-
He is the first person in the history of medicine who combined sports with medicine.
-
Girolamo Mercuriale creates the earliest known text on fitness, known as De Arte Gymnastica
-
James Robinson is hired by Harvard University as the athletic trainer
-
S.E. Bilik writes the first major text on athletic training, known as The Trainer's Bible
-
Brothers Chuck and Frank Cramer founded Cramer Products
-
NATA is founded in Kansas City
-
Sherry Bagagian is the first female to sit for the BOC exam
-
Kristine Freeman is hired as the first female athletic trainer at the University of Florida
-
Gail Weldon became the first board-certified female athletic trainer to be hired by the United States Olympic Committee and worked the 1979 Pan American Games.
-
Athletic training becomes a college major
-
Athletic Training becomes an allied profession
-
Marsha Grant-Ford is the first black female to become certified as an athletic trainer
-
Michelle Leget is the first female to be hired as an Assistant Athletic Trainer in the NBA.
-
Ariko Iso becames the first full-time female athletic trainer in the NFL, hired by the Pittsburgh Steelers
