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Thomas J. Sheehan, Sr.

  • Class
  • Induction
    1976
  • Sport(s)
    Athletic Trainer
Spent 28 years at RPI, with 27 of those as the school’s head athletic trainer ... Started at RPI in September of 1947 ... Served as an associate professor of physical education ... Represented RPI three times at North-South Senior Men's Lacrosse All-Star Game as trainer of the North team ... One of original founders of the Eastern Athletic Trainers Association (EATA) … Past president and treasurer-secretary of EATA ... Cramer Award for Distinguished Service by the EATA, which consists of 300 trainers on the high school, college and pro levels in Spring of 1972 ... First non-athlete selected to Rensselaer Athletic Hall of Fame ... His son, Tom, Jr., took over his duties in the Fall of 1974 ... New York City ... Flushing High School ... New York University.
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