William E. "Pinky" Newell, Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetWilliam E. "Pinky" Newell
American sports coach
Date of Birth: 22-Jun-1920
Date of Death: 13-Oct-1984
Profession: athlete
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Cancer 
About William E. "Pinky" Newell
- William E.
- "Pinky" Newell, ATC, PT (June 22, 1920 - October 13, 1984) served as the chief athletic trainer at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana and former executive secretary of the National Athletic Trainers' Association (NATA).
- Pinky Newell is credited with changing the profession of athletic training from a craft made up of dynamic characters to an allied health profession that is appreciated by the entire medical community. He is acknowledged as one of the founders of the NATA.
- "When Pinky was the NATA executive secretary from 1955 to 1968, he was a one-man operation as far as administration goes", says Otho Davis, MEd, ATC former executive director of the NATA and former head athletic trainer for the Philadelphia Eagles.
- Pinky was seen by many as the "Father of Modern Athletic Training". Born in Enid, Oklahoma he grew up in Stafford, Kansas.
- After accepting a football scholarship to Purdue University he played center for the Boilermakers from 1941 to 1943, graduating with a Bachelor's Degree in Physical Education.
- His senior year, Newell's advisers urged him to go to medical school.
- He ignored them and joined the U.S.
- Marine Corps instead.
- Lt.
- Newell was part of the 29th Marines, 6th Division, that helped take Okinawa in 1945.
- He was discharged in 1946 and enrolled in the physical therapy program at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, 1947. Re-joining Purdue athletics in 1949, Newell served as Head Athletic Trainer and Assistant Professor in Physical Education, teaching athletic training classes.
- Newell's career was filled with many accomplishments including Athletic Trainer for the College All-Star Game sponsored by the Chicago Tribune in 1953, 1954, and 1957.
- Internationally he was an athletic trainer for the 1963 U.S.
- Pan American Team in Brazil and served as an athletic trainer for the U.S.
- Olympic Team in 1980 at Lake Placid as well as the Summer Olympic Games in Montreal.
- He also served as an athletic trainer for the Modern Pentathlon and boxing at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Olympics.
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