Ken Rawlinson
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Kenneth Bouch Rawlinson was born July 25, 1914 in Ford City, PA. After graduating high school in Ford City, he went on to be an atheltic training student under Matt Bullock at Illinois from 1932-36. After receiving his degree in physical education he would stay on as Bullock's graduate asisstant, gaining a Master's degree in 1938.
After a stint coaching high school football, Rawlinson would work as the head athletic trainer at William and Mary (1942-47), Laffayette College (1947-53) and then be hired as the head athletic trainer at the University of Oklahoma in 1953. He would hold that position for the remainder of his life.
Rawlinson served as Chair of the NATA Board of Directors in 1954-55. He gave many lectures, received numerous awards and served as an athletic trainer for the U.S. team at the 1960 Olympics in Rome. He wrote the text Modern Athletic Training, which was published in 1961.
For his contributions to the profession of athletic training, Rawlinson was inducted into the NATA Hall of Fame in 1968. He would pass away, after suffering a heart attack at baskeball practice, on March 1, 1979.
Rawlinson's obituary from the Summer 1979 Journal of the NATA.
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