductees into the Alabama Athletic Trainers’ Association in 1995. Jim Goostree passed away October 19, 1999.
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TAD GORMLEY - 2007
Tad Gormley, a native of Cambridge, Massachusetts trained for the 1904 and 1906 Boston Marathon. He was brought to New Orleans in 1907 by the New Orleans Athletic Club to develop a marathon team. He worked throughout the city as a trainer and track coach and also trained Olympic boxers. He served as athletic trainer at Loyola of the South University in New Orleans. He became the first athletic trainer in the state of Louisiana. He treated and cared for all athletes in the crescent city. Following mass on Sunday’s the “Gormley Games” took place in city park. Tad served as coach, athletic trainer and organizer for the weekly events. A huge number of great athletes from the greater New Orleans area began careers in these weekly events. The events were such a success and such a part of the crescent city, that when a stadium was added to the park, it was named in honor of Tad Gormley. Though efforts were made by both Louisiana State University and Tulane to obtain his services, Tad Gormley remained a part of Loyola until his retirement in the mid 1950’s. He was inducted into the NATA Hall of Fame in 1962 and the Louisiana Athletic Trainers’ Hall of Fame in 1990. Tad Gormley died in 1965 at the age of 81 near the place to which he dedicated his life - City Park Stadium near Loyola University.​
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ALBERT "AL" GREEN - 2007
Al Green has been serving the Athletic Training profession on the national, district and state levels since attending his first NATA convention in 1970 as a freshman college student. Al received his BS degree from the University of Michigan and his MEd from the University of Arizona. Highlights of Mr. Green’s service includes: Chairperson for the NATA Public Relations Committee, member of the Board of Certification and Convention Registration Committee, Chair District IX Public Relations Committee, President and Vice President of the Kentucky Athletic Trainers Society. Al started his career as an Assistant Athletic Trainer at the University of Michigan then spent 17 years as Head Athletic Trainer at the University of Kentucky. Al volunteered with the USOC and worked two Olympic Sports Festivals and the 2003 Pan American Games. Mr. Green was the 2001 recipient of the NATA Most Distinguished Athletic Trainer Award. Al served his community as Medical Director of the Blue Grass State Games and as a volunteer firefighter and EMT. He received the Certificate of Valor in 1994 from the Kentucky Department of Fire Prevention for saving two people from their burning home. Most recently he was inducted into the Kentucky Athletic Trainers’ Society Hall of Fame in 2007. Al is married to fellow NATA Hall of Fame recipient, Sue Stanley-Green. They are the first husband and wife NATA members to be inducted into the NATA Hall of Fame (2004).
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CHARLES E. "SMOKEY" HARPER - 2007
After graduating from Mercer College in 1923, Charles "Smokey" Harper became known as one of the most prominent athletic trainers in the Southeast Conference. From 1931 to 1936 he trained at Vanderbilt before moving on to Florida for a short time. Smokey also worked at UCLA for “Red” Sanders for one year. In 1940 he returned to Vanderbilt, met Paul "Bear" Bryant and followed the coaching legend to Kentucky, Texas A&M and Alabama before he eventually retired. During his career he served as a mentor to "Rusty" Payne at Kentucky, and to Billy Pickard, Roy Don Wilson and Jerry Rhea at Texas A&M. He was regarded by his fellow athletic trainers and students as a nice and very practical man. Coach Bryant commented that he could read people better than anyone he ever had on his staff.
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EARNEST LARRY "DOC" HARRINGTON, SR. - 2007
Earnest "Doc" Harrington was born in Hattiesburg, MS in 1931. After spending one year as an undergraduate at Tulane he returned to his hometown and the University of Southern Mississippi. He began his tenure as the Head Athletic Trainer at Southern Miss in 1958 through his retirement in 1994. During his tenure in Hattiesburg he also served as the school’s tennis coach and equipment manager. In addition to holding a doctorate in education, Doc was a licensed Physical Therapist and a Colonel in the U.S. Army Reserves. Doc also served for a number of years beginning in 1960 as the Head Athletic Trainer for the Senior Bowl. He was the first director and project coordinator for the nationally approved Athletic Training Specialization program at the University of Southern Mississippi and has had a number of articles published over the years. He is a member of the National Football Foundation Sports Hall of Fame and the USM M-Club Alumni Hall of Fame. He was a 1987 inductee into the NATA Hall of Fame and was inducted with the first class of inductees into the Mississippi Athletic Trainers’ Association Hall of Fame in 2003. Doc received the NATA 50 Year Award in 2006.
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EUGENE "DOC" HARVEY - 2007
Since his days as an athletic trainer for the old Brooklyn Dodgers Baseball Organization, Eugene "Doc" Harvey has continuously enhanced his skills as a dedicated rehabilitation specialist. Before moving to Brooklyn, and later Los Angeles when the Dodgers moved west, Doc served as an athletic trainer in Pueblo, Colorado, and Montreal, Canada. He was known as a hard worker who kept his players in excellent condition. He served under legendary Coach Eddie Robinson and was an integral part of numerous Southwestern Athletic Conference Championships both during and since Coach Robinson’s tenure. Doc supervised the Grambling State University athletic training and rehabilitative facility, ranked as one of the best in Division I-AA until his retirement in 1998. He continues to work part time at Grambling as Coordinator in Sports Medicine during football season. He owns and operates a private therapy clinic working with a number of physicians and hospitals in Grambling. Doc was inducted into the Louisiana Athletic Trainers’ Association Hall of Fame in 1982 and the NATA Hall of Fame in 1986. He received the NATA 50 Year Award in 2005.
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KENNY HOWARD - 2007
Milford "Kenny" Howard, born in Crossville, Alabama went to Alabama Polytechnic Institute (now Auburn University) to study Agriculture, but got a job as student athletic trainer under legendary trainer and track coach Wilbur Hutsell. Upon graduation in 1948, Howard was named Head Athletic Trainer, a post held until 1976. From 1976 through 1980 he served Auburn as its first Assistant Athletics Director for Olympic Sports. After retiring from Auburn in 1980 he went to work as Director of Sports Relations for the Hughston Sports Medicine Foundation, Inc., and continued until his retirement in 1995. While serving as Auburn's Head Athletic Trainer, Kenny became the confidant of Head Football Coach Ralph Jordan. That friendship led to Dr. Jack Hughston becoming Auburn's Orthopedic Surgeon and Team Physician for the next 40 years. Kenny was the athletic trainer for the U.S. Olympic Track team at Helsinki in 1952 and for the 1976 U.S. Olympic Swim team in Montreal. He also served as head athletic trainer for the World University Games on two occasions. He was the athletic trainer for the Blue-Gray Game for ten consecutive years and the Senior Bowl for two years. Kenny served as District IX Director from 1959 to 1960 and was the first athletic trainer inducted into the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame. Kenny is a member of the NATA Hall of Fame, the Alabama Athletic Trainers’ Association Hall of Fame, and the Hughston Society. In 2005, Kenny received the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine Distinguished Service Athletic Trainer Award and the NATA 50 Year Award. He is married to the former Jeanne Barnhart and they have three sons and daughter. Jeanne and Kenny continue to reside in Auburn.
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THOMAS "TIM" KERIN - 2007
Thomas "Tim" Kerin graduated from Westinghouse Memorial High School in Wilmerding, PA in 1965 and received his B.S. from Indiana University of Pennsylvania in 1969. After graduation, Tim began as the Head Athletic Trainer and math instructor at Penn Hills High School in Pittsburgh. In 1972 Tim was awarded an M.S. in mathematics from Indiana University of PA and became Head Athletic Trainer and an Associate Professor at the University of Pittsburgh. He received an M.Ed. in Physiology of Exercise from Pittsburgh in 1976. Tim became the Head Athletic Trainer at the University of Tennessee in 1977 and helped the football team achieve seven victories in 11 bowl appearances before his death in 1992. Tim served on the NATA's Program and Convention Committees from 1979 to 1991. He was SEATA's Awards Committee Chair from 1988 until 1992. He served on the athletic training staffs of over two dozen local, regional and national athletic events and was extremely active in the community. In 1986 he was a founding member of Knoxville's Metropolitan Drug Commission and served as its president from 1987 to 1989. Tim received a Chancellor's Citation from the University of Tennessee in 1990 and the SEATA Award of Merit in 1991. The Tim Kerin Sports Medicine Facility at Tennessee was named in his honor in 1993. He was inducted into the NATA Hall of Fame in 1993. Tim was named the Eugene Smith/Mickey O’Brien College Athletic Trainer of the Year by the Tennessee Athletic Trainer's Society in 1993 and inducted into their Hall of Fame in 1994. Tim was inducted into the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame in 2001. One of the highest awards given by the NATA annually is the Tim Kerin Award.
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DEAN L. KLEINSCHMIDT - 2007
A native of Morgan, Minnesota and graduate of Indiana University, Dean Kleinschmidt joined the New Orleans Saints as an Assistant Athletic Trainer in 1969 under Warren Arial and was promoted to Head Athletic Trainer in 1971 where he remained until 2001. He also coordinated all sports medicine efforts at the Senior Bowl All-Star Game in Mobile, Ala., since 1971. In 2001-02 he served as the administrative director at East Jefferson General Hospital Wellness Center in Metairie, La. before spending the 2002 and 2003 seasons as the Washington Redskins' Head Athletic Trainer. Dean is now in his third season as Indiana University’s Head Athletic Trainer for football. He served three terms as President of the Professional Athletic Trainers' Society after serving on their Executive Committee for 12 years. He was named "Professional Athletic Trainer of the Year" in 1986, and he and assistant Kevin Mangum were honored as the "NFL Athletic Training Staff of the Year" following the 1986 season. In 1991, he was the local host of the annual NATA Clinical Symposium in New Orleans and served several years on the NATA Foundation Scholarship Committee. Dean served as Chairman of Medical Support for the 1992 Olympic Track Trials in New Orleans. He received the SEATA Award of Merit in 1992. He was inducted into the Louisiana Athletic Trainers' Association Hall of Fame in 1990, the NATA Hall of Fame in 1994and named to the New Orleans Saints Hall of Fame in 2002. In the same year Dean received the Tim Kerin Award for Excellence in Athletic Training from the NATA and was awarded the National College Football Foundation Athletic Trainer of the Year in 2003.
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WESLEY I. KNIGHT - 2007
Doc Knight served the University of Mississippi for almost 28 years before his retirement in 1975. A 1935 graduate of Springfield College with a BS degree in Health and Physical Education, Knight went to New York City to study at the Eastern School of Physiotherapy and at Bellevue Hospital. After completing his higher education, Doc Knight served as a “trainer”, physical education instructor and assistant track coach at several institutions before beginning his almost three decade long career at ‘Ole Miss. Wes Knight was known for his fiery competitive spirit as exhibited by his pregame speeches to the team prior to Ole Miss Football Games. There was never any doubt about his caring for the many Rebel athletes he treated and loved. Many still remember and cherish the preseason letters taped to their lockers prior to August practice. While at ‘Ole Miss Doc Knight was not only the athletic trainer, but a very successful track coach as well. Knight produced several unbeaten teams and his squads produced several school records. Furthermore, Knight served as the President of the SEC Athletic Trainers Association and member of the NATA Board of Directors for District IX from 1961 to 1963. His greatest accolade came in 1969 when he was inducted into the NATA Hall of Fame, the same association in which he was a charter member. After his retirement he was given the honor of “Trainer” Emeritus at ‘Ole Miss and was active in the coaching ranks for the Special Olympics. He was inducted into the University of Mississippi Athletic Hall of Fame in 1988 and the Mississippi Athletic Trainers’ Association Hall of Fame in 2003. Doc Knight, 74, died in 1983.
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SAMUEL R. LANKFORD - 2007
Samuel Lankford was associated with athletic training, professional publications, and related activities since 1930. Before coming to Virginia Tech in 1963 as head athletic trainer, Lankford spent 12 years at the University of Florida in the same position. For several years Lankford was the athletic training editor of the National Athletic Journal. Among his professional contributions are two books and numerous articles on athletic training and conditioning. He also developed, manufactured, and sold an adherent in the early 60's called Tough Gator. He represented District IX on the NATA Board of Directors from 1955 to 1957. He also served as District IX Secretary from 1955 to 1957 and from 1959 to 1963.
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WERNER J. "DUTCH" LUCHSINGER - 2007
Werner "Dutch" Luchsinger was associated with sports in the southern section of the U.S. for 48 years. Dutch was a native of Milwaukee, Wisconsin and studied at State Teachers College in Milwaukee before attending Tulane University. He was a three sport standout in football, baseball, and track at Tulane prior to earning his degree in 1930. After graduation, Luchsinger, better known as “Dutch”, served as Athletic Director at Fortier High School in New Orleans from 1930 until 1941. From 1941 to 1943 he served as Physical Training Director at Keesler Field. In 1949 Dutch began his role as Mississippi State’s Head Athletic Trainer and continued until his retirement in 1965. He served as an Olympic athletic trainer in 1960. Dutch later worked as Athletic Trainer with the New Orleans Buccaneers an American Basketball Association franchise. During his tenure in Starkville, he became the first elected Director of District IX in 1950. He represented District IX on the NATA Board of Directors from 1951 to 1953 in addition to serving as the President for the SEC athletic trainers. Dutch was inducted in to the NATA Hall of Fame in 1967 and the Louisiana Athletic Trainers’ Association Hall of Fame in 1983. He was inducted into the Mississippi State University Sports Hall of Fame in 1984. Later, in 2003, he was in the first class of inductees into the Mississippi Athletic Trainers’ Association Hall of Fame.